How Do You Make Soap From Natural Ingredients?
Making your own natural homemade soap can be a fun and rewarding experience. Because you know what all of the ingredients are, you never have to worry about harsh, unnecessary chemicals being used on your skin. With a bit of preparation and practice, making your own homemade soap and concocting your own soap recipes may become an enjoyable hobby. Be sure to put on your safety goggles and rubber gloves before beginning, and especially before touching the lye. Lye is a strong chemical ingredient that must be used in order to make soap, even if the soap is a natural formula. Pour the water into the heatproof measuring cup. Add the lye to the water. Mix this solution continuously with the metal spoon until all of the lye has dissolved in the water. Place one of the soap-making thermometers into the lye solution and set this solution aside. In the large mixing bowl, combine all of the oils: the soybean, palm, olive, coconut and jojoba oils. Add the sugar and paprika to the oils. Place the s
