Best soap recipes

[Hens and Roos]

thanks for the link @babsbag, I marked it and will be reading it over! DD would really like to try making soap- we have most everything ready just need a couple of mixing bowls!

 

[babsbag]

I bought a cheap stainless steel pot at Walmart to melt the oils in. I use a cheap plastic container for measuring lye and a 8 cup glass measuring cup for mixing the lye and milk together. I know that all of my recipes use 13-19 oz. of liquid so I freeze my milk in 13 oz. containers. I used to use only milk in my recipes but had a difficult time keeping it "white" and sometimes the lye would not dissolve because the milk was so cold. So now I dissolve my lye in 6 oz of water and then pour that mixture slowly over the frozen milk. Seems to work really well. When I am doing swirls and want to make other colors I have three 4 cup glass measuring cups that I use. I am very fortunate that I have a whole room off of the garage for making soap, it even has a dishwasher, stove top, and microwave. I love my room.

 

[Hens and Roos]

I just haven't gotten that far yet .....,I do need stainless steel for using on our stove-might have to check into what Walmart has and then get some glass measuring cups. DH made us some mold boxes for putting the soap into.

 

[babsbag]

If anyone is interested in buying some break-apart wooden molds please send me a PM. They hold 3 pounds. A friend was making them and selling them in my classes but I haven't been teaching. I think I have about 10 of them.

 

[babsbag]

So I made soap tonight...it is a fragrance I have never used before...White Tea and Ginger. I usually try and make my soaps a color that goes with the fragrance, like purple for lavender, burgundy for Cranberry, etc. I couldn't come up with a color so I tried pale yellow and brown. Can anyone say 'rootbeer' soap? That is sure what it looks like.

What color would you do with White Tea and Ginger?

 

[MaggieSims]

@babsbag

maybe no color swirled with tan, or brown, or a metallic?

I am interested in molds, i'll pm ina few, kids are yellin', i need to go investigate

 

[Hens and Roos]

So I made soap tonight...it is a fragrance I have never used before...White Tea and Ginger. I usually try and make my soaps a color that goes with the fragrance, like purple for lavender, burgundy for Cranberry, etc. I couldn't come up with a color so I tried pale yellow and brown. Can anyone say 'rootbeer' soap? That is sure what it looks like.

What color would you do with White Tea and Ginger?

Maybe a pale green

 

[Hens and Roos]

We finally had some time and made our 1st batch of soap- DD picked bergamot essential oil to add. We are 2 weeks into letting it cure!

 

[NH homesteader]

Awesome! I am going to do a batch this week, lavender. Let us know how yours turns out!

 

[Devonviolet]

I just found this thread, and am really interested! Have been wanting to make soap for a while now, but somehow the "time" part of the equation never quite works for me!

I already make my own lotions and salves, as well as deodorant spray, tooth soap, mosquito/chigger repellant and non-toxic cleaning spray.

Now that I am finally milking I will have milk for making soaps. So, I will definitely be following this thread?