| Melt and pour soap making gets you started right | | | | getting at all. You might be getting another base |
| away making your own natural handmade soap. The | | | | altogether, just as coconut, which just doesn't have the |
| beauty of the melt and pour technique for soap | | | | same beautiful translucent properties. |
| making is that it doesn't require special equipment, or | | | | Melt and pour soap base is not the same thing as the |
| take a lot of time to complete a soap making project. | | | | glycerin soap you buy at the drugstore. Glycerin soap |
| You can customize your melt and pour soaps any | | | | brands that, for instance, you purchase at your local |
| way that you like, just by adding your choice of | | | | drugstore, are designed specifically to not to melt |
| essential oils for fragrance and colorant to create the | | | | easily. That being said, it's not impossible to use |
| shade of soap that you desire. You can even layer | | | | ready-made glycerin soap for your melt and pour |
| different colors of soap for a special effect, or add | | | | projects, but you may not get the results that you |
| decorative elements such as glitter or seashells to | | | | seek. Always purchase melt and pour soap base that |
| your handcrafted soaps. Only your imagination is the | | | | is specifically designed for this project. You might pay |
| limit for the creative melt and pour projects you can | | | | a little bit more for it, but you'll be far more pleased with |
| achieve. | | | | the final results. |
| Soap making with quality melt and pour soap bases is | | | | Melt and pour soap making is perfect for beginners! All |
| easy, convenient, and doesn't require the use of | | | | you need to do is melt the soap base in a pot or in the |
| caustic lye. A clear, glycerin-based melt and pour soap | | | | microwave. Next, just add your favorite soap additives |
| base is used most often because of its transparent | | | | to the melted soap base. You can add ingredients |
| properties, as well its ability to be easily tinted to your | | | | such as botanical extracts, color, essential oils or |
| desired shade. Look for a quality melt & pour | | | | fragrance to create your own customized, designer |
| glycerin soap base by ensuring that you see the word | | | | soaps. Mix the additives to the melted soap base, pour |
| "glycerin" is listed within the first two or three | | | | into a mold and you are finished making a beautiful, |
| ingredients on the label. If you don't see a label listing | | | | handcrafted soap for your own enjoyment, or for |
| ingredients on a package of melt and pour soap base, | | | | giving as a special gift. |
| avoid it, because you just won't know what you're | | | | |