Next week on Everyday Magic on 3 of Cups Divine Arts, Ava will be teaching viewers how to make magical bath products infused with your intentions! If you’d like to participate by creating melt and pour soap products for yourself, you will need the following supplies.

Items you will need to participate:

Life of the Party Goat’s Milk Soap Base – Ava’s favorite!
Soap Mold – a basic soap mold, but any silicon soap mold will do!
Pyrex Measuring Cup – get one which is microwave safe!
Essential Oil Set – we get these from our local shop, but this is an example selection from Amazon!
or Fragrance Oil Set – this is Ava’s preferred brand!
Desired Herbs – get these at your local apotheosis or grocer!
Food Thermometer – you may already have one in your kitchen
Optional: Misting Bottle – you can also get these cheap at your local dollar store
Optional: Rubbing Alcohol – you probably have some of this on hand

This page will be updated after the video has aired to include the link so you can follow along!

Disclosure: Devin, at 3 of Cups Divine Arts, receives a small commission from items purchased through the above links. Proceeds go to developing the channel and cover some of our overhead costs in staging and equipment. You help support 3 of Cups Divine Arts when you make a purchase from this page.

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