This soap used the Cold Process and was so easy and took only about 30 mins to make. The white soap on the cutting board was a pure coconut soap she'd made a few days before.
The yellow in the soap is the olive oil
At the class we were told about this online soap calculator I think its brilliant. You put in the amount of the ingredient you have and it calculates what you need and what quantities of the other ingredients.
Here are more links to help you out:
Simple Soap - Four ingredients
Christmas soap decorations
Melt and pour
How to make soap
An introduction to Cold Processed Soapmaking
Bramble Berry Soap Queen TV Video
Basic terms episode 2
Teachsoap
The everything soapmaking book by Alicia Grosso
The Soapmakers Companion by Susan Miller Cavich
Using fragrance and essential oils
Labels for your soap, you'll need to pay a one time payment of $8
https://www.jamlabelizer.com/
How to make decorative soap tops
More texturing
Eczema Soap Video Website
Humectant-draws oil to the skin, calming, soothing. carrot, turmeric, honey, olive oil, oats, carrot pure Vit A,- 2 oz to a 5lb loaf
This book was recommended to us, it had some beautiful recipes in there
I have a friend who made soap, and it's fabulous to use...
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Maxine
Your soaps look very nice. Are those 100% olive oil soaps?
ReplyDeleteNils they are coconut and olive oil recipe:
Delete450 ml Water rain water
172 g Caustic Soda/Lye
250 g coconut oil
1000 g olive oil
Thank you Bridget. It’s similar to the recipe I use. 😊
DeleteThere are several reasons to make soap at home and one of the best reason is that they are totally safe to use and contain no kind harmful chemical ingredients. Your recipe is good, make sure to check out our homemade natural body soaps.
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