The Soap Barn Free Perfumes, Sprays and Diffusers Book

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Citronella Diffuser

Requirements:

Rattan Reeds (Soap Barn)
50ml Citronella essential oil (Soap Barn)
100ml Diffuser Oil Base (Soap Barn)
Yellow liquid colour (Soap Barn)
Green liquid colour (Soap Barn)
150ml Glass Bottle (Soap Barn)

Method:

Combine the essential oil and the diffuser oil base and mix very well. Add the yellow and green colouring to make a lime oil. This way the reeds absorb the fragrance and the colour and you have matching reeds with fragrance. Pour the mixed diffuser oil into your bottle and add your rattan reeds. Leave the reeds to wick (absorb the oil up the hollow tubes) for a couple of hours and turn them over. You can turn them over every couple of days for best results. Use this diffuser anywhere in the house to keep away flies and mostquitoes.

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Citronella Spray

Requirements:

100ml fragrance emulsifier (Soap Barn)
20ml citronella essential oil (Soap Barn)
500ml distilled water (Soap Barn)
Pencil pumps either 10ml or 15ml (Soap Barn)

Method:

Combine the citronella oil and emulsifier in a jug and stir through well. Add the distilled water and stir through well again. You can add a drop of green liquid colouring too if you like. Your spray is now ready to be sprayed EVERYWHERE! On your body, on your clothes, on your linen, in the room, on the curtains and every place you think mosquitoes will be hiding. I even use this spray in my kitchen, on the counters, to keep away the ants. Citronella spray keeps away mosquitoes, flies, ants and all other uninvited guests in summer.

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Cleopatra Linen Spray

Requirements:

50ml fragrance emulsifier (Soap Barn)
25ml Venus fragrance (Soap Barn)
Lustre sparkle (Soap Barn)
200ml distilled water (Soap Barn)
Spray bottle (Soap Barn)
Download label here

Method:

Combine the fragrance and the fragrance emulsifier and mix very well till the fragrance is completely emulsified. Add the emulsified fragrances to your distilled water and mix through well. (I boil water on the stove for a few minutes and when it has cooled I use that instead of distilled water). Now bottle your mixture in a spray bottle, label and decorate. This is a great gift for your mother on Mothers' Day. She can freshen her linen, curtains and room with this glorious linen spray.

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Cleopatra Purse Gift

Requirements:

Clear liquid soap (Soap Barn)
Spraying alcohol (Soap Barn)
Venus fragrance (Soap Barn)
Pencil pumps 10ml or 3ml (Soap Barn)
PVC envelope (Soap Barn)
Download soap label here
Download perfume label here

Method for Cleopatra soap spray:

Put four drops of Venus fragrance into your pencil pump (for 10ml pump – only two for 3ml pump). Fill your pencil pump to the top with liquid soap and seal. Then shake well. Label your Cleopatra soap spray with the label from our website.

Method for Cleopatra perfume spray:

Fill your pencil pump half way with Venus fragrance. Then fill the rest of your pencil pump to the top with spraying alcohol and seal. Shake well. Label your Cleopatra perfume spray with the label from our website. These pumps are fabulous. Carry them in your bag wherever you go – no more suffering in public places without soap. This set makes a wonderful gift for your mother on Mothers' Day.

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Valentine’s Gift Pack for Ladies

Requirements for Codes Perfume:

50ml Codes perfume (Soap Barn)
500ml Spraying alcohol (Soap Barn)
Glass perfume bottles (Soap Barn)
Heart stickers (Chocolate Den)

Method for Codes Perfume:

Add the 50ml Codes perfume to 500ml spraying alcohol and mix through well. Now bottle your mixture in glass perfume bottles. Decorate with heart stickers.

Requirements for Codes Hand Lotion:

500ml lotion base (Soap Barn)
50ml Codes Perfume (Soap Barn)
Liquid pink colouring (Soap Barn)
Glass bottle (Soap Barn)
Heart stickers (Chocolate Den)

Method for Codes Hand Lotion:

Melt your 500ml lotion base in the microwave for three minutes or until it is melted. Put the melted base into a pot on the stove over a low heat. Add 3lt warm water from the tap. Heat your mixture gently till the water and lotion have blended into a smooth and creamy mixture. Add your fragrance and colouring and decant into a jar or bottle

Requirements for Codes Hand Soap:

500ml un-fragranced liquid soap (Soap Barn)
Codes Perfume (Soap Barn)
Liquid pink colouring (Soap Barn)
Glass bottle (Soap Barn)
Heart stickers (Chocolate Den)

Method for Codes Hand Soap:

Mix 5ml Codes perfume into your liquid soap. Add a drop or two of pink liquid colouring. Stir through well. Now you can pour your hand soap into a glass bottle.

