Want to Make Your Own Soap? Here’s How

Doing things with your hand will always give you a sense of accomplishment. While some handmade items require many hours of practice and talent, soap making is surprisingly an activity that’s easy and fun to do. Making soap also counts as a beautiful gift for people who appreciate gifts made especially for them. A handmade present shows how much you care about the person you are gifting and also how well you know them and understand their taste. Needless to say, if you enjoy the process and you become really good and creative with it, you can always think of starting your own business. Nowadays, many people turn their hobbies into side hustles and benefit from spending time doing something they enjoy. Want to make your own soap? Let us tell you how.

• Buy Your Base and Pick Your Fragrance

First things first, you have to buy a soap base. This is simply a mix of soap and glycerine with some additives to benefit your skin. After that comes the step of choosing a fragrance of your liking. Since you get to choose the scent you will add to your soap, we advise you to pick a scent that has a positive effect on your well-being. After all, who wouldn’t want to hit 2 birds with one stone?

• Gather Your Tools and Your Partner/Kids 

Enjoyable activities like this one call for company. Gather whoever you choose to be your partner in this fun little activity time and make sure you have everything you need within reach. You will need:

• A Heat Resistant Container

Something like a Pyrex would be great. You should be careful though and put a mark on it and never use it for food preparation later on.

• A Blender 

To mix your ingredients together you would need a blender that you can depend on. If you are a beginner then it would only make sense if you search and read about the best stick blender for soap making instead of wasting your time trying products that won`t do the trick. When spending your quality or family time doing a fun activity, the last thing you want is a gadget that does not perform as expected so make sure to get the best equipment to get the best result as well.

• Silicone Mold 

Buy any shape of a silicone mold you like and have fun with it! Consider the purpose of the soap you are making when you are buying one. You would want to buy different shapes depending on the age of the person who will end up using the soap or the gender.

3. Melt, Mix, and Rest

After making sure you have everything beside you, melt the base on the top of the stove; some people use the microwave so in that case, only put the base in a microwaveable bowl and melt it inside the microwave for one minute. Keep checking how it’s melting and when the base is all melted, add the fragrance and mix with the blender. After that, pour the mixture into the mold. Leave the mold on a straight surface until it is fully hardened and voila! You have just made a bar of soap!

4. Be Creative with Recipes 

Where else can you explore your creativity than in the world of handmade crafts and items? There are more recipes than you can imagine that can make your soap smell, feel, and look different than any other soap in stores. In fact, this is what makes handmade items stand out and are better than mass-produced goods for many people; the fact that each piece or batch is unique and has a one-of-a-kind feature. We bet that after finishing your first batch, you will find yourself hungry for more recipes to try out. Unleash that creativity in you and mix and match scents and colors until you make something that is uniquely yours.

We always wonder about the type of activity that can be fun, new, and not so messy so that we can do it at home, as well as what we can do to bond with our children, to keep them entertained and off of their gadgets. It is a great way to spend your time alone in peace, creating something for your own use or to give to someone else. To turn it into a business or not is completely up to you, but we believe that no matter what your choice is, you will enjoy the process itself and find it soothing and entertaining at the same time. In a world where everything is handed to us packaged, it is always nice to create something small and simple for ourselves.