Base soap for children. Baby soap making

When I started soap making, my little sister pestered me every time with requests to be given soap to make too, of course she achieved her goal and was completely delighted with her first creation, which was of an incomprehensible color and smell, with a huge amount glitter, she just wanted to try everything I had and right away =)

This process is very exciting for children, because this is not only creativity but also a kind of game, the main thing is that the result is a very useful and practical thing that everyone will surely appreciate, praise many times and which will lie for a long time and please everyone, because everyone's hands are washed and many times a day.
If you decide to have a pleasant and useful time with your child, then making soap is just right for this task. Do not be afraid that the child may somehow harm himself, of course, it is your task to take care of the safety of the process and carefully monitor the child's actions. So that you have no doubts, I will describe in more detail the process of soap making with your child.

Making soap with the baby. The first option with a ready-made soap base

The easiest option would be with a ready-made soap base. You can let your child cut it into cubes so he can feel how soft it is. Watch this process, warn the child that it is slippery. Therefore, you need to hold on tight and remove your fingers away from the knife, if the child is very small, this stage will be on you. Then the child can put it all in a glass and put it in the microwave.

Prepare your child space for creativity - put dyes of different colors, a small selection of fragrances, additional details (toys, dried flowers), sparkles, so that everything is in front of his eyes. So that he can try everything and choose what he needs for his soap. When the base melts, the child should already know what kind of soap he will have, what color and smell.

Let him do everything himself, the main thing is to say how many droplets he needs to add to the liquid base. After that, let it mix everything and pour it into the mold yourself. You see, everything is very simple, the main thing is to make sure that the child does not burn his hands, does not pull anything into his mouth, or does not rub his eyes with dirty hands.

Here is a detailed example and recipe for soap making with a child.

Suitable for a child from 5 years old. Let's make soap with a toy. We need: 100 grams of transparent soap base, blue dye, small rubber duck, rectangular shape (you can take a yoghurt package), "sea fresh" fragrance or something on the water theme, you can add a couple of drops of base oil.

Baby soap making from store baby soap

This option is much more difficult, and is suitable for older children, however, if you are careful, you can try to make such a soap with small children. We will make natural soap with a decoction of herbs, at the same time give a lecture for the child on the topic of natural products and love of nature, you can tell him anything, in the process of soap making he will listen to you attentively, since this is a game for him, and when the child is interested, he is faster and better remembers information.

We need: a piece baby soap odorless, a decoction of herbs, preferably pleasantly smelling, maybe with flowers, mint, lemon balm, yarrow, linden are well suited, make a decoction in advance, herbs can be added to the soap in a dry form from the decoction, you do not need to take, the color of the soap will also depend on this decoction , you will also need a mold, yogurt packaging will do.

These are such interesting activities that you can conduct with your child, it will be both fun and useful, you can come up with many options for soap based on these two recipes, you just need to change the ingredients, color, smell and you will get completely different results.

Ready-made sets for baby soap making

And finally, the last option - you can immediately purchase a ready-made soap making kit for children. There are quite a few of them, they differ in the number of shapes, sizes, volumes, additives and, of course, in price. As a rule, it necessarily includes a soap base, a form or several forms, dyes, flavors. Sometimes the set already includes dishes for soap making and all kinds of additives, glitter, oils, etc.

Happy soap making!

So, everyone who is interested
It is advisable that all the necessary components are at your fingertips - this will make it easier to work. To begin with - the basis of our soap - I worked with baby soap... Soap makers recommend soap produced by "Nevskaya kosmetika", it does not smell, it melts well.


Rub the soap on a fine grater. At this time, we construct a structure called "water bath" on the stove. Add to our saucepan base oils(it can be rosehip oil, almond, avocado, grape seed oil, olive oil, etc.) + glycerin.

Then gently pour out the soap shavings. We mix. And gradually add liquid (water, milk, decoctions of herbs, juices, jelly, etc.), thoroughly mixing the mass until smooth. A regular potato crush coped with the mixing process perfectly. Within 10-20 minutes, bring the mass to the state of sour cream (the consistency of a batter).
Remove the liquid soap base from the heat and add essential oils (EM), no more than 7-10 drops.

You can buy them at the pharmacy, choosing a cosmetic composition according to your taste and desire. You can also add food or vegetable dyes and scrub fillers (ground coffee, rolled oats, sugar, seeds) to the soap.
Then you pour the soap into the molds (they will be completely replaced by containers for storing small things, children's forms for sandboxes or just bowls and salad bowls), put in the refrigerator overnight.


