How to Make Homemade Soap

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Homemade soap “I want to make soap, but I’m really scared of the lye!” That is a completely justified fear and one that I shared for a very long time. It took months of research before I felt comfortable enough with the idea and even then, I had my husband handle it for the first few batches. I would like to tell you that if a complete chicken like myself can now handle lye like a pro, then you should be able to do so too, one day! However, until you’re ready, or if you just aren’t interested in that aspect of soap making – I’m here with a work-around to help you create your own unique herbal soaps, without handling the lye part. It’s so safe, your children can help you! What Soap & Cake Have in Common Making soap can be compared to making cake. You can either go to the store and buy a ready-made cake from the bakery section OR you can buy a box of cake mix to whip up at home OR you can buy the individual ingredients to make one from scratch. In the same way, you can buy ready-made bars of soap OR you can buy a pre-made mix (melt & pour soap base) OR you can buy the oils, lye, etc needed to make your own from scratch (cold process or hot process soap.) Each step you take further away from the made-from-scratch version, you have an added price to pay. Convenience is not only more expensive, but you also have to put up with extra ingredients, preservatives, and unpronounceable chemicals. I have yet to find a melt and pour soap base that does not have a sketchy additive or two in it. (If you’ve found a completely natural one that is palm free, please leave me a note in the comments so I can check it out!) However, let’s do a quick comparison of ingredients in the melt & pour base I’m going to use in this post (from Brambleberry.com) and Dove Beauty Bar (just because that’s a random one I remember using as a kid): Melt & Pour Soap Base:

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