What You’ll Need: 9.9 oz. Coconut Oil 9.9 oz. Olive Oil 9.9 oz. Palm Oil 3.3 oz. Rice Bran Oil 4.6 oz. Sodium Hydroxide 10.8 oz. distilled water Paprika Titanium Dioxide Ribbon Cut Orange Peels Rose Petals 1 oz. 10x Orange Essential Oil 10″ Silicone Loaf Mold If you’ve never made Cold Process soap before, check out our FREE four part SoapQueen.tv series on […]
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Argan & Sandalwood Vanilla Lotion Bar
What You’ll Need: Batik Dome Flexible Mold 2 oz. White Beeswax 1 oz. Deodorized Cocoa Butter 3 oz. Mango Butter 5 oz. Argan Oil 5 mL Avocado Extract 3 mL Sandalwood Vanilla Fragrance Oil Droppers (optional) ONE: In a heat safe container, add white beeswax and argan oil and stir. Beeswax has a high melting point, so adding a liquid oil helps the […]
Over the Rainbow Cold Process
What You’ll Need: White Base 1.7 oz. Sweet Almond Oil 1.7 oz. Cocoa Butter 8.3 oz. Coconut Oil 13.2 oz. Olive Oil 8.3 oz. Palm Oil 4.6 oz. Sodium Hydroxide Lye 10.9 oz. Distilled Water 1 oz. Blackberry Sage Fragrance Oil Titanium Dioxide 5 Pound Mold with Sliding Bottom Silicone Liner for 5 lb. Wood Mold PVC Pipes Rainbow Embeds 1.3 oz. Sweet Almond […]
Carnation Cube Cuties Melt and Pour Tutorial
What You’ll Need: 32 oz. Shea Melt and Pour Base 32. oz. Aloe Melt and Pour Base Liquid Violet Lagoon Green Jojoba Beads Purple Jojoba Beads Sierra Sky Jojoba Beads 9 Cube Soap Silicone Mold Carnation Fragrance Oil ONE: Mix two tablespoons of each color of jojoba bead in a container and set aside. TWO: Cut 16 oz. of […]
Orange Creamsicle Bath Truffle
What You’ll Need: 24 oz. Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda) 12 oz. Citric Acid 3.5 oz. Shea Oil 2 oz. Cocoa Butter 5 mL Creamsicle Fragrance Oil Coral Orange LaBomb Colorant Disk Mold and Package, Plastic (10 molds) ONE: In a large container, mix the baking soda and citric acid. Break up any clumps with your hand. TWO: In a heat-safe container, add the cocoa butter […]
Blue Rain Drop Swirl Cold Process
What You’ll Need: 39 oz. Swirl Recipe Quick Mix 5.4 oz. Sodium Hydroxide Lye 12.9 oz. Distilled Water Ocean Rain Fragrance Oil Titanium Dioxide Fizzy Lemonade Colorant Neon Blue Raspberry Colorant Ultramarine Blue Oxide Tall Narrow Wood Loaf Mold Optional: Easy Pour and Measuring Containers (4) If you’ve never made Cold Process soap before, check out our FREE four part SoapQueen.tv […]
Luck of the Green Beer Soap
Gather your ingredients: 5.5 oz. Cocoa Butter 16.5 oz. Coconut Oil 11 oz. Olive Oil 16.5 oz. Palm Oil 1.6 oz. Shea Butter 3.8 oz. Shea Oil 1 tsp Vitamin E Oil (optional superfat) 7.7 oz. Sodium Hydroxide (Lye) 5 oz. Honey Ale Fragrance Oil 2 Cups of Light Beer (we used Coors Light) 14 […]
Save the Bath Bombs – Valentines Style
Have you ever had a bath bomb go wrong? (cough cough…no, never, not us!) Well, on the RARE occasion that you have a bath bomb go wrong, we have the fix for you! Just wrap up the crumbled bath bomb pieces in water soluble paper and pop them in the tub! Bonus: They’re so cute […]
Three Color Mantra Swirl
Gather your materials: 15.5 oz. Canola Oil 3.1 oz. Cocoa Butter 12.4 Coconut Oil (76 degree) 12.4 oz. Olive Oil 6.2 oz. Palm Oil 3.1 oz. Palm Kernel Flakes 9.3 oz. Rice Bran Oil 8.62 oz. Sodium Hydroxide (lye) 20.5 oz. Distilled Water 0.7 oz Vanilla Bean Fragrance Oil 0.7 oz Island Coconut Fragrance Oil […]
Whipped Shaving Soap
Ingredients: 1 lb. Foaming Bath Whip 0.4 oz. Chamomile Extract 0.5 oz. Blue Man Fragrance Oil 1 Tbsp. Bentonite clay ONE: Add 1 pound of foaming bath whip to your stand mixer. Start with the mixer on low and gradually increase it to high for about 20 seconds (or until soft like a whipped butter consistency). TWO: Turn off […]
Business Insurance
As a small-scale soap maker, you have probably educated yourself about soap making, and the business side of things before you went into business. Often, however, one thing gets left out: insurance. If you assume your homeowners insurance will cover you, you are probably wrong… What about my homeowner’s policy? Homeowners policies don’t (in general) […]
Amethyst Gem Soap
Recipe and Instructions by Arlena Thane, Elm Valley Soapworks Create this unique gemlike soap with simply clear melt and pour base, colorants and fragrance. Note: When making a gem duplication, it is helpful if you have a real one to compare with for the coloring and design. I bought an amethyst at a trinket shop […]
Basic Hot Process Soap
Basic Hot Processed Soap Tutorial A hot process soap recipe that will release easily from plastic molds – by TJ Currey Hot-Processed Soap (also known as HP soap) This is a soap making technique right out of the dark ages when they used to boil soap in vats over open fires. Heat is applied (using […]
Modern Cherry Blossom Soap
What better way to celebrate the start of spring with this uniquely abstract floral soap? Scented with Cherry Blossom Fragrance Oil, they are made using the Faux Funnel Technique, but with a twist: a vertical mold! Gather your materials: 1.5 oz. Castor Oil 10.0 oz.Coconut Oil 33.5 oz. Olive Oil 5.0 oz. Palm Oil 6.7 oz. Sodium […]
Exfoliating Lip Scrub
An exfoliating lip scrub that will leave your kisser feeling silky smooth! Gather your ingredients: .7 oz. Yellow Beeswax .6 oz. Avocado Oil .7 oz. Sweet Almond Oil .2 oz. Vitamin E Oil 1 oz. Shea Butter 2.5 oz. White Sugar 6 ml. Buttercreme Flavoring 4 ml. Lip Smackin’ Sweetener (optional) 14 Black Lip Butter Pots ONE: Combine the beeswax, shea butter […]
Faux Swirl Melt and Pour Cubes
Yes, there is an easy way to swirl melt and pour soap. All you have to do is get your soap to the sweet spot temperature and it couldn’t be easier. We call this the “Faux Melt and Pour Swirl” Ingredients 32 oz. Clear Soap Base 16 oz. White Soap Base 1 Teaspoon Electric Bubble Gum Colorant 1 Teaspoon Tangerine […]
