Soap Making Recipes, Tips & Tutorials - Teach Soap
Teach Soap is the premier site for soap making tutorials, soap recipes, soap making tips and everything you’d want to know about making soap and other handcrafted products including lip balms, lotions, bath fizzies and much more. From beginners to seasoned soap makers, Teach Soap has something for everyone! We cover everything from soap ...
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About Anne-Marie Faiola, Teach Soap Founder. Anne-Marie has been making soaps and toiletries since she was 16. Always a crafty girl (she knits, makes paper and handmade cards, and also rubber stamps), she settled on soaps and never looked back. Anne-Marie started selling her handmade soap creations in Chehalis, Washington at the age of 18 to ...
Easy Soap & Scrub Recipes - Teach Soap
Mar 21, 2012 · scraps or bars of soap. small metal cookie cutters. small see-thru bags, netting, or tulle for wrapping. 1. Slice a bar of soap into thin (1/8 to 1/4 inch) layers. 2. Position small metal cookie cutters and punch out designs. 3. Carefully push …
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Jul 14, 2018 · 2208. 20839. Thu May 31, 2018 5:42 pm. soapbuddy. Cold Process Soap. Roll up your sleeves and discuss your favorite cold process soap recipe, get tips, offer your advice and learn more than you ever thought possible. Moderators: Bramble Girl, soapbuddy, Bramble Momma. 5969. 59960.
Basic Rebatching Soap Instructions
Apr 2, 2012 · This will help the soap melt better. 2. Put the grated soap into a boil-proof bag. Prepare a pot of boiling water. Add the bagged (and sealed) soap to the boiling water, cover and wait for 20-30 minutes. 3. Once the soap is melted, it will take on a translucent, mashed potatoes consistency. At this point, add your herbs, fragrance and/or color.
Basic Hot Process Soap - Teach Soap
Apr 11, 2012 · Hot-Processed Soap (also known as HP soap) This is a soap making technique right out of the dark ages when they used to boil soap in vats over open fires. Heat is applied (using a double boiler, microwave, oven, or crockpot) after the trace stage to accelerate saponification. The soap is thoroughly cooked until saponification is complete.
Advanced Soaps - Teach Soap
Advanced Soaps - Teach Soap. Advanced Soaps. Advanced Soaps will include recipes and tutorials that will require a little more than the most basic soap making skills. Recipes here will include some cold process, some melt and pour, hot process, rebatch, and more.
Cold Process Soap - Teach Soap
The type of soap Grandma made is called “Cold Process” soap (commonly referred to as “CP” soap). It is made by combining fatty acids and sodium hydroxide (lye) together. Fatty acids can be almost any oil – from beef tallow to olive oil to hemp oil. The combinations for making your own personal recipe are endless.
Easy Cold Process Recipes - Teach Soap
Mar 18, 2012 · 1. Suit up in safety goggles, gloves and long sleeves. 2. Add the lye to the water. Stir well taking precautions to not breathe in the fumes. Set the mixture to the side and allow it to cool to approximately 110F. You can put the lye water mixture outside if you are not in a well ventilated area. 3.
Soap Coloring Options
Mar 24, 2012 · Cochineal (the legs of a some bug, if I remember correctly) was a favorite for a nice red color. Some popular ones to use are: Yellow – Annatto, Saffron, Turmeric, Carthamin Green – Chlorophyll Brown – the Cocoa Bean (pods, shells, stems), Cocoa Powder, Fermented Tea Red – Paprika (may be irritating) Purple – Alkanet Root (for CP) And ...