How You Can Control the Gel Phase in Soap Making
Gelling, or the gel phase in soap making, is when the center turns hot and translucent. You may or may not want gelling so here’s how to control it better.
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How To Remove Tough Grease Stains From Clothes
I work in food service so learning how to remove grease stains from clothes is a must. My working solution for grease stain removal is a soap-based paste.
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Learn to Make DIY Odor-Eliminating Coffee Soap
Having trouble getting onion and garlic smell off your hands? This odor-eliminating coffee ground soap recipe does that and smells just like a cup of coffee!
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Beautiful & Fun Multicolored Easter Egg Soap Recipe
This colorful Easter egg soap recipe looks and smells beautiful! You can display it in your bathroom with pride or even give some away as gifts this Spring.
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Ingredients That Will Ruin Your Homemade Soap
There are many different things people put in their homemade soap. This article shows you which soap making ingredients to avoid when making your own soap.
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How To Make DIY Gift Bags From Repurposed Fabric
Gift bags are expensive! So I learned how to make a DIY gift bag using some old fabric I had lying around the house. Follow along to learn to make your own.
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Guide for Choosing the Correct Oils For Soap Making
This is veteran soap maker Debra Maslowski’s “Oils for Soap Making guide”. It helps you decide which oils to use based on what properties you want your soap to have.
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A Simple DIY Herbal Mint Melt and Pour Soap Recipe
This DIY herbal mint melt and pour soap recipe is made with dried mint and essential oils. This is a great way to easily make your own natural soap at home.
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How to Avoid Glycerin Rivers in Homemade Soap
Making soap is a passion! Sometimes things go as planned but sometimes weird things happen, like glycerin rivers. Don’t worry, we know how to avoid them!
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How to “Rebatch” A Previously Failed Batch of Soap
Rebatching soap is the simple process of fixing a failed batch. Anyone making a lot of natural homemade soap has a failed batch sooner or later. Now we can fix it!
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Learn How To Make Homemade Lye From Wood Ash
As a soap maker, people always ask me about lye. Why I use it, it is toxic, what are the precautions, and even how to make lye at home. It’s actually simple to make lye from scratch. Here’s how!
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How to Scale A Recipe to Make as Much as You Want
When recipes are written in parts, it’s a scaling recipe that gives you the freedom to choose the amount to make. You can use this concept with all recipes.
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Learn How To Prevent Soda Ash in Homemade Soap
Soda ash in soap making is that powdery white substance that forms on soap bars as they are curing. Learn how to prevent soda ash from forming on your soap!
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The Secret To Keeping Your Goat’s Milk Soap White
Learning to make goat milk soap white isn’t as easy as it sounds. But with a lot of practice, I have discovered the secret to making and keeping it white.
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Learn What Felted Soap Is & How Simple it is to Make
Learning how to felt soap is simple! Felted soap is a bar of soap wrapped in wool. This creates an exfoliating bar lasts longer and is easier to hang on to.
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Coloring Your Soap with Pigments, Oxides, and Micas
Pigments, oxides, and micas are soap colorants that will help you achieve gorgeous color in your homemade soaps. Let’s learn how to use them to get the color we’re after.
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What Is Masterbatching And Why You Should Do It
Masterbatch is an easy way to speed up your soap making, or just about any other craft project process. Learn how to masterbatch the soap making process.
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Learn How to Make Salt Soap and Salt Brine Soap
Today we will teach you the difference between salt soap and brine soap. We also include a DIY salt soap recipe along with a DIY brine soap recipe. Enjoy!