Olive Oil Soap Recipe
Olive oil soap, best known as Castile soap, is a classic among handmade soaps. It’s one of the simplest soap recipes, great for beginner soapmakers!
Olive oil soap, best known as Castile soap, is a classic among handmade soaps. It’s one of the simplest soap recipes, great for beginner soapmakers!
What is a fragrance oil? The market is filled with these products, also called essential oils. But is there a difference or they are all the same? Which ones are “good” and which ones are “bad”? Fragrance oils are a blend of synthetic aroma compounds, and/or essential oils (!), diluted in a carrier like propylene … Read more
Try this patchouli soap recipe at home. The result is a pretty red and cream layered soap, scented with patchouli and rose geranium essencial oils.
Try this cold process soap recipe with layers in beautiful colors. Scented with a blend of floral notes: lavender, neroli, and ylang-ylang.
As one of the most important – and dangerous – steps in soap making, learn how to make soap making lye water, safely and without any concerns.
Cold process is probably most soap makers favorite process for handmade soaps. It is very versatile and easy to control, allowing to create textures, shapes and designs with different colors. Find out the soap basics for cold process soap as well as cold process recipes.
With rebatch, you can reuse remnants of unused cold process soap. And as long as you can get a batch of cold process soap, it’s also a no-lye soap making process! Learn how to rebatch soap using cold process soap bars.
Find out what medicinal plants can do for skincare and haircare products. Infused in oils, water or other solvents, on in the form of essential oils, or extracts, you can – and should – use them to enrich your homemade products.
Find out here a list of free melt and pour soap recipes, as well as soap base recipes! However, you can simply purchase the soap base and skip dealing with lye.
Learn how to dry herbs at home: dry plant material – leaves, flowers, seeds – in a food dehydrator, or on a drying rack.