Make Soap At Home

I only recently found myself interested in soap making, because of one simple reason. I wanted to make my girlfriend a special gift to thank her for being so wonderful and loving.

But I didn’t know what to get her, she has more than enough jewelery, twice as many pairs of shoes than me, she’s [...]

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I found this recipe while I was poking around in the library and came across Melinda Coss’ book-The handmade soap book (1998:36)

 
Ingredients :
12oz (340g) vegetable fat (shortening)
8oz (227g) tallow (dripping)
8oz (227g) coconut oil
4oz (113g) olive oil
2oz (57g) beeswax
14oz (397) distilled or spring water
6oz (170g) fresh strawberries
5oz (142g) sodium hydroxide (caustic soda/lye)
½ tsp (2,5g) diluted red [...]

Ingredients* :
1,4kg (3 lbs) pieces of used soap
1liter (4cups) water (spring/distilled)
750ml (3cups) methylated spirits
220g (½ lb) (8oz) glycerin
 
*smaller amounts may be used
 
Method :

Cut or grate (using ordinary cheese-grater) the pieces of used soap which you are going to use. Melt the pieces over low heat and add the glycerin while stirring.

Add small amounts of methylated [...]

When visiting sites like these explaining how to make soap at home, you might find yourself asking the question : “Why would I want to make soap at home, when I can just go to the store and buy some?”
 
The answer is entirely up to you. For me however, a few reasons sprung to mind.

Making soap [...]

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Ingredients :
30ml (2tablespoons) sodium hydroxide/caustic soda/lye
180ml (¾ cup) water (distilled/spring)
500ml (2cups) olive oil
2ml (1teaspoon) borax (dissolved into a small amount of hot water)
 
Method :

Stir the caustic soda into lukewarm water until dissolved.

Heat the olive oil until lukewarm, keep stirring while adding the caustic soda solution. Whisk it good until it is mixed well (this might [...]

Ingredients :
1 glycerin soap base (can be bought from arts&crafts stores)
Coloring of choice (wax chips/soap coloring/food coloring)
Fragrance oil of choice (vanilla essence etc.)
 
Method :

Place the soap base in your soap pot and melt over low heat.(this should take between 5-10 minutes)

Add the coloring of choice, stir.

Add the fragrance oil of choice, stir.

Pour directly into shapes/molds [...]

Ingredients :
900g (2 lbs) (32oz) white soap
750ml (0,165 gal) (3cups) water (distilled/spring)
750ml (0,165 gal) (3cups) methylated spirits
450g (1 lb) (16oz) glycerin
 
Method :

Using a hand held cheese-grater, grate the soap into the finest consistency you can achieve (this will quicken the melting process).

Melt over low heat until fully melted.

Alternate between adding water and methylated spirits until [...]