Making soap from scratch might seem daunting at first, but it’s a rewarding craft that combines art and science. I’m here to introduce you to cold-process soap making, a method where you control every ingredient that goes into your soap, resulting in a high-quality product that’s gentl...
My beginner cold process soap recipe is an easy and affordable way to make lye soap using ingredients sourced from the grocery store. However, just because you’re making soap as a newbie, doesn’t mean you’re going to end up with a subpar soap. Basic cold press soap recipes can be j...
That's why it works so well as a base for so many soap recipes. It was designed to be an all vegetable oil replacement for lard in the making of lye soap. It eventually went on to largely replace lard in cooking too. As home soap making died out, people all but forgot about ...
Jan’s book includes more than a dozen beginner soapmaking recipes, as well as recipes for shampoo bars, herbal salves, lotions, bath melts, scrubs, soaks, and salts. It’s the perfect introduction to making all your own body products, and a great place to start for beginner soap crafter...
you will need to follow my basic instructions onhow to make cold process soap. If you’ve never made cold press soap, then I recommend starting with a more basic recipe as found within mysoap making tutorial. You can also start with some of the homemade soap recipes found in the books...
some fun variations recently. When you make melt and pour soaps you aren’t really “making” soap. You are melting down an already formed soap base and added scents and textures to it. If you are looking for the cold press method, this isn’t it. I’d love to learn that someday ...
If you’ve never made cold process soap before,stop here! I highly recommend checking out our FREE four partSoapQueen.tv serieson Cold Process Soapmaking, especially the episode onlye safety. And if you’d rather do some reading, Bramble Berry carries a wide range ofbookson the topic, inc...
These are my favorite 3 Cold Process soap recipes that I tend to stick to when making soap for classes, family and friends. The Avocado Moisturizing Bars from the Soap Crafting Book. Lots of Lather (my most favorite, tried and true, teach this in every class, really, really hard soap...
This peony soap is a little more advanced than my other melt and pour soap recipes but still beginner-friendly and easy to do. Let me show you the steps for how to make peony hand soap! And to all my visual learners, check out the video tutorial Cyna and I created for this peony ...
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