Additive - Ingredients added to an MP Soap Base that change the soap's color, add exfoliation or provide beneficial properties. Some common additives include milk, honey, oatmeal, seeds, herbs, herbal powders…etc. Bloom - The white crystal like subs
The Challenge: Colors That MorphCP Soap has a very high pH while it undergoes saponification, which can cause many colors to “morph” and change color. Colors such as ultramarines and oxides are typically used in CP soap because they are stable, meani
Each soaping oil/butter has a fatty acid composition, and since every oil/butter is different, so is their fatty acid composition. It is through the variance of each fatty acid composition that important soaping characteristics and qualities are foun
Trace is when you've reached emulsion- your oils are blended with your lye mixture and are no longer capable of separating.
Rebatching your soap can literally be a saving redo for your soap recipe. Sometimes your homemade soap bars are cracked, brittle, or just not performing like what you were hoping for.
One way to correct this soaping error was through rebatching. Rebatching is almost like a do over for soap. Although there are various reasons as to why you would rebatch, one of them is the fact that you can add an oil to your soap.
In general, soap crafters consider cold process soap to be one of the most common methods for soap making. This method has been termed "cold process" because there is no outside heating source applied to initiate the process of saponification.
We are here to help you succeed! We will answer some common melt and pour soap questions that we get asked frequently by customers. It's likely that these are the issues most soap makers will come across when making their melt and pours soaps.
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