Learn how to adjust for and add lanolin to soap recipes, plus guidelines for using it.

This magic pepper and soap science experiment is super fun and incredibly easy to do! Add it to your preschool or early elementary science lesson plans.

This is the easiest way to make soap without using lye--and it's safe to do with kids. Customize your homemade soap with any scents or colors you like!

Homemade Fabric Softener is easy to make and saves loads of money! We'll show you step by step how to make it! It's easy, saves money, and actually works!

Rainbow Soap Foam Bubbles Sensory Play

A balanced cold process soap recipe with brewed coffee and coffee grounds for added exfoliation.

Homemade Rosemary-Mint Goat Milk Soap is the perfect gift for the soap lover on your list! It makes beautiful soap for your family, with no harsh chemicals!

Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap- Front or top load machine 4 Cups - hot tap water 1 Fels-Naptha soap bar (found mine @ Ace Hardware) 1 Cup - Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda* (found @ Ressors, it like Homeland) ½ Cup Borax (walmart, very easy to find) (Pictured above) - Grate bar of soap and add to saucepan with water. Stir continually over medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is melted. -Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot tap water. Add melted soap into bucket already containing washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight to thicken. This is what it looks like atfer it has sit over-night. It will be thick & jelly like, just stir until it is mixed well. - fill a used, clean, laundry soap dispenser half full with soap ( I am using a 2 gallon water jug from Wal-mart $4.00. It is important that you use something that you can shake before each use. It doesn't have to be 2 gallons, it is 1 to 1 ratio on this soap with water. So, if you have 1 gallon jug, use 1/2 soap half water. You get the picture , Right?!!?) Half full of soap and then fill rest of way with water. Shake before each use. (will gel) -Optional: You can add 10-15 drops of essential oil per 2 gallons. Add once soap has cooled. Ideas: lavender, rosemary, tea tree oil. -Yield: Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons. -Top Load Machine- 5/8 Cup per load (Approx. 180 loads) -Front Load Machines- ¼ Cup per load (Approx. 640 loads) *Arm & Hammer "Super Washing Soda" - in some stores or may be purchased online. Baking Soda will not work, nor will Arm & Hammer Detergent - It must be sodium carbonate!!

My family goes through a lot of soap. We particularly go through a lot of castile soap, which makes sense because we use it in practically everything! We use castile soap for our body wash, hand soap, dish soap, shaving, scrubbing, and probably a lot more! I used to buy liquid soap by the jugful but then I wondered, can you make your own liquid soap? I used to pay about $30 for 64 oz of Dr. Bronners or Dr. Woods. Now looking at those numbers, I guess you could say that it doesn’t seem very expensive but that

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A homemade bar soap that leaves dishes sparkling clean.

This is the easiest way to make soap without using lye--and it's safe to do with kids. Customize your homemade soap with any scents or colors you like!

Adding healthy herbs to soaps and salves is easy when in you infuse them in oil.

A gentle and soothing cold process soap recipe. Palm free and simple to make.

The perfect kitchen soap recipe, this cold process formula is moisturizing, easy to make, and adds dried basil for a twist.

We provide instructions, tips, pros & cons, and supplies to help you decide which soap base process is best when you make your own soap at home.

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If you are familiar with the soap making process, you know that there are three fundamental ways one can go about making a bar of soap: cold process, hot process, and melt & pour. Each process …

As Autumn comes to an end, so does dahlia season. It is such a joy to work with beautiful seasonal blooms and, in the case of dahlias, I have utilised them both fresh and dried. I love the way dahlias transform as they dry but acknowledge that the drying process, itself, is one great experiment fraught with wins and losses. In this month’s blog, I share my tips for drying dahlias successfully.

Here's a super simple Whipped Cream Super Laundry Soap, Do It Yourself laundry soap detergent recipe that doesn't leave any residue on clothing, gets nearly every stain known to man out the first time around and smells clean and fresh- oh and did I mention that it costs about $1.76 for 128 loads of laundry?

Oh, laundry, why dost thou vex me so? I know we only see each other once a week, but every week you come back...uninvited. And though sort...

A gentle and soothing cold process soap recipe. Palm free and simple to make.

This easy two-ingredient homemade shower cleaner eliminates grime, hard water stains, and soap scum from your tub and shower quickly and easily.

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One of the most common base oils used in soap making is coconut oil (botanical name Cocos Nucifera Coconut Oil), and there is a purposeful reason for its popularity. Coconut oil helps to produce a bar of soap that has excellent cleaning properties. Most important to the soap maker is the desirable fluffy bubbly factor

Goats milk soap is a very popular soap to make. You can make it with either fresh goat's milk or you can use goat's milk powder. The milk adds a creaminess to the soap and the sugars in the milk add to bubbly lather. Here is how to make soap using fresh goat's milk. You

This is the easiest way to make soap without using lye--and it's safe to do with kids. Customize your homemade soap with any scents or colors you like!

Switching to natural laundry detergent has been a game-changer for us. Our homemade formula is gentle on the skin and the environment, offering a safer.

This is the easiest DIY foaming hand soap recipe. This simple toxic free recipe is made of only 2 ingredients: Castile soap & optionally essential oils.

A super bubbly homemade soap with great cleansing and moisturizing properties. Once you try this recipe, it will be all you want to use!

Goats milk soap is a very popular soap to make. You can make it with either fresh goat's milk or you can use goat's milk powder. The milk adds a creaminess to the soap and the sugars in the milk add to bubbly lather. Here is how to make soap using fresh goat's milk. You