How to Make Great Exfoliating Pumice Soap
If you’ve read our article on lavender-scented honey soap, then you know I’ve wanted to make soap since I was a kid. It just seemed like such a cool thing to do! Except for that one time the 10th Grade Chemistry Regents asked about saponification and I had no idea that meant soap-making. Passed that one by the skin of my teeth.
I chose to make pumice soap because I just know a lot of people who get their hands dirty.
The honest way.
My dad often comes home with his hands covered in grease, dirt, and all sorts of refrigerator fluids. That’s just the nature of his job. His hands are never really clean, even after he washes them. There’s always a little grime under his nails, but he doesn’t let it bother him. I never understood how he just shrugged it off. Years later when I started working as a florist, I finally understood him. Being dirty is just a part of the job!
My hands were never perfectly clean. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t walk around with unwashed, dirty hands all the time. I just didn’t stress so much about all the little details being perfect. No point stressing when the next day you’re just going to get just as dirty. We really only scrubbed up perfect when we had to go out somewhere nice.
Pumice soap helped with that. It’s a great way to get the dirt out of the deep ridges in your palms and wherever else you’ve gotten it. It’s an exfoliating soap for all occasions, and if you make it yourself, you can pick the color and scent.
Let’s get personal about getting those hands clean!
To get you started, here are some of the supplies we used to make our orange-infused pumice soap:
