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Once you get past the fear of using lye (it’s just like driving a car – you need to take basic safety precautions) you’ll find that making cold process soap gives you more time to work on the design and a final bar of soap that lasts longer. Making and using handmade soap is a...
December is the month for giving, for making donations at the Salvation Army Red Kettle, for spending time with family and friends and wanting to give back to those less fortunate than ourselves. December is one of my favorite times of the year as it refocus me on what’s really important...
Hi Denisa, you can use raw milk or pasteurized — it makes little difference in soapmaking as far as I’m aware. Reply Sally says: I made this soap and it went well except I got a bit flustered near the end as in the equipment list there is a sieve but then there’s no mention...
Here is a nice stack of different recipes for making homemade laundry detergent that I’ve collected over the years. Do they work? Yes, I’ve had good luck with them. At the time I was using them, we had a relative who was in trade school living with us. Every day he was mechanic...
Soap included in the bargain basket here may be a discountinued fragrance, extra from a custom order, misshapen, dented, less than perfect in swirl or color, a slightly smaller bar, or other oddities from the soapmaking process. Some bars are layers of leftover soap from several soap...
Hot processuses an external heat source to (carefully) speed up the soap-making process (“saponification”). Hot process soaps generally take less time to make: a couple hours for saponification and about a week to cure. Extra ingredients are added near the end of the “cook time” and ...
Hi, Kathy – We know that we are using extreme caution. But we are also not making stuff up (okay, except for immersing the tide pods in a sink full of soapy water). Next time, I will stick better to the program! Liked by1 person ...
Making your own Homemade Body Wash from a solid bar of castile soap is super easy if you've got the right supplies. Find all the info here!
Learn how to make soap in a slow cooker with our cold process recipe of water, lye, and fat. This recipe is great for making crock pot soap! Learn How to Make Soap in a Slow Cooker When I first started learning how to make soap, somewhere in the back of my mind was the question...