This homemade carrot and honey soap is one of the most popular. Most people like to use it as a facial cleanser, but it can be used as a body wash as well.
The soap with honey and carrot have anti-aging and moisturizing , so it is especially suitable for dry skin or abused. However, it can also have excellent results for acne skin.
Carrot soap benefits
Free radicals can harm the skin’s collagen which can cause damage to the skin such as wrinkling, dark spots and loose skin. This carrot soap contains beta carotene, which an anti-oxidant that is very beneficial for fighting free radicals. Here are some more benefits:
- helps to counteract eczema and acne problems
- Keeps the skin hydrated which treats dry skin
- beneficial to treat the wounds of the skin, helping to heal better
Recipe to prepare homemade soap
Soap can turn different colors depending on the oils we use.
For the preparation of our Carrot and Honey soap recipe we will need:
- 300 ml of coconut oil.
- 400 ml olive oil.
- 100 ml of almond oil.
- 200 ml of the water from the carrots cooking.
- 100 grams of pureed carrots.
- 110 g of caustic soda.
- half a tablespoon of pure honey.
- 10 drops of carrot seed essential oil.
Most of the ingredients can be purchased in health food stores. But in the same way the last ingredients can be optional.
Preparation of homemade soap
To make this handmade and healthy soap for skin care, you must make sure to wear gloves, to be in a suitable space for work and to use wooden utensils.
We must add the carrot puree together with the water in a bowl and then add the caustic soda little by little and carefully. You must stir it very well while the mixture takes heat and the ingredients mix very well. Then you let it cool.
Then we add the honey, along with the other oils and the essential oil and stir with a wooden spoon to mix these ingredients very well, and we will notice that the consistency begins to increase.
Now it’s time to put the content inside the silicone molds to shape our homemade soaps. It should be left to harden for a couple of days and then de-mold.
In this way we have at our disposal a natural homemade soap that will provide the skin with many benefits. Go ahead and prepare it.
