Ingredients 16 oz. Shea M&P Soap Base 1 tsp. Tangerine Essential Oil ½ tsp 10x Orange Essential Oil ¼ tsp Spearmint Essential Oil ¼ tsp Yellow Oxide Instructions Cut up the soap base into small squares and melt on 20-30 ...
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There are a few steps and safety warnings. Things such as adding lye to water and not vice versa and pouring the lye solution into oils slowly are for your safety. You NEVER want to get lye on your skin. ...
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Soap Separation Sometimes, even when you’ve been careful, you will have a severe problem in the soap and it will separate. This could be from incorrect temperatures, incomplete mixing, too much honey… who knows? 🙂 Separation is usually indicated when ...
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Never use lye on aluminum utensils (lye acts upon them). For small batches of soap, enameled or granite ware is suitable and for larger batches, an iron kettle may be used. All grease should be pure and clean to obtain ...
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Just as there are countless methods for doing all types of activities there are certainly different methods to employ when making soap. Using the cold process soap method is one of the four soap making methods. To add to the ...
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