Use the knife to chunk away four or five pieces from the melt and pour soap base.
Stack the soap base chunks loosely into the glass measuring cup.
Put the measuring cup filled with the base hunks into the microwave for 60 seconds.
Remove the mixture in the measuring cup from the microwave, and stir rapidly to combine the soap base. Clear glycerin soap bases melt far more quickly than goat’s milk or shea butter melt and pour soap bases.
Place the measuring cup in the microwave again for 30 seconds.
Repeat the previous step once or twice more - stirring the melt and pour soap base each time, until all of the chunks have completely melted. Never get into a rush and heat the soap base for longer than one minute once and 30 second intervals following or risk scorching the soap base and rendering it nothing more than a big mess you cannot use.See the photo below to see what a goat’s milk or shea butter melt and pour soap base usually looks like after being microwaved for 90 seconds. Get your soap molds ready while heating the base. Coat them with rubbing alcohol now if you are using it to prevent air bubbles. I recommend putting silicone soap molds onto a baking sheet so they can be moved without disturbing the curing soap if you are going to refrigerator cure or need to use the work space again before the room temperature curing process is complete.
Stir in the oatmeal.
Add in the eucalyptus essential oil or lavender essential oil (or use any single or combination that you choose) and the mica powder and stir to completely combine.
Pour the shea butter, oatmeal, and eucalyptus melt and pour soap mixture into the molds.
Use a toothpick to burst any air bubbles that appear on the soap’s surface lightly. Never push the toothpick any further into the still hot soap mix than necessary to avoid the toothpick from poking a hole through to the other side of the bar.
There are two simple ways you can cure the shea butter and oatmeal soap. The molds can be placed in a level spot in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes or leave the molds in a level spot to cure at room temperature for two to three hours.
