My first soap kit was a bargain all-in-one set that shorted me on nearly everything that mattered. I have been making soap for about eleven years now
Soap bubbles because it is a surfactant: its molecules lower water’s surface tension and wrap around pockets of air to form the thin walls of bubbles.
Rock soap is glycerin melt-and-pour base, tinted with mineral mica and either carved into faceted gems or dipped in layers into a geode, so the finished
My first from-scratch liquid soap zapped my tongue after four hours in the crockpot, and I could not figure out why until I reread the label on my lye.
Use castor oil at about 5 percent of your oils, with a workable range of 2 to 10 percent. It does not make bubbles on its own, which surprises most beginners;
Felted soap is a bar wrapped in two or three thin layers of pure wool roving, then rubbed under hot water until the wool mats into a snug, scrubby skin.
My first exfoliating melt and pour bar came out with every poppy seed packed in a gritty layer at the bottom and a blank slab on top. I have made hundreds
Use cosmetic-grade activated charcoal at about 1 teaspoon per pound of oils for a dark grey-to-black bar, dispersed in a little oil first and stick-blended
Homemade soap detergent comes down to three things: a grated bar of hard soap, washing soda, and borax, blended dry or cooked into a gel.
The first time I made goat milk soap I poured the milk straight into the lye, watched it hiss and turn the color of canned pumpkin, and knew before it