For convenience, you can grease the molds for ebb with vegetable oil. In the morning, take out the soap from the molds (if the mold was rigid, not flexible, then you can put it in hot water for 30 seconds, then the soap can be easily removed) and dry for 2-3 days in a dry place.
I will say right away - there were no unpleasant smells during cooking. The process is pleasant and non-toxic. And what a luxurious smell remains after washing your hands and body! Mmm….
My ingredients for soap base:
2 x 100 grams of soap
2 tbsp rosehip oil
1 tbsp almond oil
1 tbsp glycerin
200 ml milk + additives.
Rosehip oil contains a unique complex of vitamins and biologically active substances, relieves inflammation.
Almond oil is used to care for skin prone to allergies, has a nourishing, softening, moisturizing and smoothing effect.

On the unified basis I made 3 types of soap.

"Lemon cake" - soap with a toning, tightening effect.

"In the Mood for Love" - soap with a soothing, anti-inflammatory and moisturizing effect.

"Vanilla ice cream" - cleansing soap with a scrub effect, anti-inflammatory, antidepressant.

As a result, out of this amount, 9 different molds with soap came out. Having made a simple mathematical calculation, it turned out that an average bar of soap in 70 grams costs 10 rubles. Let me remind you that this is a handmade soap that you can safely give as a gift and, with a pretty smile, walk past the corresponding stores hand soap where a piece is worth more than 200 rubles. "

A successful first attempt at home-brewing soap led to a second episode of the soap series.

This time I "tasted" another soap - "My baby" (made in Nizhny Novgorod). I will notice right away that this soap is more refractory than Nevskaya cosmetics, so instead of the last 10 minutes, the mass was cooked for about half an hour. The cooking technology has also changed. This time I did it like this: in a saucepan on a water bath I heated 250 ml of cream (I diluted dry ones, because natural ones can then deteriorate during storage). Added grated baby soap to the cream (2 pieces). Cooked, stirring, so that there were no lumps. In the end, I poured in base oils.
Base oils:
Sea buckthorn oil (gives an amazing yellow color) - 3 tablespoons
St. John's wort oil - 1 tablespoon
Glycerin - 1 tablespoon
Castor oil (for better soapiness) - 1 tablespoon
From this amount of soap base, I made 3 types of soap. To do this, I poured the base in portions into another bowl, added essential oils (EO), additives and dyes. At the same time, the remaining part was kept in a water bath with the stove turned off so that the mass did not thicken. After pouring the soap into the molds, I put it in the refrigerator overnight, pulled it out of the mold in the morning and put it in a dry place to dry (3-4 days).

Anti-cellulite soap "Parsley" (with rejuvenating, cleansing and whitening effect)

Fragrance for baths and saunas "Aroma of health" (rosemary, lemon, sage) - 1 tbsp.
EO wormwood - 6 drops
EM pine - 2 drops
Chlorophyllipt oil solution - 1 tbsp.
Dried parsley, pre-soaked in boiling water - 1 tbsp.
Green food coloring on the tip of a knife

Soap "Oriental Spices" (moisturizing)

EO coriander - 6 drops
EO cinnamon - 4 drops
Ground cinnamon - 1 tsp
Peppermint essential oil - 4 drops
Olive-glycerin cream - 50 gr

Soap-scrub "Chocolate mousse"

EO cinnamon - 6 drops
EO vanilla - 3 drops
Cocoa powder - 1 tsp
Coconut flakes - 2 tablespoons

This time I decided to set up several experiments in the process of soap making: both in additives and in form.

Brewed from baby soap produced by "Nevskaya kosmetika". For 200 grams of soap, I took 200 ml of cream (diluted dry) + 1 tbsp. l starch.
Base oils:
2 tbsp rosehip oil
1 tbsp St. John's wort oil
1 tbsp peach oil
1 tbsp glycerin (for softness)
1 tbsp castor oil (for soapyness)
Essential oils:
Lavender - 6 drops
Jasmine - 5 drops
Geranium-3 drops
Peppermint - 3 drops
As an additive, glycerin hand cream - 50 g, red food coloring on the tip of a knife.
The day before, I made a batch of pink soap with the addition of dye. I cut it into pieces, put it in a mold. On the second day, I poured it into a soapy mass without dye. It turned out to be an interesting option. This is how it looks in section.

