Soap Instructions and Ideas. Learn how to add natural color, honey, and milk and more to homemade soap.
Making homemade soap is such a beautiful, simple skill to learn—but if you’ve ever had a batch go wrong, you know how discouraging it can feel. One minute everything looks perfect, and the next you’re in the middle of soap making troubleshooting because your soap is thickening too fast, cracked, crumbling, or just… wrong. Here’s...
I’ve been making soap for 15 years or more already. Hard to believe that so much time has gone by since my first batches of soap. I had no idea what I was doing and it really looked like it for a while. But I think that’s part of the process. You don’t give up...
This is a project that I’ve been working on for about a year now: how to make a melt and pour base recipe from scratch with only pure and healthy ingredients. I’ve been tweaking the recipe, not wanting to just say, “This is as good as it gets.” But wanting to improve the end texture...
When I first started making a milk soaps or milk shampoo with the cold process method, I thought there was only one way to do it. After making hundreds of batches, you learn how to switch things around, what works, and what doesn’t. I want to teach you how to add milk to soap in...
I get a lot of questions about how to add honey to handmade soap. A lot of soap makers recognize the benefits of honey in soap, but want to know when to add it and how much to add. Why Add Honey to Handmade Soap? Antimicrobial – prevents the growth of certain bacteria Humectant or...
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...
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...
I’m excited to share with you a new and updated tutorial on how to make soap from scratch. My first step by step guide is 7 easy Steps to Homemade Soap for Beginners. It’s a great guide and I encourage you to head over there and read that article as well. The reason that I...
I get a lot of questions about creating soap and shampoo bar recipes. One of the questions I get the most is about superfat content; what’s the best superfat percentage for soap body bars, face bars, or shampoo bars and why? I’m sure there are a lot of strong opinions about the best percentages to...
Melt and pour soap is a fun project for almost all ages. Plus, it can be ready to use as soon as it hardens. Adding designs and layering melt and pour soap adds that creative touch. Though my favorite type of soap making process is cold process, I think each soap making process and crafting...
Soap making is a creative craft that allows you to express your artistic abilities, learn a new skill and improve upon it over the year, make something healthier than store bough versions, and it means you are learning an age old skill that can be very valuable for you in the future. Surprisingly, you can...
There are a number of reasons to hand mill soap. The biggest reason people hand mill soap is to fix botched soap and other soaping problems. Sometimes you forget to add enough water, enough oil, or add too much lye. If you know what you did (and sometimes if you’re not quite sure) you can...
Some of you may have heard of the term French-milling or hand-milled soap before, but are unsure of what it is, how it’s different from other soap processes, or why anyone would want to hand mill soap. Hand-milling is a valuable skill to know, whether you are a soap maker, someone who wants to be...
I’m a cold process girl. Probably because I’m a control freak and can’t stand the idea of not having ingredients that I’ve purposely chosen for my skin care routine. That being said, if you can find a good melt and pour source then it’s such a fun project to tackle. If you have children and...
Being able to design your own soap recipe is fantastic! You are no longer inhibited by someone’s else’s ideas, favorite oils to use, or even batch size amounts. Instead, you make all the decisions. Want a large 36 bar, 9 pound batch? Great, start designing. Want to use the oils you have in the house...
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