Make Bath Time More Appealing By Making Your Own Soap

Soap is a necessity for all as it is what we use to clean ourselves whenever we shower

. It may come in several forms but whatever you choose to use, its basic function is to remove dirt and oil on our bodies. In recent times, liquid soap and body wash has become more and more popular compared to the regular bar soap. But with the many creative designs that can be made with bar soaps, they are becoming relevant again and even used as displays on bathrooms.

Now if you think that making those kinds of soaps are hard, think again. Soap making is a very easy process that almost anyone can do it. Even children can make this into a hobby as long as they wear protective equipment and work supervised by adults.

There are two ways as to how soap can be made. The first is the hot method which will require heating of your ingredients while they undergo a process called saponification. The other method is the cold method, which does not require any heating. The first method is usually used when your lye is impure and you have no way of measuring exactly how much lye you are working with.

The main ingredients that you will need to make soap are oils and lye. By mixing these two ingredients, you will already be able to make the most basic type of soap. The first thing that you need to do is dissolve the lye completely in water while heating in the hot process (heating is omitted in the cold process as stated earlier). Next, the oil will then be poured with continuous heating and mixing. The exact measurements are needed for the cold method or the soap may come out too oily or too caustic if these measurements were not followed.

Once a homogenous mixture with condensed milk consistency has been achieved, it can then be poured into molds for them to cool. This would take about 5 hours. Different molds may be used to make different designs of soap. Adding dye before pouring the mixture onto molds may also be done to give your soap the color that you prefer.

Once the soap has hardened, you can still alter your design by using a knife so that you can sculpt your soap in any shape that you like. Fragrant dyes or lotions may also be added to add to the appeal of your soap. This gives your soap properties that you may want when cleaning your body. Herbal leaves may also be added to give your soap a healthier and more natural appeal.

Different types of oil will also result to your soap having different properties. If you want soap that you will only use for display, you might want to use oil that will give your soap a hard quality. For soap that you are going to use for showering, you might want to use coconut oil mixed with olive oil so that it will have good lathering properties while being mild on the skin.

Regular soaps need not be outdated in our times today. Hard soaps can be made into different designs and its properties can easily be altered giving you a variety of soaps that you can use, as opposed to liquid soap which have very little variety in them. If you don't want to use those regular bar soaps that you see in supermarkets, why don't you try making your own soaps with different properties and designs.

by: Jen Hopkins1

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