When I came to North Carolina in 2004, I had to hunt around a bit to find a venue, but ended up at a local college in 2007 and have been there ever since. I now teach classes on how to make soap, along with several other natural products. I also sell my soaps and other products...
Make your own soap at home and know what is in the product you are using. Old fashioned homemade soap was made using simple lye water and animal fat. The lye water came from running water reapeatedy through a bucket of wood ashes with a hole in the bottom. Eventually the conce...
Soap making is an incredible hobby or business that blends creativity, natural skincare, cooking, chemistry, and a lot of fun! In the Lovely Greens Soapmaking Course, you’ll learn how to make soap at home from the comfort of your kitchen through instructional videos, printable worksheets, ...
Because this soap is so light and a little sticky, it works best in either log-type soap molds that can be sliced or silicone molds that make popping out the soaps easy. For this batch, we used the rubber spatulas to layer the different colors in a log mold. If you have pastry-mak...
Bleeding colorants are usually dyes or FD&C colors that migrate into other layers of your soap over time. You can work the bleeding into your design, as seen in theLayered Lavender Cold Process Soap. If you’re not a fan of that look, make sure to usenon-bleeding colorants. ...
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0 years late to the question,but using potassium hydroxide to make liquid soap would solve this. after you've cooked your soap, dissolve your salicylic acid in vegetable glycerin and add to the water you are using to dilute the soap paste. don't exceed 2% of the finished solution, and ...
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Prepare to Make Goat Milk Soap Cold-process soapmaking is chemistry, and this recipe uses lye. Lye is a caustic substance that is completely neutralized in the soapmaking process, but it can be harmful if not handled correctly. Please read this soap making safety guidance before proceeding. Ge...
These recipes are easy and fun to make at home — even with kids — and you won’t have to deal with the potential dangers of working with lye or learn the chemistry of the saponification process. Here’s how make a perfect melt-and-pour soap at home: 1. Choose a recipe and ...