Cold Process Soap Making guide: Tools of the craft.

This Cold process soap making guide, tool of the craft article is here to give you that understanding of the basics needed to make cold process soap. The most commonly asked question in soap making is how to make soap. Various types of soap but the key to making any type of soap is to understand the tools of the…

Is Olive Oil good for Handmade Soap?

What makes olive oil in soap so important? This was my first question when i began looking up recopies to make soap. Apparently its usually one of the most widely used oil for handmade and natural soaps. As I soon found out from making my own soaps and testing them out, Olive oil has some interesting benefits to the soap and the…

Why does your soap need saving? Soap Saver Types

Save your Soap with a Soap Saver or Dish My soap does not last long in the shower. This is something that we all know but are often powerless to change… If you dont know how. Soap savers or as some may know them a soap dish, is designed to keep your soap safe. Often we think of the soap dish as…

Are Essential Oils better than Fragrance Oils?

Essential Oil vs Fragrance Oil in handmade products, Which should you choose? Essential Oils and Fragrance Oils both add an aroma to soaps but both are not equal. To simplify the explanation, Essential oils are natural oils taken from plants that have their own scent, while fragrance oils are often synthetic scents and made in a lab. Because of the…

Why I gave up using Commercial Soap

Why I gave up using Commercial Soap pt 2 While surfing on facebook a little add about making your own soap was being displayed. It was perfect, I can make my own soap and make soaps that are suited to my skin type that wont dry me out nor add too much oil like other commercial soaps. Eventually I was…

Which is better commercial soap or handmade soap?

I have always been an active person for most of my life, being active means that I sweat a bit more than the average person… intentionally. This meant I took frequent showers to keep my skin clean and make sure I don’t give off any body odor. This is about the time I was introduced to handmade soap and I…