An introduction to seven ways for how to make soap at home including cold process, hot process, liquid soapmaking, and melt-and-pour
Learn how to make liquid soap. Not grated bar soap melted in hot water. Our recipe masters REAL liquid soap for hands, body, dishes, & more! Summer is almost here and school is out, for that reason I have plenty of time to work on projects. ...
Gallo recommends using white sugar (versus brown) for a sugar paste, as it's hard to see the color change with brown sugar and it hardens too quickly. Skin Prep Before sugaring, make sure your hair is about one-fourth to three-fourths of an inch long. If it's longer than this, trim...
Learn how to make soap from scratch. This tutorial provides insight into the soap-making process and what occurs during saponification. In addition this guide also teaches you how to make cold process soap with lye. It covers safety and recipe formulation as well as a variety of lye soap rec...
How to make a soap paste: Prepare your work area. Gather all tools, utensils, safety gear, and ingredients. Along with a large (unchipped) enamel crock pot, you will need a number of bowls and utensils for holding, measuring, stirring, etc. Do not use aluminum, tin, or copper. Use ...
I use two very easy methods to avoid this happening, though. One I share in the recipe below and the other in the goat milk soap recipe in my online soapmaking course. How to Make Goat Milk Soap Some years ago, when I first began teaching myself how to make soap, I tried a ...
STEP 3: Add the expanded soap to the paper in your bin and mix with a small amount of water until you have a sticky paste. Pin Continue to mix until you can make a ball. Pin STEP 4: Now time to play with your ghost mud or clean mud! Have fun! Add various kitchen tools or ...
2. Mix until the soap flakes have melted enough to form a thick paste. It can take a few minutes for the paste to form. Adult help may be needed for this part. Just when you think it’s not going to come together, it does!
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’s definitely not something you want to be working with when you have little ones running around. Thankfully there’s an answer for that and I’m su...
Chinese sesame paste is one of the most common core bases for hot pot dipping sauce. It gives your sauce a hearty thickness—and a satisfying coating to anything you dip into said sauce. We use it straight from the jar. A spoonful goes a long way! That said, if you’ve got it thinn...