What do you need for making soap with your own hands?

Handmade soap has become a modern creative hobby for many women, children and even men. Soap making was so captured by someone that it grew into a small private business, and someone began to do it for themselves and their family. Soap at all times was one of those everyday items, without which it is quite difficult for a person to do. And although in our time there is no shortage of this product, made by yourself, it will be very different from what goes on mass sale.

The ingredients that you add to the composition will be selected at your discretion - here you can change the fillers, all kinds of additives, color combinations, odors, shapes. The process of soap making is always moment of creativity, some way of self-expression.

There are a large number of methods for cooking soap, as well as the components that make it up. To navigate this variety well, you need to know a lot. It is sometimes very difficult for a beginner to understand for himself whether this hobby will remain with him for a long time or if interest will fade after 2-3 attempts. For this reason, experienced soap makers do not advise immediately to buy a lot of devices and ingredients - it is enough to buy the minimum amount of the most necessary to try your hand at a new hobby.

To make soap at home, you will first of all need training materials. Having familiarized yourself with the essence of the process and its subtleties, you will already have a clearer idea of ​​what you need to purchase as your first set for beginner soap-makers. The process of home soap making is gaining momentum in its popularity.

Now let's make a list of what is needed initially for soap making.

• Soap base - There are two varieties: one of them is white, and the second is completely transparent. A chemical reagent titanium dioxide has been added to the composition of the white soap base, due to which the soap is white and dull. When using a transparent base, the finished soap will also be transparent. If you skillfully combine these two fundamentals with each other, you can get a rather interesting fantasy composition. There are other soap bases, but for a beginner, the two listed by us will be quite enough.
• Dyes - This component colors the soap in one color or another. Of course, you can do without dye, but with it your soap will look much more interesting and enjoyable. When soap making uses synthetic food colors, they can be water, gel, alcohol or oil based. It is necessary to choose a dye so that the color of the soap is combined with its aroma.
• Flavors - they are necessary so that your soap is not only visually appealing, but also has a pleasant aroma. As flavorings, various compositions of synthetic origin or natural essential oils can be used.
• Molds for filling - they can be of various configurations and sizes. Forms are used to fill the prepared mixture in them, and at the output the finished product had a beautiful appearance. Forms are made of plastic or silicone.
• Pipette - This tool will be needed to make it convenient for you to measure small amounts of ingredients.
• Spray - they use it to spray alcohol. Using alcohol, the layers in a multi-colored soap are held together, and alcohol is necessary in order to prevent the appearance of bubbles on the surface of your soap.

It is with such an assortment that ready-made kits for soap beginners are completed. But just a set can not do. You still have to find a container in which you will perform the cooking process and the connection of all components. In addition, the soap needs to be stirred and poured into molds, which means you will need a spoon or a small scoop.

In addition to starter kits, there are also ready-made kits for home soap making with a predetermined and well-combined color and smell. In addition to the main ingredients, you can also purchase auxiliary - glitter, scrubbing components, dried flowers, natural oils to soften the skinelegant packaging.

To make soap with your own hands at home and do it at a professional level, over time you will need to purchase tools and utensils. It is very convenient to have everything for creativity, so that every time you do not look for where and in what to do your soap.

For handmade soap making at home you need to have:

• electronic scales with an accuracy of up to hundredths of a gram;
• thermometer for measuring the temperature of liquids (alcohol or infrared);
• a device for grinding and mixing ingredients - mixer, blender;
• volumetric containers for volume determination;
• heat-resistant dishes and containers that are resistant to alkali;
• acidity meter;
• knife for slicing the finished product;
• protective equipment - glasses, latex gloves, an apron, a respirator, protective clothing with a long sleeve, a scarf or hat.

If the soap making process becomes your favorite hobby, over time you will acquire various types of oils or other emollients, you will expand Arsenal of fragrances and fragrances, dyes. You will want to experiment with different types of soap base, and in addition, the number of other auxiliary components will grow, without which you can not cook good soap.

Soap making base is available in solid and liquid form. The liquid base is used to prepare liquid soap, since it does not solidify, and lumpy soap can be made from a solid solidifying base. You can find products from various manufacturers on sale, and depending on this, their properties will vary. We list the most popular basics.

• MSR-W and MSR-T (China) - An inexpensive high-quality base that blends well with oily essential components. This option is the easiest to use, suitable even for beginners.
• MSB-W and MSB-T (China) - the basis is convenient in work that does not crumble. The finished product is easily cut with a knife, the soap foams well, and in the process of remelting, the base retains its transparency.
• MySoap-W, MySoap-T (Latvia) - a transparent base, does not dry the skin, but has the disadvantage that it mixes poorly with oil components and is poorly washed. Only suitable for experienced soap makers.
• Crystal SLS Free (England) - transparent base, does not crumble and has no smell. It does not contain sulfates, and it does not foam well. Suitable for experienced craftsmen and beginners.
• Crystal NCO ORG (England) - the composition of this base contains glycerin, the material has a light cream color, is used for cooking natural organic soap. It is considered an ideal option for beginner soap-makers.
• Transparent base (Russia) has a creamy tint, contains aloe extract, as well as vitamins A and E.
• Zetesap C11 (Germany) - transparent base, very plastic, easy to use. It is considered one of the best for soap making.

By purchasing a soap base, it is best to do this in trusted retail outlets with good reviews so that there is no substitution of goods. To avoid weight inaccuracies, it is best to take the basis of factory packaging, a standard briquette is sold weighing 5 kilograms. When buying a product, pay attention to how it looks - on the surface of the base there should be no inclusions and turbidity in the form of lumps.

The soap making process is loved not only by adults, but also by children. To create the first pieces of soap with your own hands, various sets for children's creativity are produced. A similar starter kit consists of simple components in small packages, but this is quite enough for work.

Here's how the kids starter kit is about to be equipped:

• the soap base is transparent in the form of 2-3 small pieces;
• plastic curly molds - 10-12 options;
• liquid dye in small sachets or jars - 4-5 types;
• liquid flavoring in small sachets or jars - 4-5 types;
• small sparkles in a plastic bag;
• wooden stick;
• instruction.

To make soap from this set is quite simple: the base is crushed, placed in a glass, which is placed in a bucket with hot water, then the base is mixed with a stick until it melts, dye, flavor and sparkles are added. Next, pour the mixture into molds. After solidification, the soap is ready.

More voluminous kits may include:

• measuring pipette;
• plastic spoon;
• multicolored paper for packaging and ribbon;
• soap base of two types - white and transparent;
• natural oil to soften the skin.

Sometimes it is with such a set that a great real hobby begins, which can develop into a life-long affair.

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