Melt Pour Soap Base

Boredom Cures - Try Soap Making!

Tired of playing online games for hours and no interest in anything on television? Hobbies can be the answer to your dilemma, it certainly was the answer for me. My main problem is that I want to do it all, I want to try every craft and hobby I run across!

There are hobbies that can serve a dual purpose by providing you with actual income from your hobby. Making soaps and bath salts is a hobby that can be safe, inexpensive and entertaining... not to mention it can actually pay for itself if you sell your finished products.

In this article I am going to provide you with step-by-step instruction along with recipes for items that you can make and use to decorate your home, give as gifts or even sell for profit.

To get a feel for what soap making involves, start simply by beginning with an easy recipe, Chocolate soap is a good starter and here is what you need:

12 oz grated soap 
5 oz water 
1/4 cup instant cocoa powder 
1/8 oz Chocolate Fragrance oil

Combine your grated soap and water in a saucepan and set on medium heat; When the soap has melted combine cocoa powder and chocolate fragrance; Stir well and then pack into molds and allow to sit until completely hardened.

When you are ready step it up we will begin with making glycerine soaps... this is what you will need to make Apple Tart Soap:

4oz. Clear, Unscented Glycerine Soap 
1 Tablespoon Liquid Soap 
1 teaspoon Liquid Glycerine 
1/2 teaspoon Apple Fragrance Oil 
2 Drops Red Food Color 
1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

First you melt soap in small pan over low heat or in a glass cup in the microwave; Add Liquid Soap and glycerine and stir gently but well; Add fragrance and /or color; Add cinnamon and stir; Allow to stand for a couple minutes, just enough to start to thicken so when you stir again the cinnamon will be more evenly distributed; Pour into molds. Allow to set completely (in or out of freezer). When completely set you can wrap your soap in plastic wrap, cellophane candy bags also work very well.

Another type of glycerin soap that is interesting to make is Apricot Freesia and this is what you will need:

1 lb White Glycerin Soap Base 
12 Drops Cosmic Color Canary Yellow 
11 Drops Cosmic Color Red 
1 t. Apricot Freesia FO 
Ingredients For "Whipped Cream" Topping: 
4 oz White Glycerin Soap Base 
¼ t. Apricot Freesia FO

First you melt soap base for tart in a double boiler; After it is completely melted, add color and fragrance; Pour mixture into a muffin tin and allow to harden; Remove from tin; Melt soap base for topping and add a shake of Sparkle Dust; Using an electric mixer, mix until thickened and bubbly; Spray with rubbing alcohol and spoon the topping onto the tarts and allow some of the topping to run over sides; Top with a dash of Sparkle Dust (optional)

Being one who does a lot of entertaining and spending time with children, Cookie Cutter Soap was a must! The making of this soap requires one to be creatively free and is a good craft for children, with adult supervision of course.

Melt and Pour soap base(opaque) 
Scent (optional) 
Color (must be liquid, like gels) 
cookie sheet (must have at least a 1/2 in. edge on it) 
knife (to swirl your colors!) 
cookie cutters

First you will want to melt down the soap base and scents; You can give the main base a color if you wish or leave it white; Pour the base on the cookie sheet and add colors and swirl them all over - this is where you get to be creative! When this dries, pop the block of soap out of the cookie sheet. Use cookie cutters to cut up the soap.

There are lots of different things you can do with this for instance you can make... 
Christmas Soap: Swirl red & green into white and use cookie cutters; 
Candy Cane Soap: Swirl red into white with peppermint scent and candy cane cutters; 
Easter/Spring: Swirl multiple pastels and find some fun cookie cutters; 
4th of July: Patriotic white soap with a beautiful red & blue swirl (find a nice star cutter!)

So you see your options are limitless as far as what you can create and sell if you desire!

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Clear Gycerine Soap Base Sale Price: $2.59   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days See Reviews For This Product Description This is 1 pound of Soap Expressions Clear Gycerine Soap Base. Soap crafting is an easy craft for kids of all ages. Ingredients Glycerine Clear Ingredients: Propylene Glycol, Sorbitol, Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Palmitate, Sodium Myristate, Sodium Starate, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Glycerine, Triethanolamine, Sodium Laurate Features Diamond Clear Melt and Pour Soap Base Great kids project

10 LBS Clear Soap Base by Life of the Party in Resealable Bucket Sale Price: $40.49   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days See Reviews For This Product Description Life of the Party soap bases are made with the finest melt-and-pour formula for soap crafting, made from natural pure vegetable glycerin. Life of the Party soap bases are made with the same formula every time so you know you can rely upon them to be consistent every time you use them. These products raise soap making to the soap-crafting level. Features Resealable Storage Bucket with Handle Melt-and-pour glycerin soap base Contains Aloe Vera and Vitamin E Contains one-third humectant moisturizers to enhance skin softness Resealable bucket with easy carryall handle keeps the soap base fresh and moist while in storage

Beginner Soap Making Kit Sale Price: $14.99   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days See Reviews For This Product Description This is a great Soap Making kit to learn the very basics of making melt and pour soaps.Included in this kit will be:1. 2(two) 1 Pound Blocks of Clear Soap Base 2. 2(two) 1/3 oz dyes. (In order to offer a good price on this kit the dye color will be random. They will be top selling colors.) 3. 3(three) 1/3 ounce bottles of one of our best selling fragrances. The dyes will be matched to the fragrances. 4. 4(four) different molds. 5. 1(one) Vial of Glitter- actual color may be different than picture. 6. 2(two) Books: Soap Crafting for Kids, Creative Soaps for the HomeDepending on which molds you use most, this kit should make between 18-26 Soap Bars. This kit is great for learning the basics of working with melt and pour soaps and to make great gifts for friends, neighbors or co-workers. If you had to purchase these items at your retailer it would run well over $24.99.The actual scents will vary with each kit Features Great introduction to Melt and Pour Soap Bases Everything you need to make 16-24 Soap Great craft for groups, summer camps and girl scouts

White Glycerine Soap- 5lbs Sale Price: $24.69   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days See Reviews For This Product Description Our Soap Base is the finest melt & pour formula for soap crafting, made from natural, pure vegetable glycerin. Our crystal-clear transparent soap contains Aloe Vera and Vitamin E; while the opaque, white soap is enriched with coconut oil. Both contain one-third humectant moisturizers to enhance skin softness. Features Contains a large 5-lb brick Perfect for candle-making parties or large groups. Simply heat, add color, fragrance and herbs, cool