Younger generations are always looking for new and inventive ways to be more eco friendly and cost saving. One of the best ways to do this is to make your own natural soaps at home. By doing this, you will need some supplies but you also get to choose what fragrance, if desired, and what [...]
Younger generations are always looking for new and inventive ways to be more eco friendly and cost saving. One of the best ways to do this is to make your own natural soaps at home. By doing this, you will need some supplies but you also get to choose what fragrance, if desired, and what quantity you would like to produce.
Producing your own natural soap can satisfy you in two ways. You can contribute a little in saving the environment from the chemical pollution that is being occurred when soaps are being produced industrially. And you also can have peace of mind that the ingredients that are being used are all natural.
Soap making is a lengthy process but the quantities you make in one sitting could be beneficial to your skin and your pocketbook. All soaps are started from some type of oil. Normally a palm oil, olive oil or even coconut oil is mixed together with water and lye. The lye and water would be heated separately from the chosen oil and then when the final temperature is met by both they are combined together. You would want to stir or whisk this mixture until you are able to see stir lines on the top.
This is almost similar to making a pancake batter and the batter forms a raised line on top when a spoon is drugged across it. That is the consistency you are looking for. Once this consistency is fulfilled you would want to add the natural ingredients you have collected to make the soap your own. For instance, you can add beeswax to make it smooth or even cocoa butter to soften the skin. To make a successful natural soap though, you want to make sure to only use natural ingredients.
When you have instilled the ingredients you have collected you have to pour the soap mixture into pre-oiled molds. Normally the molds are brick shaped or tubular and you have to make sure that they are pre-greased with a vegetable oil otherwise when you try to remove from the molds they may not slide out easily without breaking. The soap mixture needs to be left in the molds to form for about 24 to 4 hours.
During this period of time the soap making procedure will experience many changes, for example, it may darken in color and begin to bubble and might get too warm. The changes you will see are all natural when the lye/water/oil mixture is set to rest after being emulsified together. This period of time neutralizes the soap and makes it fit to set into the chosen mold. Finally it is very important to make sure that the molds have been made oily otherwise you would not be able to remove the soap from the molds easily to continue the process.
You will need to have a cool, dry place established ahead of time to let your soap sit after you have released it from its mold. The soap can be cut into any shape you desire and then needs to be placed on wire racks lined with preferably wax paper, and then set in the dry, cool, dark place to cure.
The entire curing process will take anywhere for 3 to 8 weeks. But once this curing process is complete and the soap has dried out any moisture that was left then you will have a finished product. Most people are relieved knowing that what they are washing their bodies and faces with is healthy and not harmful to the community. This is an invaluable lesson that can be passed on for generations to come.
Jen Hopkins has worked in the skin care industry for years. She maintains websites about how to make natural soap, and make your own soap. If you want to contact her, you can use the contact form at one of her sites.
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