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...
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...
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...
Making cold process soap from scratch doesn’t have to be hard or scary. You can learn how to make soap with lye, also known as old fashioned lye soap, using modern soap making methods, techniques and homemade soap recipes. This beginning soap-makers guide on how to make cold process so...
There are a few factors to consider beforeformulating cold process soap recipes. From theCommon Soapmaking Oilspost to theBack to Basics Series, we’ve got plenty of resources to help you get started. You can never go wrong with a 34/33/33 ratio. That’s 34%olive oil, 33%coconut oil...
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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...
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 ...
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 ...