The Difference between Cold Process Soap and Melt and Pour Soap

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In recent years, there has been a resurgence in the popularity of making soap. Although soap is readily available in stores, a [...]

The Dangers of Lye and What It Means for Soap Crafters

Many years ago, lots of people made their own soap. Since they usually had animal fat on hand, it was less expensive to make it themselves than to buy it from someone else. But today, most soap we buy is made in factories.
Still, the art of soap making is far from dead. [...]

Ideas for Molds

There are tons of cute speciality molds you can buy online for your soap. But sometimes it’s more fun (and economical) to improvise with things you already have. Here are some ideas of things you can use as a soap mold:
Food trays – you can then cut the bars to whatever size you want
Leggs pantyhose [...]

Melt and Pour Soap

Melt and Pour soap makes it easy for anyone to make fancy soaps. Basically, you buy a slab of special melt-and-pour soap. It usually is already perforated to help you break it apart. You then heat up the soap in a pan (some brands you can use with a microwave) and pour it into molds. [...]

Almond Soap

12 oz grated soap
8 oz water
2 Cups of Almonds, unshelled
3 teaspoons sweet almond oil
4 drops sandalwood essential oil (more or less to preference)
Boil the almonds for about 5 minutes. At this time you should also be melting the soap and water mixture. The skins should now come off easily, remove the skins and grind [...]

Milling Soap

Milling or rebatching soap is the process used to turned already made soap into nice more decorative soap. First take your existing soap and shred it up. This can be done easily with a cheese grater. Then put all of your soap shavings into a bag, along with a very small amount of liquid (water, [...]