HOW TO MAKE HANDMADE SOAP

Handmade soap has 3 types, depend on the process of making it.

This handmade soap type is the mixing of oil and lye at room temperature.




Hot process soap is very similar to cold process soap making. It also can use the same recipe to make. The difference between the two methods is the addition of heat to 'cook' the soap in the hot method. This cooking forces the gel stage to occur faster, evaporates more water and produces a harder bar of soap faster than the cold process method.



This soap making process is melting soap base. The process differs from the cold process or hot process in that no soap is made. In the process; a melt and pour soap base acquired in commerce is melted in a direct heat melter or water jacket melting pot (large double boiler) and additional items such as fragrance, essential oils, moisturizing agents, colorants, or exfoliating agents are added. While still hot, the concoction can be poured into individual molds, tray molds, or blocks which upon cooling can be sliced.