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Make Your Own Soap?

Posted by Admin on July 25th, 2009 filed in Uncategorized

SoapHoneyPicSoap is one of those things we cannot do without. This doesn’t mean you have to buy either the substandard stuff or the expensive stuff at the store, though. I have begun exploring the realm of soap-making lately and I am getting excited about the possibilities. Making your own all-natural soap at home just seems to be the best way to go instead of purchasing the wildly expensive natural soap in stores.

A few days ago, armed with my new The Soapmaker’s Companion, by Susan Miller Cavitch, I made my first batch of cold-process soap. After reading about it extensively, choosing a recipe to start with, ordering and gathering my materials (various oils, a scale that weighs in grams, lye, a soap mold) I was ready to go. Complete with rubber gloves and safety goggles, I geared up and I’m excited to report that the whole process took only about an hour, there were no accidents (whew!) and we now have about four pounds of natural soap curing and waiting to be used in about a month.

Here is the recipe I used:

Coconut Oil 270 gr.
Olive Oil 360 gr.
Palm Oil 270 gr.
Distilled Water 326.07 gr.
Lye 125.632 gr.

Here is the process I followed: Cold Process Soap Making Method

So…any takers? Think you’d like to try it? Do you already make your own soap? Please share!

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