Are you as anxious and excited as I am. These were the feelings that I had the first time I made soap. I had no idea what to expect. Well, I can say I was expecting a beautiful store bought looking bar of soap. Did I get that no, not exactly but I did get… Read More The unmolding of your soap.

The time has come to make your own soap. I am providing a basic soap recipe that can be built on as you get more comfortable with making soap. I have chosen olive oil for our oil. Olive oil makes a very hard bar of soap without the need to add other oils and butters.… Read More One oil soap recipe

Hello Soapers, Now that we have decided to make soap. We know what equipment we need. Let’s talk about the methods used to make soap. There are a few methods to make soap but I am going to focus on cold process and hot process. I will focus on these two methods because they are… Read More Cold Process vs. Hot Process Soap Making

Hello Soapers, Now that we have gone over the when, why and what in the previous posts. Let’s talk about the how. How much of each ingredient to use. When making soap, you must know the exact amount of water and lye (sodium hydroxide) to use for the amount and types of oil that you… Read More How much?

Now that we have gathered all the utensils to make soap. Let’s talk about what soap is. Soap is the the results of mixing an oil, lye ( sodium hydroxide) and water. Soap cannot be made without lye. This process is called soaponification. Without this process there will be no soap. Soaponification will only happen… Read More What’s next

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