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Valentine’s Gift Pack for Men

Please click here to print out Mint labels
Please click here to print out Car Pack labels
Please click here to print out Car Pack labels

Requirements for Mint Car Perfume:

100ml Mint fragrance (Soap Barn)
500ml Spraying alcohol (Soap Barn)
Glass perfume bottles (Soap Barn)

Method for Mint Car Perfume:

Add the 100ml mint fragrance to 500ml spraying alcohol and mix through well. Now bottle your mixture in glass perfume bottles.

Requirements for Mint Hand Lotion:

500ml lotion base (Soap Barn)
100ml mint Fragrance (Soap Barn)
Liquid green colouring (Soap Barn)
Glass bottle (Soap Barn)

Method for Mint Hand Lotion:

Requirements for Waterless Mint Hand Wash:

500ml Waterless hand wash (Soap Barn)
Mint Perfume (Soap Barn)
Glass bottle (Soap Barn)

Method for Waterless Mint Hand Wash:

Mix 2ml mint fragrance into your waterless hand wash. Stir through well. Feed your mixture into your glass bottle with the help of a funnel.

Requirements for Mint Face Cooling Spray:

20ml Mint fragrance (Soap Barn)
100ml Fragrance emulsifier (Soap Barn)
Liquid green colouring (Soap Barn)
500ml Distilled water
Glass perfume bottles (Soap Barn)

Method for Mint Face Cooling Spray:

Add the 20ml mint fragrance to 100ml fragrance emulsifier and mix through well. Add this mixture to 500ml distilled water and add a drop or two of green liquid colouring. Now bottle your mixture in glass perfume bottles.

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Lemon Grass Foot Spray

Requirements:

10ml lemon grass fragrance (Soap Barn)
100ml Spraying alcohol (Soap Barn)
Green liquid colouring (Soap Barn)
100ml spray bottle (Soap Barn)

Please click here to print out Lemon Grass Foot Spray labels

Method:

Add the 10ml fragrance to 100ml spraying alcohol and mix through well. Add one or two drops of green colouring. Now pour your mixture into a spray bottle. Spray on your feet to keep them cool, fresh and smelling lovely!

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Poison Roll-On Perfume

Requirements:

50ml Poison perfume (Soap Barn)
250ml Spraying alcohol (Soap Barn)
Purple liquid colouring (Soap Barn)
10ml Glass bottles with rollers (Soap Barn)

Please click here to print out Poison Roll-On Perfume labels

Method:

Add the 50ml Poison perfume to 250ml spraying alcohol and mix through well. Add one or two drops of purple colouring and mix through well. Now bottle your mixture in glass roller bottles. Complete your product with attractive labels. This small perfume bottle makes a wonderful gift for your mother on Mothers’ Day. Your mom can keep these little bottles of perfume in her bag. Roll perfume on wrists, neck and inside elbows for the best results. Unlike sprayed perfume, rolled perfume goes straight on to the body and none is wasted.

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Poison Perfume Spray and Lotion

Requirements for spray perfume:

50ml Poison perfume (Soap Barn)
250ml Spraying alcohol (Soap Barn)
Purple liquid colouring (Soap Barn)
10ml Glass perfume bottles with sprays (Soap Barn)

Method:

Add the 50ml Poison perfume to 250ml spraying alcohol and mix through well. Add one or two drops of purple colouring and mix through well. Now bottle your mixture in glass perfume bottles. Complete your product with attractive labels. This small perfume bottle makes a wonderful gift for your mother on Mothers’ Day.

Requirements for perfume lotion:

50ml Poison perfume (Soap Barn)
35ml lotion base (Soap Barn)
Purple liquid colouring (Soap Barn)
10ml Glass perfume bottles with pumps (Soap Barn)

Method:

Melt the lotion base and add 200ml hot water (from the tap) to the melted base. Add the 50ml Poison perfume and one or two drops of purple colouring and mix through well. Leave to cool and beat with an electric beater to get a smooth even mixture. Now bottle your mixture in glass perfume bottles with pumps. Complete your product with attractive labels. This small perfume bottle makes a wonderful gift for your mother on Mothers’ Day. Or you can make one bottle of spray perfume and one bottle of lotion perfume as a set to spoil your mom this Mothers' Day.

