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My favorite recipes printable11/10/2023 ![]() Melt-and-Pour soaping is the easiest kind of soaping you will fined. Rebatch soap – Plastic Baggie Technique: It has a rustic look to it, but you are able to make you cold process soap without handling lye. Rebatch soap is cold process soap already hardened and cured, but you can fragrance and color it. ![]() If you want to avoid handling lye, you can go with a couple different methods of soapmaking, like rebatch or melt and pour. Not a silly question at all! Lye is essential to all cold process soapmaking recipes and is what makes soap…well, soap! Without the lye, you oils are unable to saponify and your soap won’t actually become soap. I would need to add for this size box.Gosh i hope I haven’t confused you but these are the type of dilemmas I get myself into too, Hi again,thinking of trying Lots of Lather recipe as my first attempt as I guess i just can’t keep reading about soap making i have to get into it,but I wanted to know a few things like I only have Raw 100% Organic Virgin Coconut oil,I only have Pure 100% Extra Virgin Olive oilare these going to be ok to use as I have I have read that it’s not the best for soap making do you suggest I try to get cheap stuff?also I was told and I did buy Frymaster 100%vegetable blended edible vegetable oil that this was the same as palm oil,few people have told me this, would this be true? nearly finished,if I wanted to add pure essential oil i have Lemongrass from Oil Garden Aromatherapy it does say 100%pure though or another that says the same it’s Frankincense,plus I have lavender oil and tea tree oil,can I and how much would I use? I have a 5lb wooden soap box hubby made me does the recipe make that much?if not could you tell me how much more ingred. I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions. If you are really wanting to use castile soap, I’d suggest going with the third recipe and using shredded castile soap. Here is a link to a super simple easy way to make your own laundry soap: Adding extra oils and butters will also contribute to leaving that extra on your clothing. Typically, you want to keep your superfat (amount of oils that aren’t saponified in the process of soapmaking) around 3% because anything more can leave free-floating oils on your clothing and they could go rancid. Making your own laundry soap can actually be a lot of fun! You can either use a cold process soap bar that has already been made or make your own soap for this project. ![]() Tagged With: avocado, coconut, Cold Process, free, Jojoba Oil, Palm Oil, recipes Have a question about this blog post? Come join us at Bramble Berry’s Facebook page and we can help you out with any of your soapy questions! You can also checkout the digital downloads for that instant gratification factor.įor more on Cold Process soaping, check out the following resources: And if you’d rather do some reading, Bramble Berry carries a wide range of books on the topic, including my newest book, Soap Crafting. ![]() If you’ve never made Cold Process soap before, stop here! I highly recommend checking out our FREE four part series on Cold Process Soapmaking, especially the episode on lye safety. (my most favorite, tried and true, teach this in every class, really, really hard soap bar) The Avocado Moisturizing Bars from the Soap Crafting Book. These are my favorite 3 Cold Process soap recipes that I tend to stick to when making soap for classes, family and friends. If you are not familiar with sodium hydroxide or CP soapmaking, please watch the Soap Queen TV Video on lye and how to use lye properly, or read the lye safety section in the Soap Crafting book. It does require research before diving in. Cold Process Soap is amazing and produces a better bar of soap than most store-bought soaps.
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