Soap Making Basics - Soap Making Recipes - Soap Making Projects

Using natural infused colorants in cold process soap making.

How to rebatch soap - fix mistake soap batches and make hand milled soap

Want to make your own hand made soaps, but just a beginner? Start here for a quick primer in soap making - A great overview of the methods commonly used, what it takes to get started, and why you'd want to make your own soap in the first place.

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."

Melt and pour soap making is a really easy way to get started making your own custom homemade soap. But sometimes seeing it done helps to understand the "how-to" a bit better. That's why we've collected these melt and pour soap making videos for you. Along with the full step by step instructions on the site, they should be a great primer to get you started making your own soap in no time.

A collection of good books to get you started in soap making.

Ready to try your hand at Cold Process soap? The tools and equipment you'll need are not complicated or hard to find. Put your shopping list together and let's get cooking!

Natural colorants in soap making don't have to be boring and muted. Many plant materials, spices and herbs give lovely colors to your soap.

Calculate the oils, lye and fragrance for any size mold and any combination of oils. Also gives qualities of individual oils and the qualities that will your particular combination of oils will impart to your soap.

Simple experiment demonstrates how soap cleans.

Demonstration of how soap breaks surface tension

Soap is much more than just a block of white stuff in your shower. It's the result of a complex chemical reaction.

How to make a salt bar - recipe and soap making instructions

A garden of possibilities abound when you use flowers and vegetables to incorporate into and inspire your soap making and candle making.

How to calculate the volume of soap needed to fill a particular soap mold.

There are lots of ways to make soap - and even more ways to package it. Your packaging tells a lot about what's on the inside - so make sure it's nice!