The Making of Oatmeal Soap

We live in what I call a desert climate, the humidity hardly gets above 50% and my skin stays dry and itchy without lotion. So in reading about soap properties I found that oatmeal added to soap helps with moisture and the roughness of it helps with exfoliation. I was skeptical about both claims but it does seem to make the skin softer and smoother even if I'm not sure if it's the oatmeal properties or the exfoliation that does it.

I was making a big batch so I started with 1 lb white melt and pour soap and 1 lb clear.

I melted those down starting with smaller batches in the microwave and adding them to a large double boiler.

I put roughly a whole cup (it was the end of the container) of regular Quaker oatmeal into my mini food processor and ground it up just about as fine as it would go. I wanted to leave a little texture to it.

After my soap was melted I added the oatmeal and stirred it in well, I filled 5 molds with the 2 lbs of soap. My molds were drawer dividers I found at wallyworld.

The next afternoon I unmolded the loaves and cut them into generous sized bars. I left them cure for another day and they are ready to go.