Soap Making Made Easy 2nd edition

Soap Making Made Easy Everything you need to jump-start the process of making your own soap, at home! Michelle Gaboya 2nd Editio ...

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Acknowledgements Michelle Gaboya has been a soap making enthusiast for over 10 years, creating all types of elegant homemade soa ...

Soap Making Advice titles If you have found this quick guide useful, please consider Michelle’s other titles: Soap Recipes: A de ...

Table of Contents What is Soap? How Does Soap Work? The Differences Between Hand-Made and Commercial Soap The History of Soap-M ...

What is Soap? Soap is an anionic surfactant which, when mixed with water, is useful for washing and cleaning. It can be made in ...

There are two major types of lye: sodium hydroxide (NaOH, caustic soda, or potash), and potassium hydroxide (KOH, or caustic pot ...

How Does Soap Work? Soap acts as an emulsifier, meaning that it allows one substance to be dissolved into another, into which it ...

Soap molecules have two ends; one is a carboxylate, and the other is a hydrocarbon chain. The carboxylate end of the molecule is ...

This is why many commercially-made soaps are drying to the skin; they are engineered to work in hard-water conditions, which mea ...

The Differences Between Hand-Made and Commercial Soap For obvious reasons, handmade soap will result in a greater degree of cust ...

superfatting, or adding certain skin-friendly ingredients, can yield a result that is not as harsh as commercial soaps, for sens ...

The History of Soap-Making The earliest record of a soap recipe dates back to 2200 B.C.E. The recipe called for water, alkali an ...

the ashes. The resultant lye water was then collected, and saved for use in soap. To determine if the lye was fit for use, the s ...

Tips for Beginners Soap-making is a delicate process. The ingredients used must be of a high quality, and the manner in which th ...

Third, be aware of what you are doing, and why you are doing it. It is important to understand the importance of each step, and ...

Basic Ingredients FATS AND OILS The fats and oils used in soap can be derived from either animal or vegetable fat. For example, ...

fats. Unsaturated fats, like some vegetable oils, come in a liquid form, and are commonly used to make liquid soap. To use these ...

however, a smaller amount is required (usually only a drop or two) and they retain their scent better because they are undiluted ...

Avoid using fabric dyes, hair dyes, candle colorants, or paints to color your soap; even if they are labeled as “non-toxic,” the ...