HOW TO MAKE HANDMADE SOAP

Homemade soap can also called natural soap if we use only natural ingredients to produce it. Homemade soap is easy and enjoy to make! ...before we go to deep step, let me explain about it for a little.

Types of homemade (handmade) soaps.
I have talked about it here :
http://howtomakehandmadesoaps.blogspot.com/2012/08/types-of-handmade-soap.html

Homemade Soap - Natural Soap benefits
We can design it as we like. You can select any smells you like and any recipes have their unique properties. Some recipes give a lot lathers but some give less. We also can add colors as we imagine of. So your homemade soap will be unique and good as you have designed it before making.

Example of Homemade Soap recipe
Cold Process recipe (This is an easy, mild olive oil soap, good for beginners) :
Recipe: (Makes 8 lbs.)
24 oz. olive oil
24 oz. coconut oil
38 oz. vegetable shortening (Crisco)
12 oz. lye
32 oz. distilled water
3-4 oz. any essential or fragrance oil

Melt & pour Soap recipe (Milky Rose Soap Bar) :
Recipe:
Glass Measuring cup
Metal Spoon
Mold of your choice
1/4 C. Freshly picked or dried rose petals, the more fragrant the better
16oz Clear M&P Soap base
1/8th Cup Goats Milk, may use buttermilk or other milk of choice
1/2 - 1 tsp Rose Petals Fragrance Oil
Microwave
Alcohol in spray bottle

How to make handmade soap
For the cold process soap , we mix lye with oils we prepared for each recipe first , when it trace , we add fragrance and colors...mix it well then pour into the mold. I will post more and deep details on how to make handmade soap later.

For melt and pour soap , We melt soap base first (don't let it boil) , then add all additive we have prepared for and stir well and pour into your molds...yeah! I will post more and deep details later. Please keep reading my blog :)