Knowing when to unmold your cold process soap makes a huge difference in how your finished soap turns out. If you don’t get the timing right, you can end up with a sticky mess or an uncuttable loaf of soap. So, how long should you wait before unmolding your handmade soap? The average waiting time […] Read more…
When you first start making soap at home, you may wonder why your soap recipe calls for distilled water and not tap water. As it turns out, not all water is created equal, especially when it comes to soap making. It’s natural to want to save money when you first start making soap. It’s great […] Read more…
Correctly pricing your handmade soap can make the difference in whether or not your soap making business succeeds. Pricing your soap can be pretty confusing and seem complicated. There are a lot of opinions for pricing handmade soap and it can leave you feeling stuck wondering which direction you want to go. The biggest mistake […] Read more…
Want to take your soap making hobby to the next level and start selling your soap? Then you’ve probably wondered what steps you should take to start cashing in. And, you would prefer to start out right while learning from other’s mistakes and trials, unless you are one of “those” people who like to learn […] Read more…
To make an all natural “foodie” type soap, I couldn’t resist using my homemade goat milk kefir! Keep in mind that when using any type of fermented food in soap making, you are destroying most, if not all, of the living probiotics. If the lye doesn’t “do them in” then they will starve during the […] Read more…
Making Mirror Glaze Soap Cakes with Soap Dough Making cold process soap by using the mirror glaze technique is similar to the cake decorating technique. This technique uses a combination of cold process soap, soap piping and tiny embellishments sculpted from soap dough. Soap Dough Prep Using soap dough I made last month and sealed […] Read more…
Making kawaii cupcake inlaid soap using 100 percent cold process soap. This soap project is a combination of several inlaid soap techniques used to achieve detail not possible with other methods of design. Goal The goal with this soap making project was to use several different soap making techniques to achieve a flat inlaid type […] Read more…
The October 2018 Soap Challenge Club “To Comb or Not to Comb” challenge gave participants two technique choices. I chose to attempt the “Not to Comb” technique for the advanced category. The method I chose used two dividers to achieve the comb look. After dividing the log mold, one end of the mold was propped […] Read more…
As a soap maker, one of the biggest problems making a batch of cold process soap can be soda ash! There’s a lot of advice out there on ways to remove soda ash, but very few helpful instructions on preventing soda ash on cold process soap. Preventing soda ash on cold process soap is very […] Read more…
I personally use tallow in soap making as much as I can when making cold process soap. Even though there are many people who are excited to use vegan only soaps, there are three compelling reasons for using tallow when making soap. Before we dive in, let’s back up a little to get a running […] Read more…