Authentic, natural soap, both hard bar and liquid soap, is made from the chemical reaction of lye combined with fats. The lye is made from water (or water combined with other liquids) and an alkali. For hard bars of soap the alkali is sodium hydroxide, for liquid soaps the alkali is potassium hydroxide. Safety advice for handling lye

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When cleaning your soap making pot, allow the mixture to solidify and scrape it into a bag to be sealed and disposed of. Keep your gloves on when cleaning and add some vinegar to your washing up water to help thoroughly clean your utensils. It might not suspend the particles perfectly, but it will do a decent job without having to delay until you can find suspending type melt and pour base.I’m new to soap making. I have made 3 batches so far: Lemongrass, eco-friendly basic soap, and tonight I made the Simple Herb Soap. I think that I may have stopped blending it a bit too soon. I had slight trace and I stopped. Just wondering, if I did stop a bit too soon, do you know what will happen to the soap? It’ll take 28 days to cure, so I am just wondering if it will turn out ok?

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Not to get too crazy, but have you ever scrubbed with coffee grounds? It feels amazing! Live near a beach (or a craft store)? Try some sand. How about ground pumice? Make your own deep-cleaning pumice stone soap. Have fun and be original. Can any essential oil be added to the Easy 3-oil recipe after trace? I made some soap for my son with sensitive skin last year using a mix of olive oil and coconut oil and it worked great. Sadly I cannot find the recipe so wanted to try something as gentle, but with a bit of scent. Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier

I have a question, I love your Lemongrass recipe! Can I just exchange the colour and the essential oils and use and repeat the recipe? would it work for any other as well as with the lemongrass. All of the recipes on Savvyhomemade allow 5% superfatting. This ensures correct saponification (the chemical reaction that creates soap) making sure there is zero free caustic alkali remaining and a good ph balance is achieved. As long as you have measured your ingredients correctly you have nothing to worry about. To be sure always test it using a ph strip to make sure it is somewhere between 7-10. Yay! Soapmaking is addictive…but it’s a useful addiction, especially at Christmas time :) As for your questions: Make a pretty floral soap colored with rose clay and scented with essential oil Simple Flower Soap Recipe This recipe is one of my favorites, it’s made with simple ingredients to make a great creamy natural soap bar, it holds a good hardness and lathers up very well.

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I like using a 4-cup microwave safe measuring cup. Filling it halfway gets me a pound of soap base to work with and the lip or spout makes it easy to control when poured. Microwave or double boilerMake sure that your arms are covered when dealing with lye. As a sensible precaution, wear shoes, not sandals to prevent any splashes landing on your bare feet.

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When working with lye, only use glass containers and non-aluminum/tin utensils for mixing and stirring. About half an hour before soapmaking, make a peppermint infusion by heating the distilled water and adding the peppermint. Leave to cool to your room's ambient temperature and leave the peppermint in the liquid.Thanks so much for your advice! I've made several attempts to research soap-making, and your tutorial is the most balanced and practical that I've found. Get everything that you crave most in bar soap. This is soap that feels so amazing you never want to get out of the shower. Have you ever tried anything similar, or heard of anything like that? Could all my work be for naught – for instance, could the heat of the production process render the tannins ineffective? I would like to thank you, as you are doing a great job for the people. To me its like a social welfare!!