If you are looking for a unique idea for your next soap making project, check out this idea from Kelly Casey. She created these beer and cocktails soaps that look real and smell great.
These would make a great party gift and can set your soap making business apart from the crowd by doing something different.
In these examples, everything but the cups are soap. It’s pretty amazing how realistic they look!
We’ll also get into some ideas on how to make these types of soaps.
Orange Ale Beer Soap
This beer soap is scented in beer and blood orange.
Strawberry Soapa Colada
This colada drink soap is scented in coconut, pineapple, and strawberry.
How to Make Drink Scented Soaps
These types of soaps require layering a few different colors and types of soaps together to get the desired effect. You’ll want to experiment first to get the colors and textures you want. However, once you put it all together, the final result is pretty amazing!
The first step is to get your soap base, if you are using the melt and pour method. Using a clear base will help to get some transparency that you can add color to. This is also great to make ice cubes in the drink. A white soap base can be used to create the froth at the top of the beer cup.
From there, you’ll want to add drink-scented essential oils to make the soap smell like your drink of choice. If you are making a beer flavored soap, go with a beer essential oil. You can also add in a hint of blood orange. If you are making a pina colada or fruity drink soap, play around with strawberry, pineapple, and coconut fragrances.
You’ll also need some molds to create the fruit slices and ice cubes. Here is a simple fruit mold to get the sliced fruit effect to stick on the edge of the cup.
Ingredients
- Clear soap base
- White soap base
- Beer essential oil
- Blood orange essential oil
- Fruit essential oils – coconut, mango, strawberry, and more
- Fruit slice mold – lemon or orange
Have fun creating and maybe enjoy a drink while you make them!
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