Soap Making Essential Oils

Skin cooling cold process soap recipe using essential oils

Tips for making the aroma last longer when making soap

Give your hair a healthy boost with DIY Natural Shampoo Bars using essential oils.

Making our own kid-friendly hand soap is an easy and super fun project that the entire family can work on together. Our children can be involved with choosing the scents they want their soap to have and even help to mix all the ingredients together. 

Castile soap is a cold process soap made with 100% olive oil. The name “Castile” refers to the Castile region of Spain, which is where this type of soap is thought to have originated. Olive oil is a popular choice for soap making that works well in combination with many other oils.

Essential Oil Soap Making Glossary

Gel Phase

A part of the saponification process that happens after the soap has been poured into the mold where is heats up and becomes more translucent in appearance.