I also tried to pour a soap mass of two colors into the mold and mix them slightly with a stick to make a pattern. She also poured soap in layers, although the layer with the dye went to the bottom, and the white one remained on top.

Finally, I committed mistakes spoiling some of the soap. Firstly, instead of dye, I first added literally a spoonful of cherry juice, which gave an eerie gray-brown color. So I "tied" with natural juices.
Still, not believing the advice on the internet, I nevertheless added rose petals to the bottom of the form. And then the rose gave a reaction in the form of a black-green color, ruining the mood and soap.
But, he does not make mistakes, who does nothing! "

Today, when you can buy anything in the store. And it is becoming more and more difficult to surprise loved ones with a gift, different types of needlework are gaining great popularity. One of them - home soap making.

On our Miniband, mothers actively make soap themselves from , from, With, v, on the... Some even connect.

Today we will talk about how to make soap with children.

It's about soap making from the base- it's fast and incredibly easy.

So you can safely cook soap even with a preschooler. To make the cooking process safe, and the further use of soap is really useful, you need to use only natural ingredients.

We will not use any dyes and flavors, even food ones.

For a child, homemade soap making is a new and unusual activity, which is interesting in itself. The opportunity to make a gift for your family or friends with your own hands.

For a mother, this is an opportunity to do an interesting adult business. After all, even the most caring mother gets bored with rolling cars, changing dolls and organizing knightly tournaments at a certain moment.

In addition, there is no need to wait for the time when everyone finally settles down in their beds, and silence reigns in the house. You just get started at a time when everyone is in a good mood.

And of course, this is an opportunity to spend a little more time. together , not just next to each other.

What we need:

Soap base

For health safety reasons, we choose a base marked organic or sls-free. The organic base is not so attractive in appearance, it is neither white nor perfectly transparent, but its composition is closest to natural soap with minimal use of harmful chemical additives.

SLS (sodium lauryl sulfate) - a component that allows soap to foam better, but is very harmful to health, especially for children. SLS penetrates the skin, where it accumulates in tissues, and over the course of life reaches toxic concentrations, leading to serious diseases. So it's better without him.

You can buy a base in a soap making store or order it online.

Base oils are needed to enrich the soap base.

For starters, you can use olive oil, which is great for all skin types. And, for sure, it will be found in your refrigerator.

Add soap aroma will help Essential oils.

We choose a smell depending on our own preferences. In addition to a pleasant scent, essential oils have various healing and tonic or, on the contrary, soothing properties.

Some essential oils have contraindications, up to and including age. Therefore, before buying, do not be lazy to read the label carefully.

Sweet orange has a tonic and antiviral effect;

Lavender soothes, good before bedtime, during stress, for excitable children;

Citronella good antiseptic, helps to scare away mosquitoes and other midges;

Japanese mint. Restores strength. Eliminates nervous overexcitement and nervousness due to lack of sleep;

Pine has a beneficial effect on the respiratory system, promotes the elimination of toxins, good for mental fatigue;

You can buy essential oils at any pharmacy or soap shop.

Color we will also create without artificial colors.

They will come to our aid sea ​​buckthorn oil, it gives from a pale yellowish tint to a bright orange saturated color. Chlorophyllipt gives a herbal green.

And of course, chocolate or cocoa powder will give from a creamy beige shade to the color of a real chocolate. Important! - chocolate should be exactly chocolate, not confectionery bars, read the fine print on the label.

The first two "dyes" can be found in any pharmacy. Thus, we have a pretty good palette without any chemistry.

And if you add ground coffee, oatmeal, poppy seeds or coconut flakes, you get already a scrub soap.

Form for soap.

For the first soap-making experience, it is not at all necessary to go to the store and spend money on numerous molds. Look first at what you have at home.

Perfect fit silicone Bakeware, from them ready soap is the easiest to extract. You can also use any plastic containers, up to children's sandbox molds not the largest size.

Even cardboard ones will come in handy packages or plastic bottles from under the milk. You get one huge soap, which then needs to be cut with a knife into washers of the desired thickness.

Safety precautions:

Let's remember laboratory work in a chemistry lesson. Before starting work, instruct the child on how and what to do and what not to do. This will keep unnecessary conflicts and fuss to a minimum.

Here are the basic rules:

Essential oils should not be used if the child has a tendency to obstructive bronchitis, they can provoke bronchospasm! Never allow the heated soapy mixture to be sniffed. We smell the soap only after it has set.

