I had lots of soap scraps left when I made my Mini Cookie Cutter Soaps. I wasn’t exactly sure if I could just roll them back out like a cookie dough and cut more soaps or not. So I tried! First, I heated them at medium power in the microwave for 3 minutes. Then I [...]

I have a recipe to share with you! I’ve been experimenting with different base recipes by superfatting. Superfatting (sometimes referred to as a lye discount) is either adding an extra amount of oil into your soap recipe but keeping the lye amount the same, or using the same amount of oil and less lye. It [...]

Nope, this isn’t a wonderful new cookie recipe. I’m making personal sized soaps — in a winter theme! I found these cute little cookie cutters, thinking SOAP! I started with a 2 pound batch of 7% Superfatted Hot Process Soap, poured into a freezer paper lined cookie sheet and let sit until hardened. Then I [...]

Several people have asked me to help them create a soap recipe or how to use SoapCalc to create their own homemade soap recipe. It’s very exciting to have so many more people learn this addicting craft! And if it’s only SoapCalc that’s intimidating them – I can help out!! What if you have a [...]

I shared my Cream of Tomato Basil soap yesterday, experimenting with goat milk. Today, I’m sharing my experiment using tea as a base. You actually brew tea and use it in place of water in the recipe. Green Tea is a great antioxidant on the outside of the body as well as inside. Think of [...]

Goat Milk. Tomato Powder. Ground Basil. All great for your skin with moisturizing, exfoliating, toning, nutrient adding qualities. ** I make my tomato powder from ground dehydrated tomatoes like I do here. I started with a recipe that I invented at SoapCalc, working with the kinds and amounts of oils that gives middle values of [...]

Sunday was an experimental day here for me. I spent the day gathering soap molds from around the house – mainly the kitchen. I wanted some square, some round, some that everyone would have around the house. I work with Hot Process in the Crockpot, so not everything will work as a mold as easily [...]

Something was intriguing about real homemade soap. The process, the qualities, the ability to actually create my own bar of soap. Unlike commercial bars, the glycerin made naturally in the soap making process are retained. Glycerin is a humectant, meaning it attracts moisture to your skin. Glycerin is a natural by-product of the soapmaking process [...]