You might also want to make novelty or specialty soaps as unique gifts for your friends and family. Or you might want to start a small home business creating and marketing your soap creations.

Whatever the reason for making your own soap, it is a great way to exercise your creativity. You can save or make some money, and it is a lot of fun!

When I made my first batch of homemade soap, it was a terrible flop. Soap making involves a chemical reaction and I just could not get those pesky chemicals to react the way they were supposed to.  But I persevered and through a process of trial and error (quite a few errors actually), I am now quite good at soap making. I have learned quite a bit from the experience and I would like to share my experiences with you.

What You Will Find on Making Soap…

Before you can make your first batch of soap, you will need a recipe! I would recommend that you use a basic soap recipe for your first attempt, once you have mastered the soap-making technique you can play with the recipe by experimenting with adding novel ingredients, fragrances, and colours.

You will also need to go shopping for your ingredients and a bit of soap-making equipment. As for many soap-making recipes, you will be using lye (caustic soda) it is better to use your equipment specifically for your soap-making activities rather than the equipment you already use in your kitchen. If you check out the ingredient and equipment sections of the site, you will be able to get your shopping list ready!

What about some ideas for creating special-purpose soaps?

You will also find pages on the properties of some of the essential oils that you can use for making your soap.

What Now?

Not only can learning how to make your own soap be very rewarding, but it can also save you quite a bit of money. Have you checked how much luxury bath products cost these days?