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Classic French Country White Tea Flower Perfume

Requirements:

20ml White Tea Flower fragrance (Soap Barn)
30ml Spraying alcohol (Soap Barn)
Round glass perfume bottle (Soap Barn)
Lustre sparkle (Soap Barn)
Tag Label download here

Method:

Add the fragrance and a quarter teaspoon lustre sparkle to spraying alcohol and mix through well. Now bottle your mixture in a round glass perfume bottle. Print out label and stick it on the bottle.

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Classic French Country Linen Spray

Requirements:

50ml White Tea Flower fragrance (Soap Barn)
500ml Spraying alcohol (Soap Barn)
Round glass 500ml spray bottle (Soap Barn)
Lustre sparkle (Soap Barn)
Tag Label download here

Method:

Add the fragrance and a half teaspoon lustre sparkle to spraying alcohol and mix through well. Now bottle your mixture in a round glass perfume bottle. Print out label and stick it on

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Roll-On Perfumes

Requirements:

Perfume Oils (Soap Barn)
Spraying alcohol (Soap Barn)
15ml Glass roller bottles (Soap Barn)
Fantasies Label download here
Scarlet Label download here
Paradise Label download here
Fairies Label download here
Poison Label download here
Midnight Label download here

Method:

Add the 50ml perfume to 50ml spraying alcohol and mix through well. Now bottle your mixture in 15ml glass roller bottles. These make the most wonderful gifts for all your friends and family. The perfume is rolled onto pulse points like your inner wrists and your neck. It looses none of it's strength by being sprayed and it stays on all day. It really is a fabulous gift.

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Rattan Reed Diffusers

Ingredients:

Rattan Reeds (Soap Barn)
20ml Fragrance – 10ml + 10ml and Liquid Soap Colouring (Soap Barn)
30ml Diffuser Oil Base (Soap Barn)
50ml Glass Bottle (Soap Barn)

Method:

Combine the fragrances and the diffuser oil base and mix very well till the fragrances are completely emulsified. I have combined two different fragrances each time to make more interesting unique fragrances eg orange and papaya, rose and grapefruit, lemon and apple, blueberry and vanilla. I also coloured each mixture to match the fragrances. This way the reeds absorb the fragrance and the colour and you have matching reeds with fragrance. Pour the mixed diffuser oil into your bottle and add your rattan reeds. Leave the reeds to wick (absorb the oil up the hollow tubes) for a couple of hours and turn them over. You can turn them over every couple of days for best results.

Reed Diffusers are another way to scent your home and office. They are a great way to enhance the smell of a room without an open flame.

Reed diffusers consist of three components. A glass container, a set of reed diffuser sticks/reeds, and diffuser fragrance oil.

Let the rattan reed diffusers draw the diffuser oil for an hour or two then flip the reeds over to expose oil-moistened diffuser reeds to the air. The oil will continue to draw up the diffusers reeds scenting your room for several months. To get the most out of your reed diffuser flip the diffuser reeds over about once a week or as desired for a fresh fragrance burst. Once the diffuser oil is finally used up, simply pour in an oil refill.

In small spaces, like bathrooms, use less sticks. Usually 4-6 reeds work well. Less reeds mean less scent, more reeds mean more scent. You may want to use 8-10 reeds for larger rooms where a stronger scent throw is desired.

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Forest Fern & Fenjal Room Diffusers

Ingredients:

Rattan Reeds (Soap Barn)
10ml Fenjal Fragrance + 10ml Forset Fern Fragrance and blue liquid soap colouring (Soap Barn)
30ml Diffuser Oil Base (Soap Barn)
50ml Glass Bottle (Soap Barn)

Method:

Combine the fragrances and the diffuser oil base and mix very well till the fragrances are completely emulsified. Add one or two drops of blue colouring. This way the reeds absorb the fragrance and the colour and you have matching reeds with fragrance. Pour the mixed diffuser oil into your bottle and add your rattan reeds. Leave the reeds to wick (absorb the oil up the hollow tubes) for a couple of hours and turn them over. You can turn them over every couple of days for best results.

