Olivia Garden - Homemade Soaps Recipes: Natural Handmade Soap, Soapmaking book with Step by Step Guidance for Cold Process of Soap Making ( How to Make Hand Made Soap, Ingredients, Soapmaking Supplies, Design Ideas)

HOMEMADE SOAPS RECIPES:

Natural Handmade Soap, Soapmaking book with Step by Step Guidance for Cold Process of Soap Making

(How to Make Hand Made Soap, Ingredients, Soapmaking Supplies, Design Ideas)

Olivia Garden

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CONTENTS

Many people are under the impression that they cant make their own soap at home. The truth is that you CAN make your own soap at home. It is a much more rewarding experience to do your own soap at home than to buy commercial soap. This book will shine light on the concept of Do it yourself soap and guide you on how to safely and elegantly experiment and create your own soap at home using very basic ingredients.

Making soap is about chemistry, using the right ingredients in the right proportions. What if you are not a chemist? Dont worry, this book is designed to be a beginners guide, explaining in a simplified manner the chemistry of soap making, while providing recipes with instructions that you can easily follow along whilst leaving sufficient scope for you to get creative with the soap making process. With this book, you are in good hands, just like how your hands will be when you make your own natural soup.

Soap sold commercially is most often made on a large scale with the most cost effective way possible. This includes using chemical detergents, hardening material and other chemicals that are very harmful to your skin. The chemicals in commercial soap often leave your hands dry as they focus on cleaning and forget about pampering your skin. When you make homemade soap, it is made with natural ingredients such as lye and natural oils. Moreover, you can also control what you add in there, for example, adding natural aromatherapy oils or compounds such as glycerin. Glycerin is a small amino acid that is very good for the softness of your skin. The process of soap making naturally produces glycerin. However, most commercial soaps dont have glycerin. That is because they extract it to make use of it for other skin loving and high-quality products such as moisturizing lotions. This leaves the soap hard and irritating to the skin, although it cleans well. But soap also needs to be skin loving and soft on the skin. With natural homemade soap, you can add glycerin or whatever skin friendly ingredient you want to add.

You may argue that homemade soap uses lye and you dont want lye on your skin. The wonder of chemistry is that during the process of saponification, the lye completely dissolves and reacts with the oils used to form soap, and no more lye remains if you have used the correct proportions.

One of the best advantages of making your own soap is that you can be sure of all the ingredients included. You are 100% in control. You can choose to use all-natural products, even the coloring can be used from natural and skin friendly alternatives.

Another beauty of making your own soap is that you are the master of the process. You can control how you want your soap to feel. Do you want to make it soft or hard? What scent do you want your soap to have? Do you want your soap to be frothy and lathery or have little lather? All this you can control by adjusting the proportions of lye and the type of oils you use. For example, using castor oil gives you different results than when using olive oil and so on and so forth. The possibilities are almost endless with homemade soap. Think of all the experimenting fun you can have!

Soap making can be a life changing activity. DIY soap is a fun and relaxing activity to do to release stress. Therefore, it is a great outlet to de-stress and try something new. It is also an outlet to feel different or discover a new hobby. It is a great opportunity to express and discover your creativity by experimenting with different proportions, ingredients and add ons. Moreover, you can always get creative with the shapes of the molds, colour combinations, petal additions and even the final packaging. It would also be perfect as a bonding arts and crafts activity. Your homemade soap will make you feel proud about your achievement and progress as you can see your bathroom shelves stacked with the magical work of your hands.

Soap making can also be your chance to increase your income as you can make handmade soap and sell it, making your own brand by using your own creative touch. Homemade soap has helped a lot of females take care of their families by selling the soap they make. Moreover, it is a creative and a wonderful sensual gift to give your friends, family or loved ones. There are tons of reasons to make your own soap, without further ado, lets get into HOW you can make your own soap. But before that, as always, safety first, so let us discuss some safety considerations while making soap at home.

Safety is always first. Working with Lye and inducing a chemical reaction entails taking caution when attempting such procedures.

Research about your ingredients to understand what you are working with

Before you start, it is highly advised that you take your time to understand your ingredients. We will be explaining more about the ingredients in the coming chapters. For example, Lye is a substance to be treated with care. Spend some time getting to know about it for example, if you spill lye solution, dont attempt to neutralize it with vinegar. Instead, you need to rinse it with excess water. Whether it splashed in your eyes or mouth or on your skin, rinsing it with water is the only and best solution to avoid skin or eye injury. If it spills on your clothes, remove the affected clothes immediately.