With such a variety of soaping bases, fats, and oils available in the market, one can easily see where the excitement can collide with frustration, especially if you are new to soaping. We strive for a perfect recipe, but where to begin, the...
The Challenge: Colors That MorphCP Soap has a very high pH while it undergoes saponification, which can cause many colors to “morph” and change color. Colors such as ultramarines and oxides are typically used in CP soap because they are stable,...
What is trace? Baby, don't blend me; don't stir me, just pour. Trace is when you've reached emulsion- your oils are blended with your lye mixture and are no longer capable of separating. How can you tell when your mixture is at trace? The easiest...
Rebatching your soap can literally be a saving redo for your soap recipe. Sometimes your homemade soap bars are cracked, brittle, or just not performing like what you were hoping for. These are all perfect examples as to why you would rebatch your...
Sometimes it is a hard pill to swallow, but when it comes to soaping, mistakes will be made, tears will fall, and you learn from your errors! This week, we had a slight oversight. All of our soaping ingredients were weighed out and ready for the...
Cold Process Soap: In general, soap crafters consider cold process soap to be one of the most common methods for soap making. This method has been termed "cold process" because there is no outside heating source applied to initiate the process of...
Gather Your Equipment: Double Boiler Setup: You can use a Pyrex glass measuring container or a stainless steel pitcher set inside a pot of boiling water to melt your soap. Using a double boiler setup ensures that your MP Soap Base is not...
Additive - Ingredients added to an MP Soap Base that change the soap's color, add exfoliation or provide beneficial properties. Some common additives include milk, honey, oatmeal, seeds, herbs, herbal powders…etc. Bloom - The white crystal like...
We are here to help you succeed! We are going to answer some common melt and pour soap questions that we get asked frequently by customers. Since these questions are common, its likely that these are the issues most soap makers will come across...
With such a variety of soaping bases, fats, and oils available in the market, one can easily see where the excitement can collide with frustration, especially if you are new to soaping. We strive for a perfect recipe, but where to begin, the...