Aloe-vera Milk and Honey soap (rebatched) "Sarinah"

One of the things I have very much been waiting for is to be able to make my first batch of homemade soap. I have read and studied about it for the last 4 years, but didn't risk to try ...
If it was not because of moving, then it was pregnancy, yeah! one pregnancy after another!!! Lord mercy!
The more I read, the more fascinated I was about it, so I decided to give it a try, finally!
There are different ways of working out soap at home without the lye, one can be melt and mold, unfortunately, I haven't had any art crafts store near by that would provide me with the base, so my only options was to re-batch. So I started to "enrich" my soap, and my creams, and my conditioner and on and on. I am hunting for friends on birthdays, anniversaries, guests or hosts, any occasion is a good excuse to create new and more "stuff"

In this case, I used a milk and honey base from a Dominican artisan. I read all labels and make sure to use the ones that have the least artificial things add to it. I was living in Curacao when I worked this batch, and to my surprise, this soap was the cheapest! cool!
I picked up a hand full of aloe, washed it well, cut off the side thorns, and chopped it finely.
Melted the soap in a double boiler and mixed in the aloe with some coconut oil I had on hand!.
I tried to add some fragrance but most soaps already have a fragrance so it becomes too strong and it is not nice. I used some old plastic square container to give the form to this soap. It takes some days to finally dry and it might crumble a little bit the first time you use it. If that is the case, just pack it back together and leave it to dry longer, afterward it will be fine! Enjoy!