Melt and Pour Soap - Making My First Soap

Making your own soaps is not only rewarding but you know exactly the ingredients you have added so no harsh chemicals or parabens.

Soap Making Check-list

First time making melt and pour soap. Ensure you have all you need with our soap making check list.

Melting Your Soap

Cut your soap into small chunks and return to the microwave container. Melt the base slowly on a low setting starting with 40 seconds. Then burst of 10 seconds until all the lumps have gone.
Try to avoid boiling as this will affect the quality of your finished soap.

**SAFETY** Ensure children are supervised when cutting and heating soap.

Colouring Your Soap

You now need to work fast once your soap base has melted. Add your colour a few drops at a time until you reach your desired colour.
Add colour slowly because you can always add more but you cannot remove colour if it gets too deep.

REMEMBER: Only use our cosmetic grade colours and take care handling these colours as they are very concentrated. Protect all clothes and work surfaces.

Add Your Fragrance

Add you cosmetic grade fragrance oil in a general ratio of 5 to 10mls per one kilo of soap base. The intensity of the fragrance is personal choice but in general do not add more than 10mls per kilo. **NOTE** Chocolate, coconut and vanilla can change the colour of your soap.

**NOTE** Chocolate, coconut and vanilla can change the colour of your soap.

Pouring into the Soap Mould

Pour your soap into the mould, letting any air bubbles rise to the top. Lightly spray the top of the soap base with surgical spirits and the bubbles will disappear. Allow the soap to cool for one to two hours then place in the freezer for a few minutes. This helps to release the soap from the base.

Removing The Soap From The Mould

Turn over the mould and press with your middle two fingers to release the soap. Press gently at first gradually increasing the pressure until your soap pops out. It should take around 15 seconds for the soap to release, do not exert sudden pressure on the mould as this can damage the mould.

Wrapping Your Soap

As your soap contains natural glycerine, it will attract moisture from the air so you will need to wrap it in a protective layer. You can either use a shrink wrap machine if you have one to create a see through film. Or use professional waxed paper to wrap your soap which gives it a classy natural look.

Where To Start?

You can either pop along to our shop with your shopping list and select what you need or try our beginners soap making kit which has everything you need except the microwave.