The way to a fresh and rejuvenating morning is through a bath that lifts your spirits and mind. If you ever thought about making handmade soaps at home, this is your chance to do it right

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10 STEP
PROCESS TO
HANDMADE
SOAP
AT HOME

2. The way to a fresh and rejuvenating
morning is through a bath that lifts
your spirits and mind. If you ever
thought about making handmade
soaps at home, this is your chance to
do it right.
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3. Basic Requirements of Making Soap
At Home
● 100 % sodium hydroxide commonly
called lye in crystal form
● Stainless steel utensils, ceramic
bowls and ladles and wooden
spoons
● A pint and quart canning jar for
measurements
● Old newspapers for protecting your
surfaces
● Stainless steel thermometer to
measure temperatures of lye and
additives
● An old towel for wrapping the
molds
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4. Let’s start with a simple yet refreshing
handmade mint soap recipe. You will
need the following ingredients:
● About 4 ounces or 113 grams of
Avocado Oil
● Close to 24 ounces or 700 grams of
Coconut Oil
● Around 28 ounces or 800 grams of
Olive Oil
● You can also add about 2 ounces or
60 grams or Shea or Mango Butter
● 255 grams of lye (sodium
hydroxide)
● More than 500 grams of fresh mint
paste or you can use min-infused
water or mint tea
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5. Cover your work area with old
newspapers. Put on your gloves
and measure the water and the
lye. Try to keep them in the ratio
2:1 (water to lye). Slowly pour the
lye into the water while stirring
and standing back to avoid any
fumes. Now allow the lye to sit
down as the water starts to clear
up.
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6. Now add all your oils together in
the pint jar and heat them up to a
temperature of about 120
degrees in a microwave. You can
also use a shallow pan filled with
water and put the pint containing
the oils in it to heat them.
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7. Next step is to wait for both the
lye and the oils to cool down to a
temperature between 95° and
105°. Pour the heated oils into
your mixing bowl and start
adding the lye slowly while
stirring it to mix everything well.
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8. Keep on stirring by hand until the
mixture lightens in color and
becomes thicker in consistency. It
will soon be at “trace” and then
add your herbs and other
additions such as oatmeal,
cinnamon, and of course mint
paste or min-infused water, etc.
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9. Stir the mix thoroughly until
everything is combined and pour
it into mold(s).
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10. The next step is to cover the mold
with plastic and set the whole
thing in an old towel. Cover it up
nicely to trap in the residual heat
so that the saponification process
converts the base ingredients into
soap.
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11. Let the molds rest for about 24 to
48 hours. Soon the mixture will be
completely solidified. You can
then take it out of the mold and
cut your soap out in pieces. Allow
it to cure for about a month and
then you are done. Start using
your handmade soap as you
would any other soap.
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