Home Made Soap - How To Make Your Own Soap At Home

Well, we'll start of this one with a few simple recipes. I'm not going to go into the lye and brimstone methods just yet (but I promise, I'll get there). Here are a few simple and easy beginner recipes.

Please feel free to experiment with your flavours and fragrances & if you want to let me know how it turned out, I'm sure you can find my email address somewhere here!!!!

Simple Liquid / Gel Soap

• 2 cups soap flakes or grated bar soap
• 2 Litres water
• 2 tablespoon glycerin

Mix ingredients together in a large pot or dutch oven. Set over low heat, stirring occasionally until the soap has dissolved. Transfer to a jar and cover tightly. For a less thick gel soap, use half a litre of water.

Vanilla and Almond Soap

This soap is great for removing dirt and oil from the skin without drying. Vanilla gives it a delicious fragrance and the ground almonds provide a beautifully textured soap. (Makes one bar.)

• 1/3 cup whole almonds
• 1 120 gram bar household scent free soap
• 1/4 cup distilled water
• 1 tablespoon almond oil
• 1/8 teaspoon vanilla fragrance oil

Grind the almonds to a fine powder in a food processor or coffee grinder and set aside. Shred the soap and set aside. In a heavy saucepan bring the water to a boil; then reduce heat to a simmer; Remove the pan from the heat and add the almond powder, almond oil, and vanilla fragrance oil, stirring until well blended. Spoon the soap into a mold and let set for five hours or until hardened.