We also follow the usual rules for working with sharp knives, household appliances, breakable dishes, etc. existing in your family.

What to do.

1. Cut the base into cubes about 2x2 cm in size and send to the microwave. 200 grams of base melts for 1-2 minutes (until a homogeneous liquid consistency).

Important! Do not let the base boil, this will adversely affect the properties of the finished soap.

2. Then add essential oil to the base oil. For 100 grams of base, you can add from ¼ teaspoon to ½ tablespoon of base oil, the more oil, the higher the nutritional effect, but the lower the soap foaming. Add no more than 5-7 drops of essential oil per 100 g. the basics.

3. Stir.

4. Pour into molds. Everything! After 15-20 minutes, the soap is ready.

It will be great if the little soap-maker takes part in the idea of ​​the future soap. Let him choose the shape, color, aroma. Explain to your child that the color saturation will depend on the amount of dye.

Try making a striped soap by alternating colors. Experiment with combining different essential oils.

As you can see, everything is very simple. Try it, turn on your imagination, and you will definitely get beautiful and fragrant soaps.

Home soap makingis becoming more and more popular among moms. But since this is a fascinating process, you can also involve a child in it. In addition, the baby will not need to be persuaded for a long time to wash his hands more often with his own soap!

We need: baby soap without a pungent odor - 100 g, sea buckthorn oil - 1 tablespoon, essential oil (lemon, lavender, tea tree, etc.) - 2-3 drops, filler (dried flowers), water to dilute the soap mass (about an incomplete glass), dishes for a steam bath, plastic molds (you can take silicone or sandbox molds).

Let's get to work!

1. Rub the soap on a fine grater. In order not to breathe in soapy dust, it is better to heat the soap - hold it in the sun or a hot battery.

2. Add the base oil to the soap shavings, then mix and put the dishes on the steam bath. Stir constantly and add hot water.

3. When the soap resembles batter, pour in a few drops essential oil... Mix well.

4. Then fill in the filler, mix. For colored soaps, dye can be added.

5. Pour liquid soap into molds and leave to cool. This will take about an hour.

To take it straight out ready-made soap, put the molds in a bowl of hot water. But not for long, otherwise the soap will start to melt.

Soap completely hardens for 1-2 days.

Soap self made you can safely give to friends. Here interesting idea, for example, on a children's birthday!
While the soap is solidifying, attach the eyes. If the soap is transparent, the eyes can be put in a mold. When everything is ready, we form a gift: we fold a towel, "big-eyed" soap on top, tie it with a ribbon. And you can give!

Or such a lego soap!

It would seem that the need to make soap at home has disappeared thanks to the huge selection of this cosmetic product in stores. But soap making is gaining more and more popularity. Soap-makers show off their masterpieces to one another, invent new recipes, conduct master classes and even earn good money from their hobby. There are also dedicated departments and shops for soap making, which once again proves the growing demand for soap making. Is it so easy to make your own soap?

Why is homemade soap better than store-bought soap?

Soap, which is sold in regular household chemical stores and supermarkets, does not contain natural ingredients. It is, in fact, difficult to call it soap, since soap is saponified vegetable fats, not refined petroleum products. A store product often dries out the skin and can cause allergic reactions.

When making at home, you can only use natural ingredients suitable for your skin type. And if now it is just a hobby, then later it can become a profitable business.

Handmade soap can be of different colors, with beautiful streaks and inclusions of scrubbing elements

What ingredients are used

You can prepare both soap "from scratch" and from a ready-made commercial base. You can also use natural, fragrance-free baby soap as the latter. And for the thrifty, there are ways to digest remnants and turn "waste" into fragrant soap.

It is much easier to work with a ready-made framework. It comes in transparent and white. Organic bases for making natural soaps are also commercially available. You can buy them in soap shops. It is not difficult to work with the base, but some skills are still required. As for making soap "from scratch", then in this case knowledge in the field of chemistry will also be required, since you will have to work with alkali. Before you start making soap, be sure to familiarize yourself with safety precautions when working with alkali.

The amount of ingredients will depend on how the soap is made and the recipe. Let's consider a list of required components for each case.

Ingredients for soap base

All basic ingredients can be purchased at a specialty store, while additional ingredients can be found at your regular supermarket. Some will surely be found in your home. You will need:

• ready-made base;
• base vegetable oils;
• dyes;
• flavors;
• essential oils;
• herbs, petals, honey, ground coffee - optional;
• medical alcohol.

