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Comparing handcrafted soap to commercial soap opens up a whole world of choices. Both options get you clean, but they do so with very different ingredients, production methods, and results. If you’re standing in the soap aisle or scrolling through handmade selections online, trying to pick between the two, this guide covers everything you need…
What is trace and soap? Trace is the time when the saponification of the lye, water, and oils have become soap. It is at this stage when the soap base is thicker and doesn’t start to separate if you stop stirring. It will continue to get thicker from here on in. Now is also the…
What is superfatting soap? It is about making the soap a little more moisturizing. In theory, the extra oils added at the end, at trace, will be less saponified by the lye and create free-floating oil in the soap that you can feel. I tested this by separating a soap I just made, putting half…