Just imagine making your very own custom blend soap – what an amazing feeling! And so much fun too!
You look closely over each piece – studying its uniqueness. Enjoying the enticing aroma and raw beauty of your creation until youre certain each bar deserves your Seal of Approval.
A triumphant wave of personal satisfaction brings on a little happy dance and a grin from ear-to-ear. You have created something useful AND unique. A custom-made soap that is far better than anything found on a store shelf!
For many people, soap making is addictive. I got hooked a few years ago. There was a story on TV about possible health risks from the additives in store-bought soap. I began searching for healthy alternatives for my family ones that didnt cost an arm and leg for each bar!
A friend suggested I try making my own soap. Always eager to learn something new, I started looking into it. From reading book after book and spending hours on the Internet, I grew more excited every day. My mind was filled with ideas about special oil blends, unique scents, using attractive add-ins to create personalized soaps for people to enjoy
After all that time and information, I still didnt feel ready to make that first batch. A list of dos and donts and countless pages of printed out instructions, but still so much seemed unclear.
Being a big picture person didnt help either. Its easier to understand the directions and follow each step correctly when I see where it fits in the overall process. And while it sure doesnt have to be complicated, soaping does have several stages
If you dont already know, soap making is fascinating. Theres nothing else like it. Chemistry in action with squeaky clean results.
Take a few select items from nature and mix them up just right and you get to watch a chemical reaction that causes the ingredients to turn into designer-quality, great smelling, skin nourishing soap.
You can customize it and personalize it to your hearts content. Stick with the basics or add more steps its entirely up to you. Just imagine all the ways you can put your special touch on each and every batch.
Making exactly what you want. Whether you feel like creating an additive-free soap, soap with a particular color or scent, or you want to express your creativity (and make money doing something you love) by starting your very own line of custom bath products, its easy – once you know the basics
So there I was, filled with ideas, ready to express my inner artist with lathering masterpieces, but I was stumbling over the fundamentals.
Saponification, trace, cure, gel phase, superfatting You have to get these down before you can really let your creativity flow. I still had a full-time job, so my time was limited. And I wanted to be up and running yesterday.
I got through it though, learning a little bit more each day. So many questions came up when I compared what I read to what I was experiencing. Things didnt look exactly as I imagined from reading the text described and having pictures was helpful, but nothing showed me everything from start to finish. Still I kept at it, determined to get the process down cold.
Any failed batch cost me time and money, but I kept telling myself I was learning something new. My self-confidence grew every time it turned out right. And slowly I started experimenting with new ingredients, more complex recipes, and interesting molds
Without having someone there to walk me through the soap making process, many things took far longer than I had planned, but eventually I got it. Now I create incredible-smelling, creative, and unique soaps that people cant seem to get enough of. Its exciting to be in demand.
Even in the beginning, when I was unsure of what I was doing, I enjoyed it all. Yes, I wanted to blow ped the newbie stage and get to creating my own recipes and making high-dollar designer soaps, but every step along the way was fun.
So much so, that I wanted to share it with everyone. Surprisingly, I found that even though my family and friends got excited about my soap, not everyone wanted to talk about making it. I still dont understand that! 
There are lots of people on the Internet though who share my pion. And I wanted to connect with them. Next thing you know, Ive got a website, a newsletter, and a bunch of people eager to hear what I have to say about soap making. Man, was I jazzed!
These fellow crafters started asking me questions about soap making. And I saw many of the same… 
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