Make your own soaps: step by step skin care make yourself

Make soaps yourself without lye? Yes, read correctly! We show you how you can easily and with guidance make your own skin care.

Homemade soaps are a great gift for birthdays, holidays or just as a small gift.

Making soap at home is already widespread and very popular. So - it's about time you try making soaps yourself :)

We have chosen a soap for cellulite, one for blemished skin and one for dry skin. You can find the recipes below.

You can add many different colors, scents and ingredients to your homemade skincare.

This speaks for making soaps yourself

There are many benefits and reasons why you should try making soap yourself.

You know what's inside

You have it in your own hands. In your homemade soap is only what you want. There are no industrial and dubious ingredients in your soap.

Homemade soaps are a great gift

Well, your friends will make eyes. You can add scents and colors to the soaps according to your preferences. And there are almost no limits to your imagination.

Soap cooking relaxed

Just think about nothing else and concentrate only on soap boiling. Very relaxing :)

So easy you can make lavender soap yourself!

Soap for many applications

Dry, sensitive, oily? Our skin can go through many conditions. Artificial colors and additives have a very negative effect. The power of nature is in demand. Additives have no place in our homemade soaps.

Already in ancient Egypt and Greece people made soaps themselves.

At that time, however, a little different than now. For soap making used to use animal fats, wood and vegetable ash.

In the Arab world, vegetable fats have been used since the 7th century. Here we join. :)

Very famous among soap lovers is Aleppo soap, from Syria.

It consists of olive and laurel oil, which is mixed with vegetable ash. The secret of this soap lies in the long maturation process of many months. This makes it very mild and nourishing.

Tip: In the book, The Glow - Naturkosmetik selber machen, you will find many great instructions for DIY cosmetic projects. From creams, shampoos, scrubs, oils, you will find many step by step instructions with photos.

When I started to deal with the topic, I stumbled across the book. It offers a lot of great instructions for beginners and also advanced. And for every skin and hair type. I can highly recommend it to you and regularly prepare natural cosmetics with the book.

Making soaps yourself - the two variants in comparison

There are two ways to make soap. Important: Only professionals and advanced users should really experiment with caustic soda. Beginners should definitely keep their hands off it!

Soap with sodium hydroxide solution (NaOH)

If you want to boil soap with caustic soda, you have to take many precautions. You will need protective gloves, goggles and clothing.

The lye must not get on the skin or in the eyes under any circumstances. If it does happen, you must see a doctor immediately!

Making soaps yourself without lyes (with soap base)

It is easier and less dangerous to use soap-based products. You save yourself the dangerous work with the lye.

But making soaps yourself without lye is not only much easier, but also at least twice as fast. We have therefore opted for this variant.

The soap base comes in a block of soap. You can simply cut pieces of it into small pieces and then heat them over medium heat.

After heating, fragrance, color and other additives come into your homemade soap.

In 5 minutes to DIY Shampoo Bar

For our soap recipes we use these two soap bases

This base is perfect for all soaps that need to become transparent. The glycerin soap block is odorless and colorless. So perfect to experiment with flowers and scents.

You get a 1 kg block of soap, from which you can easily cut the desired amount.

This base makes your soap milky white. In the soap base is Shea butter*.

So you already have a very good scent and conditioning properties to build on. The Shea butter* moisturizes and soothes the skin.

When you order this soap base, you get a 1 kg block sent to you.

Soap molds that we use:

What good is the best recipe if the look is not right :) That's why we have been working with many different Silicone soap molds* covered.

Scented Showerjellys easy to make yourself!

Making soaps yourself - step by step to homemade skin care

What you need to know about making soap yourself is that it is not a craft with children. It's best to follow our instructions step by step, then nothing can go wrong.

For each of the soaps you need about 15 minutes to make. After that you need to let it stand for a few hours until it is solid again.

Making soaps yourself - the preparation

We have tried 3 different recipes ourselves. But what they all have in common is the preparation. Here's what you need to make soap: a scale, bowls, a pot, soap molds.

It is best to cover your work surface with newspaper. Cut the desired amount of soap base into small pieces, then it melts faster. Now you need to liquefy the soap - this can be done in two ways:

In the microwave

Put the soap bases in a suitable container and heat the soap always in 15 second increments. Stir in between and check how solid the soap still is.

In water bath

Our favorite. Here you have more control, but it takes a little longer. Fill a small pot with water and bring it to a boil. Then add a smaller container of soap bases to the boiling water and wait until they are liquid. In between, stir again and again!

Then add the additional products and oils. Always stir well and then pour into the soap molds. After filling into the molds you need to rest your skin care at least 3 hours. The fastest way is in a cool room.

Better than bought: Make shower gel yourself

Important products that you need for this tutorial, you can order at Amazon

• transparent soap base*
• white soap base*
• Soap molds
• Shea butter*
• Cocoa butter*

The coffee beans create a massage that stimulates blood circulation, while the caffeine acts against cellulite.

Best to use every time you take a shower!

Have you ever made your own kneaded soap?

Who doesn't know this? In the winter, the skin on the arms and legs, which is plagued by heating, tightens and flakes.

That's where this soap comes in handy! The perfect winter soap consists of oatmeal and Shea butter*. It is the right care for sensitive and dry skin.

You can wash your face with this site up to 1x a day and enjoy wonderfully clean skin!

So easy you can make colorful bath bombs yourself

Oils, flowers and additives suitable for making soap yourself

If you also rely on making soap without caustic soda, you should be very sparing with the oil.

Even a few drops are enough. If you use too much, your soap may not set or may simply be too oily.

• Solid oils: Coconut oil*, Shea butter*, Cocoa butter*
• Liquid oils: olive oil, rapeseed oil, rice germ oil, soybean oil, safflower oil
• Coffee beans
• Oatmeal
• Lavender flowers*
• Marigold flowers
• Hibiscus flowers
• Rose petals*
• Vanilla extract
• Cinnamon*
• Anise
• Essential oils to suit your mood

Our conclusion

If you want to make soaps yourself, you do not have to be a magician :) It's quick and easy. It's best to grab soap base, so nothing can go wrong.

Good luck and feel free to let your creativity run wild!

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