Late last week I finally got my soap balls made. When I made lavendar soap in January, I cut it into heart shapes to give as Valentine's gifts which means I had lots of soap scraps. Making soap balls is incredibly easy and though I used my homemade soap as a base, I understand that you can use Ivory soap as well. For every 1 cup of grated (just use a cheese grater) soap you have, you add 1 tabl. of water. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow to soften for about 20 minutes or so. If you want to add a bit of essential oil with an eye dropper, you can do that. I didn't add any oil as my soap was already fragranced when I made it originally but I did add tiny pieces of dried lavendar. (Check out a hand-milled soap book for recipes and ideas - you can have fun adding scads of things to the scraps.) After you have everything in that you want, mold the mixture into balls with your hands. You can make them as big or small as you like. Place them on a wire rack to dry for a few weeks. Enjoy!
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