This fragrance mix has been the most poplular one this month - running neck and neck with Lemon and Apple. Also very poplular are Orange and Amber and Rose and Grapefuit.

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After Shave Cologne & Lotion

Requirements for After Spray Cologne:

1 Cup Spraying Alcohol (Soap Barn)
100ml Witch hazel (Soap Barn)
2 Tablespoons glycerine (Soap Barn)
10ml Spritz or CK1 fragrance (Soap Barn)
1 Drop liquid soap colouring (Soap Barn)
Glass spray bottle (Soap Barn)

Method:

Mix All ingredients together and pour into glass spray bottle. Just spray onto the face after shaving and pat dry. This spray protects your face after shaving by closing the pores and keeping the skin soft and clean

Requirements for After Spray Lotion:

250ml Aqueous cream (Soap Barn)
200ml Witch hazel (Soap Barn)
2 Tablespoons glycerine (Soap Barn)
100ml Urea (Soap Barn)
10ml Spritz or CK1 fragrance (Soap Barn)
1 Drop liquid soap colouring (Soap Barn)
Glass pump bottle (Soap Barn)

Method:

Mix All ingredients together and pour into glass pump bottle. Just rub onto the face after using after shave cologne. This lotion nourishes and feeds the skin keeping it soft and young

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Midnight Solid Perfume

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Requirements:

500ml Plain Lip Balm (Soap Barn)
Midnight perfume (Soap Barn)
Lustre sparkle (Soap Barn)
Solid perfume acrylic jars 3ml or 15ml (Soap Barn)

Please click here to print out labels for this recipe

Method:

Melt your plain lip balm in a pot on the stove over a low heat. Do not try melt it in the microwave unless you feel like buying a new microwave.
Add 50ml Midnight perfume and 10ml lustre sparkle.
Mix well and decant into your jars.
Solid perfumes make the most wonderful gifts for birthdays and Christmas. They are small and easy to keep in a handbag for all day perfume refreshment.

Using your solid perfume:

Rub the Midnight perfume on your wrists and behind your ears. You will smell wonderful all day. The perfume stays all day because it is oil based and does not evaporate

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Midnight Perfume

Requirements:

50ml Midnight perfume (Soap Barn)
500ml Spraying alcohol (Soap Barn)
Black liquid colouring (Soap Barn)
Lustre sparkle (Soap Barn)
Glass perfume bottles (Soap Barn)
Crystal stickers (Soap Barn and Chocolate Den)

Please click here to print out labels for this recipe

Method:

Add the 50ml Midnight perfume to 500ml spraying alcohol and mix through well. Add a couple of drops of black colouring and some lustre sparkle. Now bottle your mixture in glass perfume bottles. Decorate with crystal stickers. Midnight perfume is a wonderful gift for your friends and family at Christmas time.

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Midnight Diffusers

Requirements:

Rattan Reeds (Soap Barn)
30ml Midnight perfume
Black Soap Colouring (Soap Barn)
Lustre sparkle (Soap Barn)
120ml Diffuser Oil Base (Soap Barn)
150ml Glass Bottle (Soap Barn)
Midnight Room Diffuser label - download from Soap Barn website and print

Please click here to print out labels for this recipe

Method:

Combine the perfume, diffuser oil base, black colour and lustre sparkle. Mix well. Leave the reeds to wick (absorb the oil up the hollow tubes) for a couple of hours and turn them over. You can turn them over every couple of days for best results. The Midnight diffuser is an exotic, gorgeous diffuser that works best in a bedroom where it diffuses a complex, sophisticated yet sublet aroma.

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Midnight Perfumed Necklace

Requirements for necklace:

A rose charm on ring
Organza ribbon
Midnight perfume (see recipe below)

Requirements for Midnight Perfume:

50ml Midnight perfume (Soap Barn)
500ml Spraying alcohol (Soap Barn)
Black liquid colouring (Soap Barn)
Lustre sparkle (Soap Barn)
10ml perfume atomisers (Soap Barn)
PVC sleeves for atomisers (Soap Barn)
Crystal stickers (Soap Barn and Chocolate Den)
Midnight perfume label – download off Soap Barn website and print

Method:

