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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

How to Make Confetti Soap

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How to Make Confetti Soap

While I was visiting a friend -- fellow soap maker -- I noticed a pretty soap that she had curing. She told me how she made hers and I went home with the intension of creating something that looked like hers. That is not what happened however. It is funny how many things go into making soap and how, if just one part of the process isn't right, it can change the entire batch!

This is how I made confetti soap.


I took my most basic non-milk soap recipe and made a single batch. Prior to making it, I took melt and pour glycering soap and colored small amounts with candle colorants. I had several colors, like red, blue, green, yellow, purple, pink, etc. I cut the small colored glycerine soap into tiny chunks, like diced potatoes, and had them ready. When I was ready to pour my cold process soap into a large wooden loaf mold, I poured it in and immediately poured the glycerine chunks in. I stirred them with my spoon to incorporate well and let it saponify. You have to be careful not to overflow your mold or have a second mold ready if you think you may need two molds instead of one (because the volume of your soap INCREASES when you add the glycerine chunks).

I expected to get a beautiful white soap with chunks of color in it. But this is what happened. I put a holiday fragrance in the soap, not knowing that there was some vanilla in the fragrance oil. The soap turned TAN!!! with colorful chunks. Now I have to admit that I was disappointed, but the soap really did look beautiful. It was just different than what I was expecting. It sold very well, but I never made it that way again.

Some of my best selling soaps looked different than what I was anticipating, but when I changed them to what I actually WANTED, they didn't sell as well, so I went back to the "mistake" that originally occurred.

A note for those of you who may want to learn how to make a confetti soap. If the soap doesn't get used within the first 6 - 9 months, the colorants begin to bleed into the rest of the soap. So don't make this soap unless you can sell it right after it cures. Also, tell your customers not to display it too long before using.

I think this confetti soap is beautiful! It makes a great Christmas Soap!

If you would like to see how to make soap you can check out my new DVD Basic Soap Making at How to Make Confetti Soap

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Benefits of Goat Milk Soap

Why would you choose to use Goat Milk Soap? What are the benefits compared to regular soap? Well, first, there is a huge difference between commercial and handcrafted soap – more on that in a different post. But why would you choose homemade goat milk soap over other homemade soaps? It’s simple really. Milk soaps have the following qualities:

  • Milk has historically been used for its moisturizing properties. That is why it is so luxurious to take a milk bath. Cleopatra was known for her exquisite skin and the famous milk baths she took daily.
  • Milk contains lactic acids. One of these acids is Alpha Hydroxy which is known to regenerate the skin and make it look younger and fresher.
  • Goat milk has a higher fat count in it than other milks. This makes for a very creamy and enriching bar of soap.
  • Goat milk has a PH that is closer to our natural skin PH. This is kinder to our skin.
    People who suffer from allergies and skin problems are frequent users of goat milk soap. I cannot claim that goat milk soap heals these problems, but it does not further aggravate them.

So you can see, there are a tremendous number of benefits with goat milk soap.

I put together a soap making tutorial that features how to make goat milk soap with oatmeal . The primary reason I featured Goat Milk Soap with Oatmeal is that it was my Number 1 best-selling soap (and I have been selling soap for over 6 years). Most of my other soaps were vegetable based, but the Goat Milk Soap outsold the others substantially. If you are interested in learning the art of soap making, check out my website.

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