Handmade and handcrafted Natural cold-processed and hot processed soap recipes and instruction. No artificial ingredients or fragrances, but only healthy methods and ingredients: Shampoo bars, body bars, face bars, acne and eczema bars.
I’ve put together 3 Laundry Soap Recipes. I have not called them detergent recipes, because detergents are surfactants, which I do not believe are healthy. Instead, here are some healthier options for you and your family. Why make your own laundry soap? Cost. It is a lot cheaper to make your own. Safety. Store detergents...
Though men are known to like all types of scents, from rose and vanilla to patchouli, they often like woodsy and earthy scents. My husband’s favorite scents are patchouli and vetiver. I’ve put together three soap recipes with herbs and essential oils so that you can make soap for men; soap that will appeal to...
I love making soap. Out of all the homesteading, natural, back to roots skills that I’ve learned over the past 15 years, making soap from scratch is definitely my favorite. Don’t get me wrong. I’m happy that I can start a garden, keep a sourdough starter, and create herbal remedies. Those are all very important....
You can learn how to make you own liquid hand soap in just a few easy steps. It’s an easy thing to make and has a lot of advantages. For starters, it’s very frugal! I make my own soap (For recipes, go here.), so there is very little cost to using two to three bars...
This is Cellulite Scrub bar is a cold process soap recipe. If you haven’t made cold process soap, then head over to Homemade Soap Step by Step for Beginners and even try out my books here or here. The fact is that caffeine scrubs and lotions have been shown to make a difference in breaking...
Each year, I make a number of holiday soap recipes. They’re festive, fun, and beautiful. You definitely need to plan ahead so that they are hard enough to give as gifts and use for the Christmas season, but it’s not too late, even in November. Not only can you make these Christmas soaps now, but...
One thing that soap makers figure out quickly, is that even though they love various recipes because of the different qualities various oils bring to soap, we usually end up with one cold process soap recipe that we tweak with various scents and colors. If you’re making soap for your family, then this is exactly...
I’ve put together a candy cane soap recipe with rose clay and peppermint essential oil. There are a wide variety of clays to choose from to use in soap recipes: kaolin clay, bentonite clay, Moroccan clay, French clay, Rhassoul clay, rose clay. There’s such variety! Even those clays mentioned have a number of variants, and...
I tried using shampoo bar soap before and it did not work. No one told me that you usually have to wait about 2 weeks for your hair to stop overproducing oils from being stripped consistently with store-bought shampoos or that sometimes hard water makes it difficult, or that you need to use a conditioner...
Handmade or homemade soap made from scratch with lye and oils is true, natural soap. Homemade soap is a great way to be in control of what is going on your family’s skin and thus, into their bodies. When I first looked into soap making, I felt like I had information overload. It took me...
Soap making is just fun. It’s even more fun when you can share it with others! I recently shared 5 Fall Soap Recipes with you and they are still a hit. Since it’s that time of year again, I thought it would be fun to share 5 MORE Fall soap recipes with you. This time...
Thanks for checking out my 5 Fall Soap Recipes! Fall is such a beautiful time of the year where I live. Whether you love the hot summers or the snowy winters, Autumn is a transition time that often involves new scents outside the home as well as inside the home. The coolness of the mornings,...
So what’s all the rage about goat milk and honey shampoo and soap? What’s so special about goat’s milk compared to cow’s milk? And what does honey do for a soap? These are the questions I’m going to answer for you. Plus, I have a fabulous recipe that you’ve got to try! Why Goat Milk...
It’s time to give this beloved Pumpkin Spice Soap recipe a special highlight. This recipe has been a family fovorite for years now. If you want to get started making a Fall soap, then this recipe is a great place to start. It’s a favorite in my shop as well. I made this Pumpkin Spice...
A lot of people have shown interest in these Acne Detox Soap Bars that I sell in my shop. After all, a good activated charcoal soap recipe is amazing in and of itself. The added good ingredients, including bacteria killing tea tree essential oils, makes it an important recipe for any soap maker to have....
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