DIY Whimsical Soap For Your Bathroom With Natural Garden Ingredients

Bathroom vanities often struggle to balance aesthetic beauty with functionality. It's a space that becomes cluttered easily, with things like toiletries and beauty tools overwhelming the surfaces. If you're looking for a pretty alternative to clunky bottles of regular hand soap, YouTube's Astar's Place has an easy DIY project that can create adorable soaps that do double duty. Using some glycerine soap base and rose petals, you can create beautiful single-use soaps. Not only do they allow guests to wash their hands in style and gently exfoliate, but they also look gorgeous on the counter in a jar or bowl as a stunning bathroom vanity idea. 

Place these convenient soaps next to your sink or on a shelf to give a romantic, cottage feel to the space. Use Mason jars, small clear bottles, pretty wooden bowls, or china bowls as your soap container. You can even DIY your own apothecary jars for budget-friendly sink décor that would be beautiful filled with petal soaps. When packaged prettily, these DIY soaps make great gifts or wedding and party favors. Moreover, they're also ideal compact soaps for traveling. 

To create these unique rose petal hand soaps, all you need is a double boiler set-up, glycerine soap base available from most craft stores, and rose petals. A double boiler will prevent your soap base from boiling or sticking. It will also allow the glycerine to stay hot enough to remain liquid while you dip your rose petals. 

Disassemble the roses by separating each petal from the stem. Carefully dip each petal into the glycerine mixture in the double boiler using a pair of tongs to keep from burning your fingers. After you have dipped or submerged them, drain away the extra soap and place each one on a baking sheet or tray lined with parchment paper to dry. After an hour, they will dry and be ready for the container. To use the soaps, simply wet them in your hand and they will lather around the petal, which you can discard after washing.

For extra luxuriousness, add your favorite essential or scented oils to the glycerine mixture before you dip the petals. This will release more stunning aromas as the soap is used. You can also do this with other flower varieties or greenery, including bay leaves, which make great small soaps for use in the kitchen next to the sink. For practical ingredients that help to keep skin soft and supple, add the likes of olive, almond, or coconut oil for added benefits.

Go beyond simple rose petals and try this project with small intact flowers, which you can coat thoroughly in the soap mixture and allow to dry. If you prefer liquid hand soap, you can create a prettier floral version in a clear soap dispenser or upcycled glass jar by adding petals or blossoms to the gel.