Energize Your Family with Tea Tree Oil Soap!

  I was doing some research on essential oils yesterday because I wanted to find some that would have an energizing effect. It turns out that tea tree oil is one of those essential oils that does just that!  It is known to reduce mental fatigue and promote blood flow throughout your body. So, here [...]

How to Make Soaps: Beeswax Soap Recipe

If you have ever wanted to make soap using beeswax, here’s your chance.  Beeswax is known for having hydrating properties that help to restore dry skin and increase your natural moisture!   Bee Good Soap Recipe I have collected some of the ingredients called for in the soap recipe for you.  The links take you to [...]

Bulk Soap Making at Home

Space and logistics are two things you will surely need when you go into bulk soap making at home. But before anything else, let’s take a detailed look the process itself of soap making. There is an entire gamut of variations in this craft. They range from the ‘melt and pour’ shortcut to more self-reliant [...]

Medicinal Soap Making

As you know, one of the greatest benefits to making your own soap is your ability to create it in any way you see fit. You can make very attractive, art-like soap to add to your bathroom’s décor or you can make purely functional workshop soap without much aesthetic appeal and everything in between. Some [...]

Acne Soap Recipe by Paulien H.

The following is a melt and pour recipe submitted by Paulien for treating acne.  Paulien is a subscriber to the Soap Making Fun Newsletter. What Paulien Had to Say About the Recipe Soap is made of natural oils and fats mixed with alkaline substance. Soap cleans your skin because it emulsifies or breaks up grease [...]

Exfoliating Sea Salt Gem Stone Soaps

  The video was created by GoPlanetEarth.com. This looks great for all of you who are into melt & pour. Experiment with different colorants to get the look that you want. Want to Learn More About Melt & Pour Soap Making? Shona O’Connor’s Soap Making Course is the Best I’ve Seen for Melt & Pour [...]

Lemon Soap Recipe

If you love lemons or citrus, you’re going to love this cold process recipe. You can test out this recipe yourself at http://www.northcountrymercantile.com/soapmakinglibrary/pams-luscious-lemon-soap-recipe/!

Sweet Black Licorice Soap by Diane

Here is another great recipe from Diane of Indulgent Body & Bath. Here is what she had to say: When you think of Black Licorice – what color comes to mind? Black, of course. But I didn’t want to make an all black soap; I already had an idea for that one (I used for [...]

Benefits of Using a Digital Infrared Thermometer for Soap Making

With the plethora of high-tech gadgets and devices available, the process of making soap at home has become a lot more convenient. Using an accessory like a digital infrared thermometer in soap making helps you avoid costly and time-wasting mistakes, whether you are into creating soap at home as a hobby or as a business. [...]

Similarities Between Candle and Soap Making Supplies by Thomas Morva

There are a number of similarities in making soap and candles. Both require pouring the raw materials into molds to give them shape. Candles and soap need scents and color as well. Many stores sell both candle and soap making supply kits. Candle and soap-making supply stores are found nationwide and on the Internet. It [...]

Some Soap Making Materials

It is possible to make soap at home using utensils already found in your kitchen. To get a fairly good idea of the sort of equipment you’ll be needing, keep in mind that soap is the product of blending fats (or oils) and lye (or some other caustic alkali) solution. Thus your basic list of [...]

Ideas for Wrapping Soap

How you wrap the soap you have made with your own hands will depend on whether you will: sell the soap, give them out as presents, or keep them for family or personal use. Your packaging may have to be more professional-looking if your home production is a growing business. Whatever the case, wrapping soap [...]

Soap Making Mold Auctions (US)

No matter what type of soap making process you choose, eventually you will need a mold of some type to pour your mix into. You can use all kinds of containers as a soap making mold. Here are some molds specifically designed for soap making that are available for auction on eBay. These are auctions [...]

How to Stay Safe When Making Soap | Soap Making Safety

Not only is soap making rewarding, but it also holds many adventures for those who are interested in the hobby.  Of course, as with any other type of adventure that you can take, safety is one of the most important issues that you will need to think about when making soap.  There are a number [...]

