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Welcome to the Soapmaking Area of Suite101! Here you will find useful information on why and how you can make your own natural, organic soap.You will also find links to other exhaustive sources of interest, such as the history of soap, virtues of natural ingredients like goat milk and olive oil, soap makers supplies and craft search engines. All material published prior to 23 December 2001 is under the copyright of Sinclair A. Sheers.
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Soapmaking
May 29, 2004
Why Make Your Own Natural Soap
A brief article extolling the qualities of natural soap
Dec 23, 2001
Deodorant Soap
Deodorant soap, made with coffee, absorbs odors.
Nov 13, 2001
Fixed Oils - part 2
This is the second half of my alphabetical list of the properties of fixed oils.
Nov 13, 2001
Fixed Oils - part 1
This is a description of the properties of fixed oils used in soapmaking. Part 1 lists the first half of the alphabetical list of oils.
Oct 25, 2001
Rich Night Oil and Rich Night Butter
These oil and butter recipes are for nourishing and moisturizing dry skin.
Oct 18, 2001
How to Swirl Colors in Soap
This article describes how to swirl two or more colors of soap in a single bar.
Oct 8, 2001
Making Soap with Goat's Milk
This article describes the different ways to make soap with goat's milk.
Oct 7, 2001
Strawberry/Peach Goatsmilk Recovery Soap and Shampoo
Making this luxurious, delicious-smelling soap helped me recover from the events of September 11th.
Sep 5, 2001
How to Make Laundry Soap from Rendered Tallow
This article describes how to make soap from tallow or from a combination of tallow and palm oil. Then it describes how to make laundry soap from the soap.
Sep 4, 2001
How to Render Tallow
This article describes how to make tallow from beef fat. After rendering the tallow, you can use it to make soap.
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