Make It, Don’t Buy It: Simple Homemade Soaps - Health and Wellness. Just as it’s important to care about the quality of foods that go into our bodies, so too is it important to care about the products we put on our skin.
Soap, one of the most ubiquitous body-care products, rids our skin of daily grime, makeup, dead skin cells and oxidized sebum. Yet, whether in the form of a body wash, foaming cleanser or bar, many soaps on the market are filled with harsh detergents that can damage our skin. For example, synthetic fragrances, often made up of a slew of chemical ingredients, have been linked to allergies and migraines; and the antibacterial chemical triclosan is a possible carcinogen.
You can avoid these health hazards, save money and have fun by crafting your own soaps at home. It requires a few basic ingredients, doesn’t take a ton of man power and can be very cost-effective. Recipes to Make Your Own Soap, Lotion and More. If you’ve ever read the labels on health and hygiene products, you know it can be a challenge to find a product that doesn’t contain long lists of ingredients you can’t even pronounce, let alone know what they are or what they’re for.
Plus, there are the occasional headlines that yet another standard ingredient in the products we use every day turns out to be counter to the very health and cleanliness the product is supposed to promote. Sometimes the easiest way to ensure that you’re using the best, healthiest products — from soap to toothpaste — is to simply make your own. You can easily make safe, effective toiletries — including lotion and deodorant — at home, using simple, healthy ingredients.
Try your hand at one or all of these basic recipes and rest assured that your body is getting the best care you can give it. You should be able to find the basic ingredients listed below at your local pharmacy or health food store. The Mountain Rose Blog – DIY: Herbal Soap Making From Scratch. Handcrafting soap from scratch is a mesmerizing and enchanting process.
Watching the transformation of oil and water makes you feel like a scientist, chemist, alchemist, or perhaps an herbal magician. There’s nothing quite like the satisfaction of lathering up with a luscious bar of your own homemade soap, and I’m beyond excited to share this DIY skill with you! After bathing with your homemade soap, you’ll be hooked. Industrial soap companies remove the glycerin from soap in order to produce bars that are firmer and longer lasting.
Glycerin occurs naturally during the soap making process, providing a moisturizing quality to soap. Making soap is a little dangerous because of the lye, but don’t let that scare you away. Recipe: Herbal Soap This is a simple and unscented recipe enriched with nourishing herbs. Equipment: Notes: Reserve a special pot, mixing containers, and other tools especially for soap. Ingredients: Important: Weigh all ingredients on a scale. Plume Botanicals Handmade Soaps - NEW CEDAR GROVE! - Botanicals - Soap Native American Products and Craft Supplies. Plume Botanicals Handmade Soaps - NEW CEDAR GROVE!
Plume Botanicals Soaps are handmade by our local soapmaker exclusively for our customers. Goats' milk (from happy goats!) , all natural ingredients and fragrances make them a delight to use! Premium quality 4.5 ounce bars.CANADIAN SWEETGRASS A fresh light fragrance made with natural sweetgrass.LAVENDAR Classic soothing lavendar makes a relaxing bath soap. MORNING OF THE EARTH This is the strongest fragrance in our line.
(Mouse over Image for larger view - click for largest view) Easy homemade soap. As the last generations of Depression-era children or back-to-the-landers take their leave of this world, their DIY skills go with them.
When we try to learn from scratch, we soon discover that recipes in books don't tell half the story. Lye-Ability: Making Castile Soap. I always thought soap making would take a lot of specialist equipment and expensive ingredients.
But like so many things when you dig deeper, soap making can be done on the cheap. I chose Castile soap for my inaugural soap making experience. Why? Castile soap is expensive to buy; it has been known for hundreds, possibly thousands of years for its gentleness to skin AND I could get all the ingredients I needed at the grocery and hardware store. If you want some economical but super swanky Christmas gifts, this soap fits the bill. Castile soap is known for its gentleness, but not its lather, so don’t expect any big suds out of these bars. You’ll also need 170g (6 oz) of lye aka caustic soda aka sodium hydroxide.
Next you’ll need protective gear. How to Make Soap at Home: A Recipe for Kitchen Coffee Spice Bar Soap. I don’t know about you… …but I LOVE working in the kitchen. I may not be an awesome food blogger (many thanks to those of you who are), and I may not make the most excellent of meals, but gosh-darn I love to cook! Cooking from scratch and fresh, local foods excite me. So that usually means chopping and mincing lots of onion, garlic, and the like. Not to mention, working in the garden, looking after the chickens, and tending to the house — all of which keeps my hands pretty dirty and in need of washing constantly. But those soaps you buy in the store just dry my hands out and I hate using “anti-bacterial” hand washes.