How to make high quality soap

Soap Making Workshop at the Herb Crib
Tuesday, January 26 1:30 pm

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
Soap can be made with a variety of vegetable or animal oils, essential oils, herbs and spices, and many liquids including goat milk, coconut milk, coffee, and even beer. Soap making is an obsession waiting to happen, and with all of the options, you’ll never tire of dreaming up new creations. Handmade soap makes a wonderful gift for friends, co-workers, and loved ones.

Participants will take home their own melt and pour soap , soap noodles and soap scent of their choice
to practice more soap making at their leisure

cold pressed soap block

cut soap blocks from cold pressed soap to be hand milled

hand milled soap

remelted soap adding powdered lavender flowers and essential lavender oil

remelted soap poured into soap molds

finished soap takes 4 to 6 weeks to cure

I made my first soap in 2000
used a tuna can as a soap mold
and was very proud of my first
” hand made ” soap