Basics from different manufacturers differ in price, hardness, solidification rate and other characteristics. There are organic bases that are used to make all-natural soaps.

A transparent soap is prepared from a transparent base.

Base oils are used to fortify soaps, giving them the benefits of moisturizing, nourishing and softening. Without them, the product dries the skin, and also quickly "dries out", cracks and exfoliates. For the same purpose, you can add body cream or milk, cream or pasteurized milk.

Important! Don't overdo it with moisturizers and oils. If you decide to add fatty milk, reduce the amount. Soap saturated with fats does not foam well.

Dyes are available in liquid and dry form. It is most convenient to use liquid drops, since it is very easy to measure out the required number of drops. Dry dyes are pre-mixed with oils or liquid and only then are added to the finished mass. Try not to overdo it with dyes, as this will also make the foam colored when lathering. To get started, it will be enough to purchase three basic colors: red, yellow and blue. By mixing them, you can achieve almost any shade.

In addition to purchased artificial colors, you can also use natural ones. It can be spices (turmeric, curry), the same base oils (sea buckthorn, pumpkin), different fillers (colored clays, ground coffee, cocoa, strong herbal decoctions). Of course, with their help it will not be possible to achieve bright, saturated colors, but the soap will be as environmentally friendly and natural as possible.

For decoration, you can also use pearlescent pigments, glitters and various decor.

With the help of special dyes, you can give the soap any shade

Flavors are responsible for a beautiful aroma. You can use confectionery fragrances, or you can look for special fragrances for home cosmetics. Instead of artificial aromas, they use essential oils, honey, chocolate, coffee, dried zest, herbs, flowers and petals. The disadvantage of essential oils is that they fade faster. They are usually given at the very end.

Alcohol is also used in soap making. It removes air bubbles from the surface of the soap and connects the layers in a multi-layer colored soap. To do this, alcohol is poured into a fine spray bottle and sprayed onto the surface of the product.

You can add a decoction of medicinal herbs, dried chamomile flowers and natural essential oils to homemade soap.

In order for the soap to acquire such properties as scrubbing, anti-cellulite effect, smoothing of wrinkles, etc., various fillers are added to it. This is ground coffee, powder from nut shells, clay, oat flour, crushed sea salt and much more. All these are additional caring elements that will give the soap the desired beneficial properties.

Do not use fresh fruits, berries, cucumbers, ginger root, or similar ingredients. They will rot and quickly render your enriched soap unusable. Instead, use dried herbs and leaves, petals and small dried flowers, ginger powder, and dried fruits.

Instruments and devices

You will also need:

• enameled or stainless steel pan;
• any other pot for a water bath;
• plastic or glass container for microwave oven;
• a spoon;
• whisk;
• measuring cup;
• electronic kitchen scales;
• spray for alcohol;
• forms for soap.

Molds can be bought in the same specialized stores or you can use silicone pastry molds. Children's plastic molds for playing with sand, containers for yogurt or sour cream, and other small containers made of flexible plastic are also suitable. Purchased forms are made of plastic or silicone. For beginners, it is best to use the latter, as it is easiest to get ready-made soap from them.

Soap molds come in plastic and silicone

As for the dishes, you cannot use aluminum pots, cast iron dishes. For these purposes, stainless steel containers with an enamel coating, as well as heat-resistant glass and plastic containers for use in a microwave oven are suitable. You will need a measuring cup and a scale to get the exact amount of ingredients.

What ingredients are used to make soap "from scratch"

The soap base is prepared independently using only three components:

• alkali;
• saponification oils;
• liquid - distilled water, herbal decoction, milk.

For the manufacture of solid soap you need caustic soda (NaOH). It is sold in the form of flakes or small crystals. Alkali is needed for saponification of fats, namely base oils.

Caustic soda is also called caustic soda.

In preparing soap "from scratch", the so-called overfilling is of great importance. Since fats cease to be useful after reacting with alkali, it is recommended to add more oils at the end of cooking. This will be overfat. As a rule, valuable and expensive oils are used for it.

Any vegetable oils can be used. Pork fat is added. The liquid is needed in order to pre-dissolve the alkali and prepare it to combine with fats. Using decoctions of medicinal herbs, you will give the soap useful properties, as well as a natural aroma and shade.

