The first step is to cut away all pieces of meat from the fat, because it can spoil the tallow. Put all the fat pieces into a stockpot, and add enough water to reach the top of the fat. Simmer the fat on low for a few hours, until the fat starts to shrivel. Stir it around e...
Rendering pork fat is an easy way to get a cost-effective, versatile fat for cooking and soapmaking. Learn how to make lard and why you'd want to.
how to make lye out of wood ash, and some soap recipes that will help the novice or beginner soap maker to the more adventurous and advanced. For those of you who want to make your own recipes with different fats and oils and need guidance on how much caustic soda to use, have a lo...
which can give you beautiful soap colors. I use mineral pigments myself and am happy with their level of skin safety and color — they are, after all, the basis for mineral-based makeup. Even though cosmetic minerals are perfectly safe to use and identical to minerals found in nature, th...
Learn how to make soap in a slow cooker with our cold process recipe of water, lye, and fat. This recipe is great for making crock pot soap! Learn How to Make Soap in a Slow Cooker When I first started learning how to make soap, somewhere in the back of my mind was the question...
You can use bacon butter to make your candles as well. They will not set up as solid as the beef tallow candles will, but you’re using a jar so it doesn’t really matter. It’s important to note that either candle will spoil and attract critters, so keep them refrigerated. reply ...
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Years ago, I stopped using soap on my underarms and hair. I also quit using deodorant/antiperspirants. After a few weeks, I no longer had any smell on my underarms and my hair was squeaky clean. Recently I started again to not use soap and deodorant (I have only used deodorant with...
The cocoa butter makes this soap firm. Other oils that give this recipe firmness are the palm oil and coffee butter. One option is to slightly increase the palm oil to 30%, and increase the coffee butter to 10%; increasing these oils will make up for the firmness you lose by om...