Now it's soap I am doing a lot of...Yet another old craft not done by all, but one that has been done forever so to speak. I am sure my great greats would be very proud of me.
Of course these days it's not done to put animal fats in ones soap. And often not necessary due to the availability of olive and coconut oils. However there is still those who don't mind 'old school' and those of us who are not vegetarian or vegan don't mind a more holistic aspect to soap making. After all, if we eat the meat we should use the fat. Waste not want not.
So I have done some lard soaps and goats milk soap and olive oil soaps and many lovely oiled soaps. One of the prohibiting aspects of soap making is the price of essential and fragrance oils. One batch of soap requires about 100mls of fragrance which in general costs about $20 (give or take) so that is a huge cost in your list of ingredients.
So here is a few photos of all the soaps I have been making...
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| Castile Soap |
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| Castile Soap (100% olive oil) |
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| Avocado Oil Shampoo Bar |
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| Not enough fragrance soap |
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| Shampoo bars to add fragrance to oopsie soaps |
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| Lady Lavender Soap |
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| Lady Lavender Soap |
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| Shampoo Bars |
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| Shampoo Bars |
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| Cup Cake recycling shampoo soaps |
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| More recycling with left overs from the cupcakes |
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| Hot Process Wild Man Soap |
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| Hot Process Wild Man Soap |
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| Activated Charcoal Soap for skin care |
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| Lard Bars (30% lard) |
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| Goats Milk Loofa Soaps on a Rope |
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| Hot Process Shampoo Bars and Activated Charcoal |
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| Goat and Lard soap |
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| Goat and Lard soap |
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