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Soap Making Tools and Supplies

Unless you are planning to start making soap from the basic level to create the chemical reaction between alkali and fat, you are most likely to be starting with a soap base. This is something that you can easily find in the market. At the same time you will need other supplies and tools in order to create soaps that can be a compliment to your creativity and design.

Some of the basic level of ingredients and tools that you will need to make your own creative soap at home include a double boiler or a microwave, Pyrex dishes to create the basic flat laid out soap in case you want to create soaps from different molds, cutters, fragrances, colors, essential oils, thermometer, spoons and paring knife. If you are planning to gift these homemade soaps to someone then you may also want to invest in some good packaging material so that you can create a fancy personalized gift.

Fragrances and essential oils

There are various kinds of fragrances that you can add into the homemade soap that you are crafting in order to get a nice aroma every time you use the soap. The fragrance suppliers will be able to tell you the specific ones that can be used for soaps. The fragrances that you use need to be right for soap making since they can sometimes interact with the various elements of the soap making proce...

 

Natural color for soap

When you are creating homemade soap you would obviously like to color it with the specific colors that you like. There are various choices that you have with regards to the colorant that you can use. Most of the common ones that are available in the market are chemical laden colorants and therefore if you are looking for something that does not irritate your skin, you may want to resort to natur...

 

Soap melting tools

The most basic tools that you will need to make soap are soap melting tools. These are tools that you can use to melt the base soap that you can so easily find in the stores these days. It is not advisable to heat and melt soap bars directly on the fire. This is likely to give you an acrid smell and cause some reactions to occur. Soap has to be melted in a double boiler and therefore this is the...

 

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