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Invigorating Lemon Soap Recipe

March 13, 2019 By Kelli Miller 4 Comments

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lemon zest soap homemade using essential oils

Is there anything more refreshing than the scent of lemons?  Seriously, it will wake you up and energize you with just a quick sniff.  I was excited when I created this Invigorating Lemon Soap Recipe because it allows me to start every morning with the fresh scent.  

Why would you want to use anything else?  Besides cleansing yourself, soap is a great way to get a sniff of a delicious scent that will give you a little boost of energy to get you through the rest of your day.  

homemade using essential oils invigorating lemon soap

I don’t know if it’s bad to walk around sniffing your hands, but it’s all I can do after using this Invigorating Soap recipe. I bet I’m being judged, but I’m really okay with it.  Maybe they want to smell my hands as well.  I bet they’d love it.  

The use of essential oils makes this diy soap much safer than a store-bought soap and better for your skin.  This is a win-win.  Not only does it smell amazing, but it’s good for me!  At least I know it isn’t full of the crazy chemicals and fake stuff to make my soap smell good.  

Table of Contents

  • Invigorating Lemon Soap:
  • More DIY Recipes Using Essential Oils:
  • More Homemade Soap Recipes:
  • A tad bit about Rocky Mountain Oils:

Invigorating Lemon Soap:

Disclaimer:  The links used within this post are affiliate links, so I do make a bit off things if you purchase using my links.  However, the opinions stated are my very own

You don’t have to be a chemist to make handmade soap! However, you will need a few materials and ingredients for this recipe, including:

  • Soap base 
  • Lemongrass essential oil
  • Lemon essential oil
  • Large Pyrex measuring cup
  • Stirring Stick
  • Soap mold (Most often, I use traditional rectangles when I make soap, but the choices are nearly limitless.  See all the fun ones I found below?


More DIY Recipes Using Essential Oils:

A beginner’s guide to essential oils

Essential Oil Laundry Detergent Recipe for Hard or Soft Water

Easy DIY Recipe for Essential Oil Aftershave

lemon zest soap homemade using essential oils

More Homemade Soap Recipes:

Invigorating Peppermint Soap Recipe Using Essential Oils

Soothing Homemade Oatmeal and Honey Soap Recipe

Essential Oil Soap Recipe for Men

invigorating diy lemon zest soap

homemade using essential oils invigorating lemon soap

Invigorating Lemon Soap Recipe

Yield: 6 Bars

This Invigorating Lemon Zest Soap recipe is easy to make. Better than that, the soap will leave you energized and exfoliated! 

Materials

  • ¾ pound melt & pour soap base
  • Lemongrass Essential Oil
  • Lemon Essential Oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon zest

Tools

  • Large Pyrex measuring cup
  • Wooden stir stick
  • Rectangular silicone mold
  • Lemon Zester

Instructions

  1. Zest a lemon, enough for 1 tablespoon of lemon zest
  2. Sprinkle a little lemon zest in the bottom of each soap cavity
  3. Cut the soap base into 1 inch chunks.
  4. Melt the soap base in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir. If it is not completely melted, put it back on for 10 second increments, until fully melted; stirring each time.
  5. Add the remaining lemon zest, 10 drops of lemongrass, and 10 drops of lemon essential oils. Mix well.
  6. Poor into the silicone mold.
  7. Let set for about 2-3 hours - until completely hardened
  8. Remove from soap mold.

Did you make this?

Please leave a comment on the blog or share a photo on Pinterest

© Kelli Miller

A tad bit about Rocky Mountain Oils:

Shipping –  All orders within the United States qualify for free economy shipping. Orders have an estimated delivery time of 2-7 business days!  They even have a neat little chart to help you estimate your shipping time if choosing the free shipping option.

Return Policy – Products can be returned for any reason, even if opened, for up to 90 days.  Yes, seriously!  They even send you a shipping label so you don’t have to pay to return the product.  No more worries about “what if it doesn’t work or I am allergic” simply return it!

Safe and Healthy – RMO provides GC/MS (Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry) test results from a verified third party, independent lab for each one of their essential oil products. In fact, on the bottom of your bottle is a batch number.  You can go to their site and enter your number.  This will give you the results of your bottle’s testing!

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Filed Under: Craft Guides, Essential Oils Tagged With: diy soap, essential oils, homemade soap, invigorating

About Kelli Miller

My husband (Ricky) of 20 years, our three wild and wonderfully different boys, five totally spoiled little dogs, a plethora of wild cats, and I live at Miller Manor! It is a 100 year old Colonial Style Farmhouse that is surrounded by hundreds of acres of farmland, in a small town on the coast of Southern Alabama.

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Comments

  1. Annelys says

    November 29, 2020 at 3:16 pm

    Thanks for sharing this recipe. I’ve pinned it and tested it for future bridal shower favors. What would you record I wrap them in? I’m thinking of making a pretty tag but was wondering if I need to saran wrap them or if just paper wrap would work.

    Thanks again!!!

    Reply
    • Kelli Miller says

      November 29, 2020 at 9:03 pm

      paper works fine, though they would probably be gorgeous in an organza baggie 🙂

      Reply
  2. Lea says

    July 24, 2019 at 3:49 pm

    Oh, I bet the scent of this is scrumptious. It is pretty too. I pinned it. Thank you..

    Reply
  3. Kippi says

    April 17, 2019 at 7:23 am

    I want to smell your hands please. I just pinned this so I can make some for gifts. Thank you for sharing, Kippi #kippiathome

    Reply

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