To improve the soap, its coloring and aromatization, the following components are used:

• plasticizers - sugar, sorbitol, fructose, honey;
• acids - lactic, succinic, stearic, citric;
• lanolin;
• glycerol;
• enrichment oils (overfat);
• dyes;
• flavors;
• various useful fillers.

Colorants, flavors and fillers are used the same. Plasticizers are needed to make the soap more pliable and to improve foaming. The acids will harden the soap and give it bactericidal properties. Lanolin will soften dry and rough skin.

Using different base oils, you can give the soap caring, beneficial properties

Supporting tools

You will need:

• two pots (one can be made of heat-resistant glass);
• hand blender;
• measuring cup;
• a glass stirring rod or a regular spoon;
• capacity for working with alkali;
• forms.

Important! The tools that were used to prepare the soap must not be used later for cooking!

When working with alkali, great attention is paid to safety measures

Ingredients for different types of soaps: for face, hands and body

To give the soap different qualities, you will need the appropriate ingredients. Some of them have emollient properties, others are moisturizing and nourishing, and still others are bactericidal and drying. It is worth noting that it is best to use the appropriate soap for each part of the body. It is not recommended to wash your face with body or hand soap. Also, not all ingredients are suitable for every skin type.

Table: Recommended ingredients for making soap according to its use

Geranium oil is recommended for aging skin as it helps to smooth wrinkles. Mint will save you from dryness, and the juniper will saturate the skin with useful substances. For rough, dry skin, it is recommended to use lanolin. Orange oil, seaweed, loofah and ground coffee have an anti-cellulite effect and make the skin firm.

Essential oils give a beautiful aroma, and also "enrich" the soap with beneficial properties

Making bar soap at home

First, the base is melted in a water bath or in a microwave oven. In the first method, the base melts longer, but a uniformly melted mass is obtained. In addition, you can independently control the entire melting process. When heated in an oven, there is a risk of the base boiling. Therefore, set the power to the lowest setting and heat for 1 minute, checking the condition of the base every 5-10 seconds.

From a soap base

Having prepared all the necessary ingredients and appliances, do the following:

1. Cut the base into small cubes and place in a suitable container.
   

   The chopped soap base is placed in a glass container.

2. Melt in the microwave.
3. Add all the fillers to the molten mass.
   

   This is what the melted base looks like after adding the oils.

4. Mix everything well.
5. Fill the molds with soapy mass.
6. Eliminate air bubbles by spraying with alcohol.
7. Leave the soap to harden for 24 hours.
   

   The soap should be in the molds until it hardens completely.

8. Remove the soap from the molds after one day.
9. Wrap in plastic or use immediately.

   Here is beautiful soap can be obtained from a ready-made base, oils and pigments

This is the standard sequence of actions. The amount of ingredients and fillers depends mainly on the recipe.

• base oils - 1/3 tsp;
• essential oils - 3-7 drops;
• flavoring agent - 3-4 drops;
• liquid dye - 1–7 drops;
• dry pigment - 1/3 tsp.

Other additives (herbs, clay, scrubbing components) can be added at will, as well as in accordance with the recipe.

Important! Esters are added at the very end to a warm, but not hot, "soapy" mass. They are quite volatile, evaporate quickly, and their properties are lost.

Video: How to make soap from a ready-made soap base

Cold and hot production from scratch

This is the real soap making. You can prepare only the base and use it in the future as a ready-made purchase.

Making soap from scratch is not the safest activity. You have to work with alkali, and it is known to be capable of leaving burns on the body. Therefore, much attention is paid to means of protection and familiarization with the properties of alkali, its reaction with water, as well as with the chemical reactions that occur during the saponification of fats and their transformation into the very soap.

Alkaline, reacting with water, gives off a pungent odor and is very harmful to mucous membranes. Skin contact with alkali causes severe burns, so be extremely careful when working with this substance.

Safety rules when working with alkali

• Be sure to use protective equipment: goggles, respirator, rubber gloves.
• Clothes and shoes should be as closed as possible.
• The utensils and utensils that are used to prepare soap are not used for cooking.
• Working with lye is best done outdoors. If this is not possible, open the windows and turn on the hood.
• Food should not be prepared in the kitchen. Children and animals should also not be present.
• Reacting with water, the alkali heats up very much, as a violent reaction occurs. Make sure that the water is as chilled as possible, and preferably with ice cubes.
• The container should be made of glass, ideally a special container for working with alkali.

