Lye is a potentially dangerous ingredient commonly found in both commercially produced and homemade soaps. Lye can cause serious burns to the skin, blindness, and if ingested, death. Furthermore, lye-free soap is usually gentler on the skin, which makes it ideal for people with sensitive skin...
Homemade soap is great for many reasons, but it can be a bit daunting to make. One of the reasons is the need to work with lye. It’sdefinitely notsomething you want to be working with when you have little ones running around. Thankfully there’s an answer for that and I’m sure ...
how-to-make-soap-without-lyeStarting Your Own Soap Making Business August 27, 2022 · Countryside Contributor· Soapmaking I remember when I first discovered I could make my own soap and started my own soap making business. I was intrigued and obsessed with the various scents and ingredients....
Here you will find easy, step-by-step instructions on how to make soap at home, 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 dif...
There are a few key things to know before you dive into making your first batch of lye soap, however. One important piece of the puzzle is learning about how to safely work with lye so that you can make cold process soap from scratch without injury. ...
Without having someone there to walk me through the process of how to make soap, many things took far longer than I had planned, but eventually I “got it”. Now I create incredible-smelling, creative, and unique soaps that people can’t seem to get enough of. It’s exciting to be ...
How to Test the Strength of your Lye To make lye and be successful at soap making your lye has to be at the right strength. Now there are 2 ways in which this can be done, both of which indirectly involve chickens. If you live on a farm and keep chickens, then this test is fine...
Today we show you how to make whipped soap. This is a 2-step process that involves making a paste and then whipping the paste into a soap.
(For more information, read our article:Can You Make Soap Without Lye?) Homemade Soapmaking Equipment When learning how to make soap, remember to use equipment that will not be used for cooking. While you could clean everything really well, it’s best not to take a chance. ...
Learn how to make lye from ashes using a lye-leaching barrel to help filter rainwater through hardwood ashes to make lye for the soap-making process. If it hadn’t been for the help we got from the native old-timers… my friend, Dennis, and I would have starved or just plain qui...