Category Archives: Making Soaps

Rendering Fat for Soap

Posted on October 20, 2018 by Tes

Rendering Fat Grandma’s Lye Soap was made with rendered fat; this fat would have come from goat, beef, pork or lamb. When making soap with animal fats; the fats will need to be purified first. This is done by rendering … Continue reading →

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Lye Spots on Soap

Posted on October 20, 2018 by Tes

What do lye spots on soap look like? Below are two pictures – one that shows’ a lye pocket (this pocket is filled with liquid) and the other shows lye spots (hard white lye spots in the soap) When you … Continue reading →

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Recycle Bar Soap Pieces

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Tes

Reuse/Recycle small soap pieces or use up old soap bars When making and cutting soap you are sure to end up with all kinds of soap ends. Some ways to recycle bar soap pieces would be to grate them up … Continue reading →

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Handmade soap storage and care

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Tes

Storing your handmade soap How to care for your soap? The first thing you need to know about homemade handmade soap is that it needs to breathe. This is important to help the soap cure – the longer it cures … Continue reading →

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Water on Soap

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Tes

Soap and Water Hard and Soft Water A nice bar of soap will lather well with hard or soft water, but soap does lather way better in soft water.

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Shrink Wrap Soap – should you shrink wrap your soap?

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Tes

Shrink Wrap Soap Lately I have had a few people asking me about shrink wrapping their soap, I guess one of the benefits to this is that people will not touch the soap, put it to their noses when smelling … Continue reading →

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Natural soap labels

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Tes

Making your own soap labels  DYI Soap Labels Ideas for labelling and presenting your Natural Soap There are many creative ways to wrap and label you soap.

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Homemade Soap Ingredients…and where to find them

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Tes

Finding Handmade Soap Ingredients Kit are available for the crafter starting out making soap. These kits supply everything you need to make a few bars of soap, the oils, scents and colors are all included. You can get these through soap supply … Continue reading →

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What to Scent Soap

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Tes

Scenting your soap can be an artistic process in itself, the most natural way to color your soap is by using essential oils, but there are some very nice synthetic oils out there too. Mixing or combining different scents can … Continue reading →

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Soapwort – also known as Bouncing Betty

Posted on May 30, 2018 by admin

The soapwort in my rock garden is starting to flower.  This is one of my favorite flowers, not only is it beautiful and flowers from June to September, but it has many uses. Soapwort (Saponaria) has been know for thousands … Continue reading →

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