A step-by-step guide on how to make cold process soap. Includes information on each soapmaking step, temperatures, mixing lye solution, bringing soap to ‘trace,’ molding, and curing soap. This is part six of the Natural Soap Making for Beginners series. Thus far, in this series, we’...
Soap sprinkles are easy and quick to make when you have the right tools! I wanted to create a variety of colors so that I can make, store and then use as needed. To make sprinkles, you first make soap dough.
This is a simple cold process recipe for making goat milk soap, plus a top tip for getting bright white bars. It makes eight to ten nourishing bars that are suitable for all skin types, but especially those with sensitive skin. There’s a good reason soapmakers love using goat milk. Goa...
How a soapmaker makes tasty-looking cold process soapsCaroline Aghajanian
Generally, the soap will be able to be removed from the mold faster. Reduced water in the recipe cuts down on the 4-6 week cure time of cold process soap. Less water can prevent glycerin rivers from occurring. This is particularly helpful if your recipe contains a large amount oft...
what I read to what I was experiencing. Things didn’t look exactly as I imagined from reading the text described and having pictures was helpful, but nothing showed me everything from start to finish. Still I kept at it, determined to get the process of how to make soap down cold. ...
I will be showing you how to use one of my favorite recipes that combine Aloe Vera with vegetable shortening, olive oil, and lye. This is a “cold pressed” soap, meaning that you rely only on the heat from the lye reacting to water to fuel the process that converts fat into soap....
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the soap bars I made. If you’re looking for homemade soaps that have specific properties, the best way to get them is to formulate exactly the kind of soap from the start. You do this by including ingredients with the soap making properties you want into your cold process soap recipes....
while others may contribute extra moisturizing properties. Many soapers spend years perfecting their cold process recipes to create what they consider to be “the perfect bar.” The great thing about making your own soap is recipes can be altered depending on personal preference, or with wh...