Homemade Soaps

Soap is a cleansing agent that produces lather when rubbed in water. Soap is a part of our daily life. Our day starts using soap and ends with it as we wash our face when we get up to feel fresh and it is advisable to clean ourselves before going to bed. It is first thing after water that is required to start our day.

We can find a large variety of soaps in the market. One may get confused about which soap to buy. The very first thing that comes into our mind while purchasing soap is whether it will suit us. The chemicals in the soap may affect our skin. One of the solutions to get rid of this is homemade soap. Yes, soap can be easily made at home. No artificial chemicals are required to make soap. Hence, homemade soap can be called chemical-free soap.

All that the tips to making soap at home are lye crystals, cold water, coconut oil, olive oil, scented oil, a wide-mouth jar, a stainless steel pan and a wooden spoon.

• Take the wide-mouth jar and add 10 1/4 ounces of lye in 4 cups of cold water and stir until the crystals get completely dissolved.

• Place that wide-mouth jar in cold water to bring down the temperature of the lye water to 95-98 degrees.

• After that, place that mixture in the stainless steel pan and melt it.

• Once it gets melted, add coconut and olive oil in it and again place the shortening in cold water and cool it to the temperature of 95-98 degrees.

• While adding lye solution to oils, stir it cautiously till the mixture traces. Now the soap solution is ready.

• Before pouring it into molds, add the scent oil into it.

• Pour this mixture into the molds and allow it to set for 24 hours. The molds should be covered with a folded blanket.

• After 24hours uncover the molds and let the shortening set for another 24hours. This makes the soap pliable.

You can make different shapes and designs after removing from the molds. Your chemical-free homemade soap is ready to use.

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