Process Of Soap

We wanted to discuss the processes we use to make our soaps. There are two ways we use and those are cold process and melt and pour.

Cold Process is our favorite way of making soap. You begin with a recipe made up of whole ingredients including oils, butters, lye and water. We will talk more about the types of oils and butters we use later on. Every step is like creating a chemistry project and the result transforms into a handmade soap. What we love about this process is how we can control every ingredient that is put into the soap. When we can adjust the fats and oil percentages in the soap it allows us to control the amount of suds the soap produces, how silky it feels and different textures. The process takes a small amount of lye and is diluted with water and is mixed with the oils, butters, coloring, and fragrance that creates a reaction called saponification. This leaves the ingredients in a semi-liquid state and then can be poured into our molds. This process takes four to six weeks to fully cure before use.

Melt and Pour(M&P) is exactly how it sounds. We take pre-made soap base, melt it down, add a few extra ingredients and pour it into molds. The process is simple and can be made available quicker than cold process. Although we don’t get to change ratios or be chemist in this process, we have chosen a supplier we trust that makes our M&P base with all natural ingredients, there is not a single ingredient that is synthetic.

Lye has been used in the soap making process since the 1800’s. Lye by itself is a caustic chemical that can burn and damage the skin. But, soap that is created with lye will do absolutely no harm to your skin. You see, the lye used to create soap reacts with the fats and oils, which results in the formation of soap. The lye gets entirely used up during the process, which means it's no longer present and can do no harm to your skin. There is no lye left in the soap.

Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Rice Bran Oil, Argan Oil, Castor oil, Sunflower Oil, Palm Oil, Shea Butter, Mango Butter, Vitamin E, Jojoba Oil

Although not all are used in every batch these are the ingredients that may be used in a combination with our cold process and M&P soaps.

The Mica powders we use in our soap are natural earth minerals that are completely safe for use on skin.

The fragrances used in our soaps may be a combination of both. If we use a fragrance oil that contains synthetics we will specifically note when they are being used. We want you the consumer to feel confident in the purchase of our soap and know that we only use FDA and IFRA(international fragrance association) compliant products in our production. We follow the very strict guidelines on how much of each fragrance can be used to maintain safe levels for our soaps.

Fragrance oils tend to have a combination of both natural aromatic plant parts and synthetic components. The components can mimic scents not found in nature. The supplier we use maintains their compliance with the strict industry standards to protect the consumer while providing the art of perfumery with confidence.

Essential Oils that we use are plant derived from raw botanical ingredients with a combination of oils and extracts. None of the essential oils used contain synthetic ingredients. We follow the strict guidelines with the amount of essential oils we use in our soaps to maintain safe levels for skin use.