Cold Process Soap Making

After you've finished making your soap, you have to deal with the cleanup. Here's now to safely clean up after soapmaking.

Without lye, there is no soap. But it can be hard to find good quality pure lye. Here are some places you can get it.

How is creating a soap recipe like adjusting a banana bread recipe?

Step by step instructions to make cold process soap

Create your own soap recipe from scratch - balance your oils and get exactly the results you want.

An extra bit of "how to" to get you started, along with the full instructions in the written step-by-step instructions on the site - videos of soap making, lye making and the elusive "trace."

You're not limited to just using distilled water in your soap making. Many soapers make soap with goat's milk, coconut milk, or even buttermilk. Making the lye solution for your soap is a bit more tricky though. Follow these steps to get the best results.

You're not limited to just using distilled water in your soap making. Many soapers make soap with goat's milk, coconut milk, coffee, tea or even beer. Making the lye solution for your soap is a bit more tricky though.

Instructions for making goat's milk soap with either liquid or powdered goat's milk soap

Step by step instructions to make whipped soap - room temperature cold process soap

Without lye, there is no soap. But the most common supplier for home-based soap makers, Red Devil, has been discontinued. Here are some places you can get it.

Directions on How To Make an Herbal Oil Infusion for Soap Making

It is important to use percentages rather than measurements in cold process soap making. It allows you to scale your recipe to any size as well as understand the proportions of each oil in the recipe.

Superfatting cold process soap recipes is common - it adds extra moisturizing qualities and gives you a fudge factor.

Step by step instructions to safely make a lye-water solution for use in making cold process soap

Using flower petals in your soap making recipes can yield wonderful results but beware - using flower petals in cold process soap turns the flowers black or brown - proper usage of flowers in cold process soap making

Soap makers get started making soap for a variety of reasons...and in a variety of ways. For some, it's a book that inspires. For others, a desire to make your own soap, from scratch, by hand. If you're a soap maker, or aspiring soap maker, or if you have a soap maker on your holiday gift list, here are some great ingredients, kits and tools to...

How to make soap using heavy cream in the lye solution.

Directory of soap making recipes from basic soap making recipes to soaps with botanical additives to specialty soaps

Explanation of what "ash" is on freshly made soap - what causes it and how to prevent it.