Cold process soap is easy to make and you can complete it quickly, but once its demolded you will need to allow the soap to cure for 4-6 weeks on a shelf before it is useable (the lye mixture is very alkaline, and the soapmaking process will result in a netural pH soap; but usi...
My beginner cold process soap recipe is an easy and affordable way to make lye soap using ingredients sourced from the grocery store. However, just because you’re making soap as a newbie, doesn’t mean you’re going to end up with a subpar soap. Basic cold press soap recipes can be j...
February 10, 2011 Filed Under: Cold Process Soap Difficulty: Beginner Time: 1 hour Yields: 9 bars Loofah soap can be super scrubby on the skin. I designed this recipe with a mild scrub in mind. This recipe is great because it has a nice gentle scrub on one side of the soap and ...
In this recipe, I’ll show you a way to make pure white goat milk soap with a time-saving tip. It’s one that I created that combines a typical milk soap recipe with soaping at room temperature. The end product is a conditioning and very gentle bar of soap perfect for the most sen...
Have you been drooling over all of the cupcake themed bath and body treats lately? I have! Here is another to add to the collection – a deliciously sweet Cold Process Soap Cupcake scented with Strawberry and Cream cheese! The end result smells just like a cupcake!
To create this homemade cold process soap recipe you’ll need tofollow my basic cold process soapmaking instructions. Begin by measuring out the water into alarge Pyrex measuring cupor heat proof pitcher. Next, using adigital scaleweigh out the lye then slowly pour the lye into the water. ...
Cold Process Soap Making Notes If you’d like to resize my carrot soap recipe, then you will need the following information: Water as % of oils=33% then discounted by amount of blueberry and carrot puree (which constitute 11.11% the weight of the oils) called for in the recipe. ...
I took my co-worker’s recipe and added onion and garlic powder for two reasons. First, they taste good to me, and second, they do have some health benefits. Although you would need to eat a lot of either of them to make a difference with how long your cold lasts. RELATED: Why Yo...
I love your site. I’ve been making cold-process soap for a few years and have started playing with my own recipes. My question is about acceleration. I have modified a basic recipe that worked well for me. I have been using olive oil infused with various botanicals in my basic recipe...
has fully dissolved. Set it aside to cool. If you’d like a harder bar of soap that releases faster from the mold, you can addsodium lactateto the cooled lye water. Use 1 teaspoon ofsodium lactateper pound of oils in the recipe. For this recipe, you’d add 3.5 teaspoons sodium ...