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Made entirely from natural ingredients like coconut and palm oils, natural soaps are great for softening and healing skin naturally. While this product is easily available, with a little prep work to gather the necessary ingredients and tools, you can make your own natural soap at home. This process takes patience and even a bit of experimentation to find the correct proportions of the additive ingredients. Learning and understanding the basic steps of the soap making process can help you create other unique natural soaps as well.
- 60 g food grade caustic soda (sodium hydroxide)
- 130 ml distilled water
- 350 ml olive oil
- 45 ml castor oil
- 75 ml melted coconut oil
- 15 ml of essential oils of your choice
The finished product is 4 bars of soap
Steps
Make a solution of oil and caustic soda
- If you don’t have a food scale, you can purchase a scale in the kitchen supply section of a supermarket or order it online through major retailers.
- Do not use all containers, utensils, molds, or pots used for measuring or making soap to prepare food. Caustic soda can be contaminating and unsafe for food.
- If you have breathing problems or are afraid of inhaling caustic soda while working, wear a respirator. You can buy respirators at hardware stores or online through major retailers.
- You should always pour caustic soda into the water instead of doing the opposite. If you pour water directly into the caustic soda, the chemical reaction will happen too soon and the caustic soda will give off heat. [5] X Research Sources
- When mixed with water, caustic soda can reach a temperature of 93 degrees Celsius. Even when cooled, the solution is still relatively hot – about 38-43 degrees Celsius . [7] X Research Source
- A similar product to coconut oil is babassu oil, a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the South American babassu palm tree. If you are allergic to coconut oil or want to try a new one, you can substitute the same amount of babassu oil.
- Coconut oil will be hot, so you should be careful when mixing it with other oils.
Mix soap mixture
- The temperature of the oil and caustic soda solution will be about 38-43 degrees Celsius. Use a stainless steel thermometer to measure the temperature before mixing the two solutions together. If the temperature of the oil is lower, you need to heat the oil in a water bath until the two solutions are at the same temperature. [11] X Research Source
- If you don’t have a stainless steel spoon or the handle isn’t long enough, you can use a hand blender (without turning it on) to gently stir the mixture.
- You can add some cosmetic clay to give the soap a pink, green, or white color.
- Use a few drops of milk, cane sugar, or honey to give the soap a warm caramel color.
- If you prefer a more vibrant soap, you can use petals or leaves from your favorite herbs. For example, alkanet root powder will give soap a purple color, and spinach will give it a green color.
- If your hand blender has multiple speeds, use the slowest. Fast grinding speeds can create unnecessary air bubbles in the soap.
- You can buy a hand blender at a supermarket or online.
- In the soap making process, a solid soap mixture is also known as a “strip” mixture. This means that the mixture is thick enough for you to drop a little on the surface of the mixture and the streak is still there. Soap that reaches this consistency requires no further mixing and can already be poured into the mold.
- Some essential oils that are often added to soaps are vanilla, almond, lavender, lemongrass, geranium, and peppermint.
Pour the mold and dry the soap
- Consider using silicone molds with fun shapes or designs to personalize your homemade soap. You can also use a long, undivided rectangular mold to then cut out into individual bars of soap. [18] X Research Sources
- Avoid using muffin tins or baking trays, as the soap mixture will damage the tin and also the soap. [19] X Research Source
- Use freezer paper instead of regular wax paper because freezer paper is thicker, and wax paper can melt from the heat of the soap mixture. You can also use stencils.
- Soaps that use a higher ratio of water to oil will only need to dry for 4-6 weeks. [23] X Research Sources
- If using a long rectangular silicone mold, you can use a knife to carefully cut the soap into 4 equal cakes before drying. [24] X Research Source
Warning
- Be careful with allergies or sensitive skin when making natural soaps. If you know you are allergic to an ingredient, choose a similar substitute. If you make soap and experience skin irritation, stop using it immediately. [25] X Research Sources
Things you need
- Weighing food
- Silicone soap mold 10×10 cm
- 2 heat-resistant stainless steel tanks
- Water-proof steamer set
- Stainless steel spoon
- Stainless steel thermometer
- Hand blender
- Rubber Hopper
- freezer paper or stencils
- Towel or rag
- Measuring cup and measuring spoon
This article is co-authored by a team of editors and trained researchers who confirm the accuracy and completeness of the article.
The wikiHow Content Management team carefully monitors the work of editors to ensure that every article is up to a high standard of quality.
This article has been viewed 23,115 times.
Made entirely from natural ingredients like coconut and palm oils, natural soaps are great for softening and healing skin naturally. While this product is easily available, with a little prep work to gather the necessary ingredients and tools, you can make your own natural soap at home. This process takes patience and even a bit of experimentation to find the correct proportions of the additive ingredients. Learning and understanding the basic steps of the soap making process can help you create other unique natural soaps as well.
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