Disclaimer - You should never, ever make soap until you have researched it and know what you are doing. As much as I love to "wing it" - soap making it not a wing it activity.
Basic Resources:
- Lye Calculator (for making your own soap recipes)
- Essential Oil Blending Calculator
- How To Calculate How Much Oil Is Needed For Your Soap Mold
- A Beginners Guide To Making Cold Process Soap
The formula for Crisco has changed since the early 2000s. It now incorporates a fair amount of hydrogenated palm oil, which is good for making soap. If you're using Crisco, be sure to know what kind you are using and and adjust your lye calculator accordingly. Most lye calculators have a setting for "old Crisco" and "new Crisco." If your label lists "hydrogenated palm oil" as one of the ingredients, use the "new Crisco" setting.
Soap Making Recipes:
- Step By Step How I Make Home Made Soap
- Step By Step Homemade Peppermint Soap
- Basic Slow Cooker Soap (Make soap in your crock pot!)
This is the soap making book I started with.
Great, simple, recipes, with lots of herb additives.
It has a great format, and is easy to follow.
Great, simple, recipes, with lots of herb additives.
It has a great format, and is easy to follow.
My favorite book does change frequently - but this is a nice balance between the simple book above, and the very complex book below. And it's pretty. :-)
https://amzn.to/3t8Wrih
The other soap making book on my shelves.
This one is not as pretty as the Sandy Maine Book, it's more, well, like a BOOK than a magazine. But it is SO full of great information, my copy is marked with bunches of sticky notes. https://amzn.to/2QLfybp
Bramble Berry Project Ideas (Formerly The Soap Queen)
Bramble Berry is a supply site, and to inspire you to purchase their products, they offer great projects!
https://www.brambleberry.com/
This one is not as pretty as the Sandy Maine Book, it's more, well, like a BOOK than a magazine. But it is SO full of great information, my copy is marked with bunches of sticky notes. https://amzn.to/2QLfybp
Bramble Berry is a supply site, and to inspire you to purchase their products, they offer great projects!
https://www.brambleberry.com/
Soap Making Supplies:
Soap Mold & Cutter
https://amzn.to/37vMQ4U
I have a lot of wooden molds, which I either grease with crisco or line with wax paper before using. But silicone really is sooooo nice when making soap!
And these cutters are great!
You can make soap without an immersion blender. If you do not mind stirring really hard for HOURS. :-)
Seriously, this makes it so much faster and easier!
https://amzn.to/2FhEX7i
An accurate scale is an absolute essential.
Make sure it can measure in both ounces and grams
This is not the one I use, mine is a 20 year old postal scale - but this one looks nice, and is reasonably priced.
https://amzn.to/2QCwjFA
Lye is getting harder and harder to find - our grocery stores no longer carry it.
I can still find it at lowes, by the drain cleaners
Just be sure it is 100% lye - and nothing else added.
Thankfully, there is also Amazon Prime.
https://amzn.to/2FbwnXE
A nice selection of colors to start with -
https://amzn.to/39B6jTx
I used to buy dried lavender at the health food store, to add to my soaps - but it's cheaper to buy it online now. Here's an assortment of additives -
https://amzn.to/2ZMmwku
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https://amzn.to/37vMQ4U
I have a lot of wooden molds, which I either grease with crisco or line with wax paper before using. But silicone really is sooooo nice when making soap!
And these cutters are great!
Seriously, this makes it so much faster and easier!
https://amzn.to/2FhEX7i
Make sure it can measure in both ounces and grams
This is not the one I use, mine is a 20 year old postal scale - but this one looks nice, and is reasonably priced.
https://amzn.to/2QCwjFA
I can still find it at lowes, by the drain cleaners
Just be sure it is 100% lye - and nothing else added.
Thankfully, there is also Amazon Prime.
https://amzn.to/2FbwnXE
https://amzn.to/39B6jTx
https://amzn.to/2ZMmwku
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