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How to make resistant soap, or hard doesn’t mean resistant!
62 years ago
…. As the title suggests, a hard soap does not necessarily mean a resistant soap.
Hard soap means that your thumb does not leave a mark on it under substantial pressure. The soap is hard, well, almost like a stone!
So what is a resistant soap? Resistant soap dissolves relatively slowly and even if Read more...
How to make and cut CP soap in 6 hours
192 years ago
What a dream of each soapmaker 🙂
… do you think it is impossible?
I thought the same… or at least, I did not really think about it as a possibility… until I had to find a way. Here is the story…
In November 2014 I decided to start soapmaking classes in response to demands of my blog Read more...
6 principles of home experimenting
53 years ago
If you succumbed to this noble and challenging hobby of making soaps and cosmetics at home, you probably cannot avoid making some experiments 🙂
This is actually the very basics of this hobby, since you cannot all the time follow the recipes of others. There are three reasons for this:
1. Most of Read more...
100% olive oil soap with cocoa and golden mica decoration
104 years ago
I hope you enjoy the summer and that now you have even more time to soap 🙂
I did not forget you, but as usual… no time to write.
However, I do still make experiments and today I share with you the very latest one, where I tried golden mica pattern on my 100% cocoa soap 🙂
Not long time ago I got Read more...
Olive oil soap with grapefruit or how to make soap roses
64 years ago
Few weeks ago, when I posted my thoughts about the 100% olive oil soap, suddenly I got an urge to make one 🙂
I added salt to make it harder (in other words – less slimy when used) and 10% of castor oil for bubbles (ok, this makes it 90% olive oil soap…)
And for the first time, I tried to make soap Read more...
Making 100% olive oil soap – tips, tricks and why it should be avoided by beginners
295 years ago
If you like the idea of 100% olive oil soap and think that the simplicity of the recipe makes it an ideal soap for beginners, I have some bad news for you – you better avoid it before you gather enough experience…
Why?
If you are a total beginner, you probably wish 3 things:
to create a soap that Read more...
How to wrap your soap
25 years ago
Christmas is knocking on the door, how do you wrap your soap? Let me share with you some soap wrapping ideas I gathered across the internet…
Usually, I wrap my soap first in a cellophane to prevent the fragrance evaporation.
However, I make small holes in it so that:
the water can evaporate Read more...
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