Place the soap-making pot with the solid oils on the stove over medium-low heat. Slowly melt the oils while stirring gently. Monitor the temperature with a thermometer. Turn off the heat when the oils get to about …
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Now select your soapmaking oils, fats and waxes for your soap recipe. Click on the first oil, fat or wax you are using then click on the plus …
Formulating your own cold process soap recipes is easy! The key is to start simple and go from there. Learn more below, and find cold process soap making supplies here. You can never go wrong with a 34/33/33 ratio. That’s …
There is a specific, although not difficult, process for making cold processed soap at home. First, gather all your ingredients, equipment, and safety gear. Second, weigh …
Using your food grade scale measure out your hard oils first (those are your palm oil and coconut oil). Measure out 6.6 ounces or 187.11 grams of palm oil into a mixing bowl. Measure …
Next, put a plastic pitcher or a mason jar on the weighing scale, further zeroing out the weight. Add lye to the jar and cover the same with its lid and put it in an undisturbed spot. 2. Combine …
Basic cold process soap making supplies Basic cold process soap recipe: beginner's Bastille soap Step 1: Prep work Step 2: Prepare the lye solution Step 3: Melt and combine oils Step 4: Combine lye with oils and bring …
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Welcome to our cold process soap making guide. If you’re interested in learning how to make nourishing skin-loving soap, you’re in the right place. This free guide will walk you through the …
Raise the coconut oil. The bar will be more cleansing so you will lose some “moisturizing” qualities. Add some castor if the lather is fleeting – meaning it doesn’t last. Castor oil suspends lather. Add a pinch of sugar to the …
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Basic ingredients. To make this DIY soap with coconut and olive oils, you’ll need: 20 oz. coconut oil. 10 oz. olive oil. 9 oz. distilled water. 4.78 oz. 100 percent pure lye. 20 to 40 drops of
Making cold process soap is a simple enough process. Here's how to do it safely step by step. Materials 10.72 Ounces Water 3.91 Ounces Lye 16 Ounces Pastured Lard …
You must have a fat (your soapmaking oils and butters) and an alkali (sodium hydroxide for bar soap or potassium hydroxide for liquid soap) to make soap. When …
Make your lye solution in a medium sized jug. Gradually add the sodium hydroxide to the frozen coffee ice cubes and mix slowly and carefully until the sodium …
Once the soap has reached trace, you'll need to give the mixture one more good stir, shake off your stick blender, put the lid on the pot, and wait. Check on the soap in about …
This still requires one to two weeks, but this is still four weeks quicker than using a cold process. In the cold process, there is enough heat in the chemical reaction between the lye and the oil …
Formulating your own cold process soap recipes is easy! The key is to start simple and go from there. Learn more below, and find cold process soap making supplies here. You can never go wrong with a 34/33/33 ratio. That’s 34% olive oil, 33% coconut oil, and 33% palm oil. They’re commonly used because they complement each other well.
This easy cold process soap recipe requires just three inexpensive soapmaking oils that can be sourced at most grocery stores. I also offer several substitutions that you can use for the main ingredient that won’t require you to recalculate the amount of lye needed.
Add a pinch of sugar to the lye water when it cools down. Sugar helps create lather. Note: By raising the coconut oil your soap will be more cleansing and less moisturizing. You can counteract the high cleansing effects of high coconut with a higher superfat. Too drying? Raise the olive oil.
At any rate, it’s not so bad to work with, it just takes a few precautions. Making cold process soap is a simple enough process. Here's how to do it safely step by step. Begin by gathering all of your supplies and making sure you have space to work.