How is liquid soap made ?
At our natural Liquid Soap Making Course we teach the ‘paste’ method. This means that, using a bain marie, or double boiler, we saponify a selection of botanical oils over a period of several hours. We are then left with a concentrated paste which we dilute and during dilution we add essential oils. What will I learn on the Liquid Soapmaking Course ? As the soap cooks in goes through numerous stages before full saponification occurs. You will learn to recognise these stages so that you can understand when your soap is ready for dilution. Whilst the process is quite long winded, the advantage with liquid soap is that when made correctly it can be stored, in paste form for many months so you can make a large batch in one go and then dilute the soap as and when you need it. You can see the various stages on the photos to the left. Each group will work with a different formula so that you can see how some oils saponify faster than others and can also recognise problem factors such as ‘sepa
