How To Make Soap?
Today I received a good question!
Hi Janice,
I saw your website and am interested in getting started making some soaps
and natural cosmetics. Could you possibly point me in a direction where I
could begin to learn more about how to go about the process?
Thank you.
Mary
Chicago, IL
I have a few very good resources.
SOAPMAKING BOOK
If you like to learn with a reference book, the Soap Naturally Book is one of the best on the market. It is very thorough and the kind of book that you will refer to often for ingredient information, recipes and how to.
Anyone who orders from now until Feb 24 the end of February will receive a free download of my How To Make Body Butter eGuide as well.
Just let me know that you saw it on this blog in the comments section of the order page.
How To Make Soap book.
NEW COLD PROCESS SOAPMAKING VIDEO
If you like to learn by seeing and doing, which works for me, I am really excited to be able to recommend Soap Making Fun!
It is in video format, you get it through instant download that you can watch anytime on your computer.
If you have a laptop, it would be great to take with you when you make your soap.
They show you step by step how to make cold process soap.
To be honest, when I started viewing it I was ready for some commercialized how to that really doesn't show you how to, but Jon has obviously studied the craft and provides real, hands on how experience.
It's just like watching someone who obviously knows soapmaking make soap, and he explains what and why he is doing it all the way along.
When I first made soap, I really would have loved to have had this. It took me awhile to figure out "the moves", you can see them right before your eyes with the video.
Considering that there is a very real safety factor in making soap, I am very happy to recommend this resource.
This is the video that I always had wished I could make to help beginners safely learn how to make soap.
How To Make Soap video.
Anyone who orders from now until Feb 24 the end of February will receive a free download of my How To Make Body Butter eGuide as well.
Just send us an email with a copy of your invoice and I will get it right to you. (customer_care (at) skincarenaturals.com)
KATHY MILLERS SOAP MAKING WEBSITE
If you are looking for a website, the one I started with and still recommend is Kathy Miller's Homemade Soap website.
It has pretty much anything you might want to know about making soap.
How To Make Soap website.
LOCAL CLASSES
Another good way to learn to make soap is to go to a local soap making class.
I don't have a listing, but if you teach, you can put your link up in the comments section.
I can't personally vouch for anyone, but it may give anyone a starting point to look into if you are looking for a class.
SOAPMAKING INGREDIENTS
If you are in Canada, I have a selection of basic soap making ingredients. If you are looking for organic soap making supplies, organic Canola, organic Sunflower and organic Soybean are coming up.
If you are in the US, check out Mountain Rose Herbs and From Nature With Love for a large selection of soap making ingredients.
RECEIVE $10 WORTH OF FREE INGREDIENTS FOR YOUR FIRST BATCH OF SOAP!
If you would like to order both the book and the video and would like to save some $$$
- order the Soap Making Fun video
- order your Soap Naturally Book and minimim $25.00 soapmaking supplies from http://www.handmadesoap.ca
- then send me an email to skincarenaturals (at) sympatico.ca with a copy of your invoice for the Soap Making Fun video (I don't automatically receive that info).
- I will include with your book and supplies a BONUS 16oz organic Canola oil, 16oz organic Soybean oil and 8oz organic Sunflower Oil.
Sorry, I can only offer this to customers purchasing the book from me. BUT, if you are in the US
- order the Soap Making Fun video
- order your Soap Naturally Book from ANN or overseas, and minimim $30.00 supplies from Mountain Rose Herbs and From Nature With Love
- send me an email to skincarenaturals (at) sympatico.ca with a copy of your invoice for the Soap Making Fun video (I don't automatically receive that info) and proof of purchase for your ingredients (using the above links) and your paypal address.
- I will send you a paypal refund for $5.
Both offers include a free copy of the How To Make Body Butter eGuide.
Watch for our Soapmaking eGuide, which I will have coming out soon in May.
