Soap-Making 101

SOAP-MAKING 101

On Wednesday a friend came over and gave a class on soap-making, she also brought all of the supplies.  Thank you Laura!  Here is a photo of her gathering (she is very organized).  Before we started she shared information about soap, such as differences and pros and cons of different methods.  I love when someone has figured out to accomplish something without buying special equipment and simplified over complicated directions.  The method we used is called:

COLD PROCESS SOAP-MAKING

This stage is called the "pudding stage", very beautiful.

These are very special soap molds.  Can you see the fleur-de-lis impression?  I love this pattern!

Here are the molds with the soft luscious soap.  As you can see, salad containers can be recycled into soap molds.  This soap is a lard based soap with sweet almond oil.

This recipe  is called Laura's Favorite Soap, has wonderful ingredients such as lemon juice and oatmeal.

Filling the molds, the soap will continue to go through chemical reactions.  The color will change as well.
Later, l will have pictures to show this color change!

The soap will continue to cure for one month before it is ready to use.