Make Our Own Natural Soap, Its Fun And Easy

Making your own natural soap is creative, easy and fun. Whether you choose to start with a kit or make it totally from scratch, you'll enjoy experimenting with fragrances, essential oils, herbs and colors with this creative and artistic activity.

Melt and Pour is easy and safe enough for kids to do. Soap bases could be goat milk, honey, glycerin, olive & aloe, oatmeal, shea butter or any other base you can find on the market. Each one has different qualities, so choose the one that is best for you.

To make a bar soap, melt the soap base completely, stirring frequently, then add the other ingredients. Choose your own fragrances, colors, or essential oils. Then pour the soap into the molds and allow it to cool. Don't worry about getting it right the first time — you can re-melt and try again.

For those who are a little more adventurous, fat, water, and lye may be the thing for you. This method requires a little more equipment, time and knowledge. The first thing to consider is safety. Lye is a caustic agent and requires special handling. It is suggested that you use eye protection and rubber gloves when handling it. Also, lye will damage aluminum and Formica so keep it off your table tops and counters and especially off of you. There are many great sources on the internet that describe this process in more detail and you can find any of them by typing amake natural soapa into a search engine.

Many people choose to make bar soap for different reasons. Some people do it to save money. Those fancy soaps that look and smell pretty as well as soften your skin get to be rather expensive. Others make a business out of it.

Making your own natural soap is also environmentally friendly — store-bought soap was made in a pollution-causing factory. Before World War I, people used to make soap at home from leftover cooking fats, using purchased cans of lye. Before that, people made lye from wood ashes.

The move toward sustainable living also has some healthy side effects. Skin is the largest organ of your body and taking care of it is important. By making your own soap, you know exactly what's going on your skin. If you are allergic to one ingredient, simply substitute another. You can make vegetarian soap using vegetable fats instead of than animal fats.

Making your own soap is fun, healthy and good for the environment. It allows you the flexibility to add ingredients you like and leave out the ones you donat. Homemade soap is good for your family finances as well. There are so many easy soap making recipes out there, anyone can do it.

Jen Hopkins has worked in the skin care industry for years. She maintains websites about make soap at home, and organic soap making. If you want to contact her, you can use the contact form at one of her sites.

- Jen Hopkins