This is the minimum list of requirements to keep you safe while preparing a soap base. Then follow general rules making soap from scratch.

Another important point. An alkaline solution is poured into liquid oils and not vice versa! You also need to strain the solution to avoid introducing whole soda crystals.

To make sure that the oils and alkali have worked completely and that the soap is absolutely safe for the skin, we recommend using special indicator strips (litmus test). Just dip the tip of the strip into the soap and wait for the reaction. Next, compare the color of the paper with the color scale on the package. The darker the shade, the higher the pH level. Soaps with a pH above 10 are considered immature and not ready for use.

To prepare the base, they already use ready-made recipes or they develop their own using a special soap calculator. The latter can be found on the Internet at many soap making sites. The trick is that you have to calculate the amount of oils and alkali for the correct ratio. It is difficult for beginners to do this, so we advise you to use ready-made recipes from the Internet.

This is what an online soap ingredient calculator looks like.

Prepare a soap base in two ways:

• Cold way. Simpler, but it takes a long time for the soap to “mature”.
• Hot way. More complex at first, but the soap is ready to use within 24 hours.

Let's consider each of them.

Cold way

1. Measure out the correct amount of alkali.
2. Pour ice water into a special container.
3. Pour the lye into the water slowly and stir immediately.

   Alkali is added to the liquid gradually, stirring gently

4. While the mixture is cooling, proceed with the oils.
5. Melt hard oils in a water bath or in the microwave.

   Solid oils are heated in a water bath until they are completely melted.

6. Mix all oils until smooth.
7. Measure the temperature of alkali and oils - one should be approximately the same and be 37–38 ° C (use an electronic thermometer).
8. Add an alkaline solution to the oils while filtering it through a strainer.
9. Stir gently.
10. Turn on the blender and begin to beat the mixture of oils and lye. Alternate whipping and stirring in off mode.

    Beat the oils with an alkali solution using a hand blender

11. Once the mixture is viscous, you can start adding the various health benefits, colors, and flavors.
12. At this stage, superfat, essential oils, and other natural ingredients are added.

    When the soap base becomes viscous, you can start adding different fillers and usefulness.

13. Pour the finished mixture into molds and leave to harden.
14. Remove soap after 24 hours and remove from mold.
15. Wrap in plastic and leave to ripen for at least 4 weeks.

A long stage of maturation is necessary for the soap to pass from the "trace" stage to the "gel" stage. If we talk in simple words, then during this time it will become what it should be.

Video: Soap "from scratch" in the cold way

At the "trace" stage, when the mass begins to thicken, you can stop and leave everything as it is. The solidified mass will be the soap base, which can then be melted and made into fragrant homemade soap.

Hot way

Before the "trace" stage, soap is prepared in the same way as in the cold process. The fun begins later.

So, the viscous base is ready. We proceed to its next processing:

1. We put a container with a soapy mass in a water bath. The water level in the saucepan must be up to the level of the mass in the container.
2. Cook over low heat for 3-4 hours under the lid.

   Cooking the soap base is carried out under a closed lid over low heat

3. We monitor the water level in the pan and stir every 30 minutes.
4. The mass should become gelatinous and not stick to your fingers.
5. When the base is ready, you can safely proceed to its "filling".

   Litmus test (pH indicator) will help determine the alkalinity of the finished soap base

6. Add extra fat in the same way, at the very end.
7. The soap is poured into molds and allowed to thicken completely within 24 hours.
8. Your homemade, natural soap is ready to use.

Video: Hot soap from scratch

As you can see, the hot method is much more difficult, but it has the advantage that the soap can be used almost immediately after it has been prepared.

Soap recipes

There are a huge number of recipes for making different types of soap, which differ in their purpose, properties, fillers and appearance... Let's take a look at a few recipes using a base, but you can also apply them to making soap from scratch if you wish.

Baby

• organic base - 250 g;
• carrot juice - 1/2 tsp;
• decoction of a string and chamomile - 1 tsp;
• almond oil - 8 drops;
• mandarin oil - 1-2 drops;
• funny baby molds made of silicone in the form of animals.

It's very simple: melt the base, mix with the rest of the ingredients, pour into molds and leave for 24 hours to harden the soap.

These cute cubs can be made from a soap base and other ingredients.

Tar

• transparent base - 100 g;
• calendula oil extract - 1/3 tsp;
• birch tar - 1.5 tsp (sold in a pharmacy);
• mint essential oil - 6-8 drops.

