7 common mistakes to avoid when making liquid soap
Liquid soap making is rewarding as it can be made with just a few ingredients, it can be used for multiple purposes, from facial cleansers to laundry detergent, you have control over the strength (cleansing capability) of the soap and you can customize it with...
An Essential Guide to Making Liquid Soap – Your questions answered!
For soap making enthusiasts who enjoy making bar soap, liquid soap making is an exciting next step! Liquid soap recipes can be really simple, in some cases using just three ingredients: olive oil, lye and purified water. Liquid soap is also really versatile; depending...
8 Soap Making Myths – Busted!
If you’ve been making skincare or haircare products for a while, you’ll know that there is a lot of inaccurate and misleading information out there. We are super passionate about accuracy, and love to share the correct information so that you can make skincare...
4 Different Ways to Make Soap at Home
If you are interested in making soap at home (and you should as there are lots of benefits of homemade soap) there are actually four different ways to make soap that you can choose from. Let’s explore the different types of homemade soap, how each is made, how long it...
Cold Process Soap Designs: 10 Soap Swirl Techniques to Try
One of the joys of making cold process soap yourself are the many soap designs you can choose from. You can use different soap swirl techniques to create different cold process soap designs and the results are so beautiful it is like making soap art! Learning soap...
10 reasons to make Hot Process Soap
Whether you’ve heard of hot process soap making before or not, here are 10 reasons to give it a go! What is hot process soap making? Soaps are produced via a process called saponification, a reaction between triglyceride and lye. This creates glycerin (glycerol), and...
Cold process vs hot process soap: A quick guide
There are two main methods of soap making: cold process (CP), and hot process (HP). So what is the difference between cold process vs hot process soap? And which should you make? Cold process vs hot process soap Both cold process and hot process soap bars are...
Lye Safety in Soap Making + 10 Safety Tips to Follow
Making homemade soap is very satisfying. It’s economical to make (both in terms of time and money) and nourishing to skin. However, before you get started with soap making there are important lye safety tips to follow. You must understand the dangers of lye and...
6 ingredients used to make cold process soaps
Soaps are created by a reaction called saponification, which is a chemical reaction between lye and oil, or better yet between lye and the fatty acids within the oil. The base ingredients that make up natural soap are oils, lye and water. Depending on the oils in the...
6 benefits of making cold process soaps
Making your own cold process soap is such a fun activity to do at home or in your lab set up and there are so many benefits of making homemade soap. Fortunately, we have an online Certificate Cold Process Soap Making course, that teaches you how to make cold process...