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Oils are obtained by pressing of the vegetable or fruit. What is extracted and filtered is what many soapmakers use.  The techniques involved are cold process, solvent process, heat process, and refined process.  Each technique produces different grades of oils as some are used differently for different formulations. Let’s look at the different techniques used.
Cold [...]

What is melt and pour?
This is a pre-made soap base made with vegetables oils and solvents. The solvents allow the soap to be re-heated many times. Some bases might contain surfactants which help the soap to lift off dirt from the skin and also increases lather. Melt and Pour soapmaking expands the soapmaker’s creativity to [...]

As promised here’s the latest video from Anne-Marie Faiola from SoapQueen.Tv. Not only have I learned so much from watching Anne-Marie’s videos but I love going back to them time and time again. I always learn something new each time. Sit back, take good notes and enjoy learning!

How to Make Cold Process Soap : Lye [...]

A few readers have asked me, Rose, how do you make soap? Is it easy? What are the main ingredients in soap.  Is it like cooking?  Here’s a great post to read on the different ways to make soap.
There are generally 4 ways to make soap.

Melt & Pour: a pre-made glycerin base and the easiest [...]

What is the main difference between hot process and cold process soap?
Hot process soap involves “cooking” the soap before it is placed in a mold. You can “cook” your soap in the oven (OHP), in a crockpot (CPHP), double-boiler (DBHP) and other various ways. I used a crockpot to make my soap.

The drying of hot [...]

This wonderful soap was created with natural vegetable and plant oils such as olive oil, palm oil, coconut oil and castor oil.  The great thing about making soap is the control you have in your ingredients.  One of the ingredients I was able to incorporate in my recipe was Heineken beer at 50% of my [...]

Today I embarked on a new journey in my soapmaking venture.  I made my first batch of cold process soap.  What is cold-process soap?

Cold-process is the saponification of vegetable oils or animal fats with lye and water. The process has a cure time of about 4- 6 weeks and the end result of this process [...]

How yummy does this soap looks to you?! Scented with tropical mango-papaya it takes you back to the tropics and an order for a daiquiri.

For those of you who are lucky to find a laptop/notebook sleeve for an average sized- laptop you are lucky!
My new laptop is a Dell 15.6 inches, and it’s wider than the average 15″ notebook sleeves you can purchase at any retail store.  Any sleeve that I did find was just over my budget.

So I [...]

What to do when company is arriving in less than half hour and you have no carpet powder to freshen up the living room carpet?
If you have these two household products sitting in your pantry closet then you’re in luck! You can whip up some homemade carpet powder in less than 5 minutes and [...]