In the melted and slightly cooled base, add the ingredients in the following sequence: oil extract, tar and, at the end, essential oil. Mix everything thoroughly and pour into molds.

Birch tar has antiseptic and antifungal properties, so this soap will be useful for problem skin.

This is how tar soap from an opaque natural base will look like.

Two-layer colored soap with honey

Using this recipe, you can make a beautiful decorative soap from layers of different colors.

First layer:

• transparent base - 50 g;
• yellow food dye - 3 drops;
• flavoring "Honey" - 10 drops;
• natural honey - 1 tsp;
• grape seed oil - 1/3 tsp.

Second layer:

• white base - 100 g;
• avocado oil - 1/2 tsp;
• pasteurized milk - 2 tsp;
• pearlescent pigment - 1/2 tsp;
• form in the form of honeycombs.

First, prepare the first layer from a transparent base, pour it into a mold and sprinkle with alcohol. When the layer has cooled, sprinkle it with alcohol again and pour over the prepared white base.

This yellow-white soap has a unique honey aroma

Using remnants

Agree, sometimes it is a pity to throw away the remains of soap or the so-called remnants. We offer a simple way to "reanimate" remnants and make soap from them, which in the end may even surpass its "original source". Both solid and liquid soaps can be made from "soapy" residues.

In addition to the remnants, you will need the following ingredients and tools:

• remnants - 200 g;
• water - 5 tbsp. l .;
• glycerin - 2 tbsp. l .;
• alcohol tincture of calendula - 2 tbsp. l .;
• essential oils and fragrances - optional;
• grater for rubbing remnants;
• containers for a water bath;
• a spoon;
• forms.

You can use a wide variety of remnants, except, of course, the remnants of laundry soap and various stain removers. You can take any fillers and fragrances. With their help, you "enrich" the soap, give it new useful properties and aromas.

Glycerin is needed to obtain a more viscous consistency, it helps the components dissolve faster and retains the desired moisture. Instead of alcoholic tincture of calendula, you can use rubbing alcohol.

The remnants will need to be melted in a water bath. Thus, the contents will be evenly heated and melted to the desired consistency.

So, having prepared all the necessary ingredients and tools, get to work:

1. Place a pot of water in a water bath to heat up. Reduce heat when the water boils.
2. Rub the remnants with a grater.

   To make soap, you must first grate the remnants on a coarse grater.

3. Transfer the shavings to a suitable container.
4. Pour in water, glycerin and calendula tincture.
5. Mix everything and put to heat.
6. Stir the soap and make sure it doesn't boil.
7. Remove the pan from the heat when most of the remnants are completely melted.
8. Let the mixture cool slightly.
9. Add the fillers you want.
10. Fill in the forms with the finished mass.
11. Put the soap in a cool place for 24 hours.
12. Remove the soap from the mold and let it dry for two more days.
13. The finished product is stored wrapped in plastic wrap or used immediately.

    From unevenly melted colored pieces, you can prepare the so-called "marble" soap

In the same way, you can make soap from the remains of the soap base and baby soap.

Video: How to make solid soap from remnants

How to make liquid soap

For the preparation of liquid soap "from scratch" use a different type of alkali, namely KOH (potassium hydroxide) This type of soap is also called potash. Liquid soap can be made from the same remnants, from baby soap, from the remains of a soap base, or any solid soap. Consider the cooking process.

From the remnants

To prepare 1 liter of liquid soap you will need:

• remnants - 50 g;
• distilled water - 1 liter;
• tincture of calendula or medical alcohol - 2 tbsp. l .;
• essential oil - 3 drops;
• liquid food dye - 3 drops;
• glycerin - 4 tbsp. l.

Put a pot of water on the fire and do the following:

Video: how to make liquid soap from remnants

Liquid laundry soap

It is used for washing linen and dishwashing. You will need one bar of laundry soap (200 g), 1 L of water, essential oils and fragrances - optional. How to cook:

1. Rub the soap on a grater - the finer the shavings, the faster they will dissolve.
2. Pour the shavings into a stainless steel pot and add water.
3. Stir the ingredients and cook over low heat until the chips are completely dissolved.
4. At the end, strain the mixture through a sieve and cool slightly.
5. Add about 20 drops of an essential oil or fragrance.
6. Pour the prepared liquid soap into a plastic bottle.
7. Concentrated Laundry Gel is ready.

The finished product is stored in a closed container.

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