DIY Adzuki Bean Soap

by Rebecca D. Dillon

14 Materials

1.5 Hours

Easy

This DIY adzuki bean soap shows off the beauty of adzuki beans by combining both clear and opaque melt and pour soap bases. Left whole, adzuki beans gently massage skin while washing. Alternately, you can grind your adzuki beans to create an exfoliating soap instead.

These adzuki bean soaps make wonderful homemade gift ideas without a lot of effort. They would also look great in a guest bathroom by the sink. For specific ingredients amounts needed to complete this soapmaking project as well as for direct links to material and ingredient suppliers be sure to visit the original blog post here.

You'll begin by making the clear soap strip with the adzuki beans first.

Start by using your digital scale to weigh out the clear melt and pour soap base. Using a Chef's knife or a utility knife, cut the soap into square chunks and place inside your glass Pyrex measuring cup.

Heat the clear melt and pour soap base in the microwave in 20-30 second increments until melted.

Using a graduated transfer pipette, measure out the fragrance oil to scent your soap. Stir the fragrance into the melted soap base. (To avoid having the soap turn brown, be sure to choose a fragrance oil without vanilla.)

Place the mold on a cutting board for easy transport. Now weigh out the adzuki beans and place them inside one cavity of the mold.

Slowly pour the melted soap base over the adzuki beans. Using a utensil, divide the beans into three sections within the melted soap base.

Now spritz the top of the soap with the isopropyl alcohol to remove any air bubbles.

Allow the soap to cool and completely solidify. (You can put the soap in the fridge to speed up this process. However do not put it in the freezer as it will cause the soap to become cloudy.)

Now remove the clear soap base with the adzuki beans from the mold.

Using a Chef's knife or utility knife, cut the soap into three separate sections.

Place the soap with the bean side down into the mold - one each into three of the mold cavities.

You are now ready to prepare the opaque/white base.

Weigh out the white/opaque melt and pour soap base. Using a Chef's knife or a utility knife, cut the soap into square chunks and place inside your glass Pyrex measuring cup.

Heat the white/opaque melt and pour soap base in the microwave in 20-30 second increments until melted.

Using a graduated transfer pipette, measure out the fragrance oil to scent your soap. Stir the fragrance into the melted soap base.

If you wish to color your soap, add a drop or two of desired liquid soap color at a time until you reach the shade you like. I used a few drops of yellow and a few additional drops of red liquid soap colorant to achieve the pink salmon color of my soap.

Stir well.

Spritz the top of the soap sections in the mold with isopropyl alcohol. Then slowly pour the tinted soap into each of the three cavities around the soaps already in the mold.

It's okay if it's not perfect. You can wash or cut off any mistakes once you unmold your final bars.

Now spritz the tops of the soap you just poured with isopropyl alcohol to remove any air bubbles.

Transfer the mold into the fridge using the cutting board for stability if desired.

Once your soaps have fully solidified, carefully remove them from the mold cavities.

Clean up the adzuki soap bars if needed, then wrap tightly in food service film and label as desired for gifting.

If you liked my adzuki bean soap recipe, you may also like my Lush inspired massage bar recipe. Inspired by Lush's Wiccy Magic Muscles Massage Bar my Lush inspired massage bar recipe is made using a base of shea and cocoa butters. It also includes massaging organic adzuki beans as well as a combination of cinnamon leaf and peppermint essential oils for a warm, tingly sensation that helps to ease and soothe sore muscles. You can find my Lush inspired massage bar recipe here.

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Clear melt and pour soap base
White/opaque melt and pour soap base
Adzuki beans
Liquid soap colorant
Fragrance oil or essential oil
Plastic graduated transfer pipette
Ozera 6-Cavity Silicone Soap Mold
Mist spray bottle with isopropyl alcohol
Digital scale
Utensil for stirring
Chef or utility knife
4-cup glass Pyrex measuring cup
Microwave
Cutting board

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Candice Gollam on Jun 20, 2020

What a very beautiful soap. I don’t think anyone would actually let the beans go down the drain.... do you? Unless maybe a child is using it. Idk.... just love em

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Bryan on Jul 28, 2020

Is this why children eat tide pods?

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