Tried & Tested DIY Crafts To Do At Home
“I’ve found that creating my own soap is a fantastic craft to do at home”
The most popular pages by far are Soap Making For Beginners and the Soap Calculator with formulation guide.
Homemade Soap Calculator
I’m a member of the Handcrafted Soap & Cosmetic Guild and several of my soapmaking recipes below are made from scratch and have been uploaded with full tutorial photos.
But to make things simple I have split my soap recipes into three methods:
You have the more traditional routes where you can find all of the recipes for making cold process soap and hot process soap using a wonderful array of textures and fragrances.
Or you can use the simpler melt and pour soapmaking which creates a less complex soap but is a lot of fun.
Many recipes on how to make homemade soap can be found below, everything from the basic soap recipe and organic soap to goats milk soap and honey and oatmeal soap.
One of the best things about diy soap recipes is that once you get the hang of it, you’ll immediately notice the difference in your skin and your bathroom.
Here’s how to make soap at home using the cold process method. It seems complicated at first, but it’s actually very easy and not much harder than baking a cake.…
How To Make Soap – A Guide For Beginners On Cold ProcessRead More
So as you know, I’m a sucker for a good homemade soap recipe. I’ve done a lot of cold process soap, which is kind of my go to really. But…
A Deliciously Sweet Hot Process Soap Recipe With OrangeRead More
Out of all the soap making methods, melt and pour soap recipes (MP soap) are probably the simplest of all. You don’t have to be a skilled soapmaker to have…
Using The Soap Calculator & Soap Formulation Guide This soap calculator is programmed to quickly calculate the necessary lye (Sodium Hydroxide or Potassium Hydroxide) in order to produce a batch of soap. Select your chosen oils, along with the weight or percentage. The soap calculator will then show the weight of lye and water required. The result can be instantly…
Simple & Efficient Soap Calculator With Formulation GuideRead More
Making soap is a lot of fun, especially the part where you can experiment with different ingredients. But have you experimented with using coconut milk instead of water before? This lime and coconut …
This gorgeous pink clay cold process soap is my absolute new favorite. And so, I just had to share the recipe with you. I love everything about it, the gorgeous smell, the pretty pink color, the way …
This Castile soap recipe is absolutely one of my favorites homemade soap recipes. It's simultaneously one of the most inexpensive soaps you can make (making it a great beginners soap), but also the …
I don't know about you, but I want my skin toxin and dirt-free at ALL times! This fresh-smelling soap is formulated with activated charcoal to do just that, suck out any nasty toxins that leave our …
This gorgeous Lavender and Mint cold process soap recipe is one of my favorites right now. It's totally vegan friendly, and exactly what you need to get you going in the morning. I don't know about …
These attractive looking 3 colored soaps are slightly more time consuming than the average Melt and Pour soap recipe but I do think they are worth the extra time and effort. It’s also a great way of …
This is great fun to make and it’s so easy even the kids could help with this one. That's because we're not doing cold process or hot process soap today, but rather melt and pour! I’ve added a …
This shea butter melt and pour soap is super easy to make, yet it smells and looks absolutely wonderful. This is what I love about melt and pour methods, it's so easy to make them look much more …
Here's how to make soap at home using the cold process method. It seems complicated at first, but it's actually very easy and not much harder than baking a cake. Watch How To Make Soap Before we …
How To Make Soap – A Guide For Beginners On Cold ProcessRead More
So we have another soap recipe for you this week and we're doing another hot process, but this time we're adding an interesting ingredient I had never used in soap before; French green clay! It gives …
So we're back with another soap recipe, hot on the heels of our first go at hot process soap not that long ago. Because practice is the key to mastering just about everything, we thought it would be a …
So as you know, I'm a sucker for a good homemade soap recipe. I've done a lot of cold process soap, which is kind of my go to really. But I wanted to show you how hot process soap works, because there …
A Deliciously Sweet Hot Process Soap Recipe With OrangeRead More