Scale for Soap Making

In the arena of soap making, one of the most important pieces of equipment that you will needed is a scale.  The quantity of the ingredients your recipes call for is crucial so getting a scale that will fulfill your needs is vital for making soap properly.  That said, there are a number of different [...]

Using Rubber Soap Molds

There are literally hundreds of soap mold companies and suppliers online. You will want to find a soap mold company that produces a mold that allows the soap to come right out, as soon as it is done. If you are new to soap making you will want to find just a few molds at [...]

Organic Essential Oils

Aromatherapy is part of almost every person’s life even without him or her consciously realizing it. Scents have the power to make us feel good or better – anyone who has inhaled the fresh scent of a pine forest or the heady fragrance of a bouquet of roses realizes this. Aromatherapy harnesses the healing and [...]

Soap Making Supplies – For Business and Pleasure

In the “Earth’s Children” series of novels by Jean Auel, the subject of soap making is touched upon. The story revolves around a remarkable young woman named Ayla, her eventual husband, Jondalar, and the clans and tribes they meet along their travels during the Ice Age. In the novels, soap is either made by Ayla [...]

Soap Making Kits for Fast, Fun and Easy Soaps

Soap is a thing that most of us usually take for granted. We use it in one form or another everyday, and when we run out of it, it’s no trouble at all to get new ones in a store. A large number of people, however, have entered the thriving handcrafted soap business and are [...]

Last Minute Soap Making Part 2 – Melt & Pour Soap Making

With Christmas approaching fast, the window on creating soap for gifts is closing rapidly. At least it is for one particular method of soap making – the cold process. While the cold process is my prefered soap making method, it does have a major drawback. Because the cold process requires extra time for curing, it [...]

How to Make Glycerin Soap

Glycerin is the clear, gel-like byproduct of traditional lye soap. When the lye and the animal fat go through a chemical process called saponification, glycerin is produced. Glycerin is becoming a popular soap making base as it is easy to use and isn’t harmful in its pure state like lye. The process of how to [...]

Handmade Glycerin Soaps for Silky and Smooth Skin

Soap making is an interesting hobby, one that can be enjoyed for personal pleasure or developed into a business. Handmade glycerin soaps are especially popular among many people because of their novelty, their natural ingredients, and the soft, smooth skin that results from using them. They are enjoyed either for personal use or as gifts [...]

Last Minute Soap Making Part 1 – Hot Process Soap Making

With Christmas approaching fast, the window on creating soap for gifts is closing rapidly. At least it is for one particular method of soap making – the cold process. While the cold process is my preferred soap making method, it does have a major drawback. Because the cold process requires extra time for curing, it [...]

Hot Process Soap Making & The Holidays

When it comes go soap making, I am a fan of the cold process. I like how you create the soap from scratch from seemingly random ingredients. I love how you can customize the soap and the challenge of getting things just right so that the batch turns out well. Even so, the cold process [...]

Are You Ready for Liquid Soap Making?

Soap making is not limited to bars of glycerin or lye soap.  While it is not the simplest method of soap making, the process of liquid soap making can be a fun and exciting challenge for soap makers.  Learning how to make liquid soap would be a great milestone for any soap maker.   What [...]

How to Make Soap – Recognizing Trace

Whether you realize it or not, being able to recognize “trace” is a vital skill that you will need to hone in order to be an accomplished soap maker. Trace is the point where saponification, the chemical reaction that creates soap, takes place. Of the steps necessary for making soap, recognizing trace is probably the [...]

Liquid Soap Making & Your Blender

If you’ve become interested in soap making, it is almost guaranteed that you have become curious about liquid soap. Regular bar soap naturally hardens once the soap mix reaches “trace” and is set in the molds. If this is the case, then how is liquid soap made?  What is used to keep the soap in [...]