Add the 50ml Midnight perfume to 500ml spraying alcohol and mix through well. Add a couple of drops of black colouring and some lustre sparkle. Now bottle your mixture in 10ml perfume atomisers. Package those in PVC envelopes with a Midnight perfume label and decorative stickers. Give a 10ml perfume spray with each Midnight rose necklace. Once the perfume has faded the necklace can be re-sprayed and the perfume enhanced

Wearing your Midnight Rose Necklace: Instead of spraying perfume on your skin you can wear a gorgeous necklace that is already perfumed. Look good and smell good at the same time! Refresh your necklace whenever you feel the perfume is no longer strong enough. What a wonderful gift to give all your friends and family this Christmas. A fragrant necklace! Put a 10ml Midnight perfume atomiser in an organza bag together with a charm necklace on organza ribbon. Spray the ribbon liberally with perfume so that the wearer will smell gorgeous whereever she goes!

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Cranberry Room Diffusers

Requirements:

Rattan Reeds (Soap Barn)
20ml Fragrance – 10ml cranberry + 10ml other (Soap Barn)
Red liquid soap colouring (Soap Barn)
30ml Diffuser Oil Base (Soap Barn)
50ml Glass Bottle (Soap Barn)

Please click here to print out labels for this recipe

Method:

Combine the fragrances and the diffuser oil base and mix very well till the fragrances are completely emulsified. I have combined two different fragrances each time to make more interesting unique fragrances. For Christmas we have Cranberry and Apple, Cranberry and Lime and Cranberry and Ginger. I also coloured each mixture red with liquid colouring. This way the reeds absorb the fragrance and the colour and you have matching reeds with fragrance. Pour the mixed diffuser oil into your bottle and add your rattan reeds. Leave the reeds to wick (absorb the oil up the hollow tubes) for a couple of hours and turn them over. You can turn them over every couple of days for best results.

Reed Diffusers are another way to scent your home and office. They are a great way to enhance the smell of a room without an open flame.

Reed diffusers consist of three components. A glass container, a set of reed diffuser sticks/reeds, and diffuser fragrance oil.
Let the rattan reed diffusers draw the diffuser oil for an hour or two then flip the reeds over to expose oil-moistened diffuser reeds to the air. The oil will continue to draw up the diffusers reeds scenting your room for several months. To get the most out of your reed diffuser flip the diffuser reeds over about once a week or as desired for a fresh fragrance burst. Once the diffuser oil is finally used up, simply pour in an oil refill.
In small spaces, like bathrooms, use less sticks. Usually 4-6 reeds work well. Less reeds mean less scent, more reeds mean more scent. You may want to use 8-10 reeds for larger rooms where a stronger scent throw is desired.

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Resfreshing Summer Mist

Summer Mists: Grapefruit-Rose, Mint-Grapefruit, Rose-Mint

Requirements:

100ml Fragrance emulsifier (Soap Barn)
20ml Fragrance – 10ml + 10ml (Soap Barn)
500ml Spraying alcohol (Soap Barn)
Glass spray bottle or pencil spray (Soap Barn)

Please click here to print out Mint Grapefruit labels
Please click here to print out Rose Grapefruit labels
Please click here to print out Rose Mint labels

Method:

Combine the fragrances and the fragrance emulsifier and mix very well till the fragrances are completely emulsified. I have combined two different fragrances each time to make three different light, fresh sprays for hot summer days: Rose and mint, mint and grapefruit and rose and grapefruit. You can use any fragrance combination you like. Add the emulsified fragrances to your spraying alcohol and mix through well. Now bottle your mixture in a spray bottle or a spray pencil. Glass bottles are lovely for your bathroom or dressing table. Pencil sprays are wonderful for your handbag and make lovely gifts for your friends.

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'Bug-Off' Citronella Spray

Requirements:

100ml fragrance emulsifier (Soap Barn)
20ml citronella essential oil (Soap Barn)
500ml distilled water
3 x 200ml spray bottle (Soap Barn)

Please click here to print out labels for this recipe

Method:

Combine the citronella oil and emulsifier in a jug and stir through well. Add the distilled water and stir through well again. Your ‘Bug-Off’ spray is now ready to be sprayed EVERYWHERE! On your body, on your clothes, on your linen, in the room, on the curtains and every place you think mosquitoes will be hiding. I even use this spray in my kitchen, on the counters, to keep away the ants. Citronella spray keeps away mosquitoes, flies, ants and all other uninvited guests in summer.

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