Bron here's soap making instructions. Make sure the glycerine is plant base. It's really fun to make.

[Guest guest]

When you are ready to make soap, write me off list. You can add ground oat

powder to the soap for dry skin, etc.

 

 

 

Making glycerine soap.I've been making soap for years. It's really gentle on

the skin and very easy to also. Kids love to help. You need :1.) one block

of glycerine clear soap base. (I buy at my friends new age shop) Craft stores

sell it, usually comes by the pound. I buy about a 3-5 lb block. 2.) one long

handle wooden spoon3.) double boiler as the water underneath needs to bubble

close to the bottom of the top pan or you can use a sauce pan and put a smaller

pan inside that has a rim so the rim fits over the edge of the bottom pan and

the water will boil up around the outside of the inside pan. I use one of the

little cobalt blue pans with white speckles in it, the type you would take

camping that's inexpensive. It has a rim and fits inside the sauce pan

perfectly.4.) the soap molds are sold in crafts stores. My niece uses flexible

ice cube trays and some make little soaps out of the plastic candy molds. I

have used my same molds for years and they have never

cracked. I like the medium bar of soap size. There's usually a row of 3-4

molds attached so you can pour the soap in each one and let them set. 5.) you

can color the soap with vegetable food dyes or leave clear and just add oils,

etc. 6.) Cut thru soap base with a sharp knife. You don't need a ginzu cuts

thru a can type.LOL Instructions: You boil the water in the sauce pan and place

the double boiler or extra pan on top (don't let any water splash into the

soap). Cut about a 3/4 lb chunk of glycerine soap base off and place in the top

pan and turn the burner down to medium. As the soap heats it will melt, stir

with the wooden spoon until it's all melted, won't take but a few minutes. When

melted remove top pan and let sit just a minute, then stir in a drop of food

coloring, If you want to add an essential oil wait about 2 more minutes and

slowly stir a few drops of lavender, neroli, ylang ylang, geranium, blood

orange, grapefruit, rose,etc. and stir. Now slowly pour soap

into the molds and let set overnight. If you want to add something inside the

soap like a small crystal, dried flower, etc. only fill the mold 1/2 way then

add your little treasure and then cover with more soap. You can do many

creative things with this. The clean up is fast since you are working with soap

and not wax. They pop right out of the molds with no problem as long as you

don't over fill above the edges. For dry skin I toss a tablespoon of slippery

elm powder into the soap or I put Quaker oats in the blender on high and blend

until it's a very fine powder and put into the soap. Any questions just ask.

You can also write to my email box if you need any help and I will try to help

you find oils, soap base, etc................Donna

 

 

 

" I guarantee you, this place will

blow your mind. "

Source: Norman Whitfield

Psychedelic Shack

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Oh boy, Donna, this sounds wonderful!

I will write you offlist about this in a couple weeks, when the paycheck

comes in. :>)

Thanks so much for this detailed info and the help to come!

Bron

 

On 11/9/05, purplepassion <thelilacflower wrote:

>

>

> When you are ready to make soap, write me off list. You can add ground oat

> powder to the soap for dry skin, etc.

>

>

>

> Making glycerine soap.I've been making soap for years. It's really gentle

> on the skin and very easy to also. Kids love to help. You need :1.) one

> block of glycerine clear soap base. (I buy at my friends new age shop) Craft

> stores sell it, usually comes by the pound. I buy about a 3-5 lb block. 2.)

> one long handle wooden spoon3.) double boiler as the water underneath needs

> to bubble close to the bottom of the top pan or you can use a sauce pan and

> put a smaller pan inside that has a rim so the rim fits over the edge of the

> bottom pan and the water will boil up around the outside of the inside pan.

> I use one of the little cobalt blue pans with white speckles in it, the type

> you would take camping that's inexpensive. It has a rim and fits inside the

> sauce pan perfectly.4.) the soap molds are sold in crafts stores. My niece

> uses flexible ice cube trays and some make little soaps out of the plastic

> candy molds. I have used my same molds for years and they have never

> cracked. I like the medium bar of soap size. There's usually a row of 3-4

> molds attached so you can pour the soap in each one and let them set. 5.)

> you can color the soap with vegetable food dyes or leave clear and just add

> oils, etc. 6.) Cut thru soap base with a sharp knife. You don't need a ginzu

> cuts thru a can type.LOL Instructions: You boil the water in the sauce pan

> and place the double boiler or extra pan on top (don't let any water splash

> into the soap). Cut about a 3/4 lb chunk of glycerine soap base off and

> place in the top pan and turn the burner down to medium. As the soap heats

> it will melt, stir with the wooden spoon until it's all melted, won't take

> but a few minutes. When melted remove top pan and let sit just a minute,

> then stir in a drop of food coloring, If you want to add an essential oil

> wait about 2 more minutes and slowly stir a few drops of lavender, neroli,

> ylang ylang, geranium, blood orange, grapefruit, rose,etc. and stir. Now

> slowly pour soap

> into the molds and let set overnight. If you want to add something inside

> the soap like a small crystal, dried flower, etc. only fill the mold 1/2 way

> then add your little treasure and then cover with more soap. You can do many

> creative things with this. The clean up is fast since you are working with

> soap and not wax. They pop right out of the molds with no problem as long as

> you don't over fill above the edges. For dry skin I toss a tablespoon of

> slippery elm powder into the soap or I put Quaker oats in the blender on

> high and blend until it's a very fine powder and put into the soap. Any

> questions just ask. You can also write to my email box if you need any help

> and I will try to help you find oils, soap base, etc................Donna

>

>

>

> " I guarantee you, this place will

> blow your mind. "

> Source: Norman Whitfield

> Psychedelic Shack

>

>

> FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

>

>