Soap Making Fragrance Oil: Another Source of Scents

If you have ever been to a store or craft booth that specializes in homemade soap, what is the first thing you do when you come across a bar that peaks your interest? You smell it! Fragrance is one of the most attractive things that can be found in soap. As such, it is a [...]

Soap Making Essential Oils: Add Natural Scents to Your Soap Making Creations

Fragrance, which is commonly added to soap through various oils, is a fun way to customize the soap you make. There are two kinds of oils typically used for fragrance – essential oils and synthetic fragrance oils. Essential oils are derived from plants are the preferred method of adding fragrance to all natural soaps. While [...]

Soap Making and Clays

As any soap maker can tell you, one of the greatest aspects of making soap is the customizability of your creations. There are a multitude of options and ingredients that go beyond carrier and essential oil selection. Clays are a great example of how to add unique flair to your soap. Just as with oils [...]

How to Get More Lather from Your Soap

As soon as people start making soap, one of the first things they want to learn is how to get more lather from their soap. There are a number of ways to do this, including the use of certain ingredients like castor oil. Over at About.com, they have another set of methods for making sudsier [...]

How to Make Your Own Soap at Home

If you want to make your own soap at home, you’ve probable already heard about how rewarding and fun the experience can be. It is a great hobby that can quickly turn into a great business if you choosy to take that route. Anyone can get into this fascinating activity by simply finding information on [...]

Fun with Soap Scrubs

Soap scrubs play a very important role in skin care products. What these scrubs offer is the ability to aid in removing the body’s excess oils, cleansing the skin, and giving your body that overall refreshed feeling. In the past such scrubs had been relegated to only expensive spas, however, now you can create them [...]

Soap Making & Eczema

As you probably know by now, one of the best parts of soap making is customization. When you create your own soap, you can make it any way that you want. This includes deciding which ingredients you will and will not allow into your soap. Control of those ingredients is especially important when considering soap [...]

A Few Soap Making Ideas

It would be a shame if you have been making your own soap at home and never got past plain, boring bars. That’s because there are thousands of ways of making soap a treat to the senses, as well as a functional piece of handiwork. The soap making ideas presented in this article are for [...]

How Soap Works

Like water, soap is a daily essential. We depend on it for keeping our things, our surroundings, and our bodies hygienic. We witness its cleansing effect all the time—when we wash the laundry, do the dishes, wash our hands or take a bath. Yet very few of us can explain its action. This is how [...]

African Black Soap

African black soap has grown in popularity. Traditionally an artifact created using natural ingredients and processes, the soap is fast becoming commercialized. In fact, synthetic versions manufactured by large cosmetic companies have found their way into store shelves allotted for beauty products.   African Black Soap Origins African Black soap hails from West Africa and [...]

The History of Soap Making

Anyone who has seen Fight Club knows that Tyler Durden said that soap was the yardstick of civilization. Now whether that was an actual quote from someone of historical importance or not, it is difficult to deny the influence soap has had on human civilization. When studying the history of soap, many theories emerge.  Some [...]

Appalachian Soap Making

Although many soap making companies now are leaning toward organic, vegetable based products, you can still find some of the older Appalachian recipes and techniques that originated in the Appalachian Mountains. These recipes are based on melted down animal fats, like bacon fat and grease, mixed with lye. Appalachian soap was used in the elimination [...]

Troubleshooting For Better Soap Making

While soap making doesn’t have to be difficult, it can be a very complicated process. There are so many elements that have to take place in just the right fashion for your soap to come out as it should. Temperatures, equipment, oils, the amount of lye used, and even your facial expression can have an [...]

Biggest Soap Making Mistakes of Beginners Pt. 2

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Biggest Soap Making Mistakes of Beginners Pt. 1

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Can Soap Making Dye Cause Acne? by Steve Paul

Almost all skin care products incorporate some type of soap making dye to create a more appealing look. Could this actually be a detriment to your skin? The short answer is yes, but only if certain types are used. Obviously, you should steer clear of any synthetic soap making dye, especially ones that include carcinogens… [...]