Soap Making Tutorial for Beginners - Full Demonstration & Cold Process Soap Beginner Recipe

Welcome to my soap making tutorial for beginners! This video demonstrates the full method for cold process soap making using an easy beginner recipe (scroll down for recipe).

November 2020 UPDATE: You can watch my video review of this soap after two years in storage HERE https://youtu.be/YUJbKwNgwmA 😀

🛑 SAFETY UPDATE 🛑
Please store your lye solution in polypropylene plastic container, NOT GLASS
For more information PLEASE READ: https://classicbells.com/soap/lyeStorage.asp and watch this video for more information https://youtu.be/EZTsW9UvNmU

IMPORTANT
The information provided in this video and description box text is intended for people who are familiar with the basics of soap making - including soap making terms, ingredients, the methods used to calculate and make soap recipes, and the necessary requirements to make soap safely. Sodium hydroxide (and other lye types) in granular form or in solution with water/other liquids, as well as raw soap batter, are highly corrosive and require careful and attentive handling and the use of personal protective equipment. If you have never made soap before, please watch the videos listed below (especially the first one) before you attempt any soap recipe. As a hobby or professional soap maker, you are responsible for the safety of yourself and others around you when you make soap. Please take the time to learn about soap making and soap safety before you attempt your first soap batch.

Essential viewing:
✅ Soap Making Safety Essentials - Essential Viewing for All Soap Makers https://youtu.be/EZTsW9UvNmU
✅ Introduction to Soap Making https://youtu.be/8bKpLWNqAGs (older video)

MORE VIDEOS
I have many more soap making videos on my channel and continue to upload as regularly as possible. You'll find my complete video listing here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqsvmrjWY7fPcKqWHnYVTMA/videos
Videos grouped by playlist here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqsvmrjWY7fPcKqWHnYVTMA/playlists

MOULD SIZE
My mould used in this video is 37cm long, 7cm wide and 5.7cm deep
It holds 1.480kg of soap batter - just enough for this recipe.

RECIPE
To make this soap recipe you will need the following ingredients and equipment:
• 950 grams olive oil
• 50 grams coconut oil
• 199 grams of water
• 133 grams of caustic soda (also known as sodium hydroxide)
• 20 – 50 grams of essential oil (optional - I used 40g lavender EO)
• Lavender buds, clay or colours for your soap (optional)
EQUIPMENT NEEDED:
• Safety glasses and gloves
• Face mask – see my Part 1 Soap Making Tutorial for Beginners video for a full explanation of safety requirements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bKpLWNqAGs
• Newspaper or plastic sheeting to cover your work surface
• Small bucket or other mixing container, minimum 2 litre capacity
• Two other plastic containers for weighing and mixing your lye solution
• Immersion/stick blender
• Digital kitchen scale
• Whisk
• Spoon or silicone spatula
• A mould of some kind, minimum 1.5 litre capacity. Silicone moulds do not need to be lined. If you are using at timber mould or steel cake tin it will need to be lined with non-stick baking paper (parchment paper in the US). Please see my video on how to line a soap mould here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vU68RqnFEI
• Piece of cardboard or coreflute to cover the soap before you wrap it
• An old towel or blanket to wrap your soap in

SAFETY NOTES
While safety glasses and gloves are important throughout the whole soap making process, you may also wish to wear a long sleeve shirt and a face mask while you mix the sodium hydroxide lye solution. In the first moments after the sodium hydroxide granules are poured into the water and the granules are stirred in, a gas is formed and released from the solution which can also burn the skin or the throat if breathed in. Make sure you mix your lye solution in a well-ventilated area and stand down-wind if there is a breeze from a window or fan.

*** And most importantly - ALWAYS POUR THE SODIUM HYDROXIDE GRANULES INTO THE WATER and NEVER the other way around. If you pour water into sodium hydroxide granules they can heat up very rapidly and bubble, hiss and spit – you do not want this!!

*** Remember, make sure you fully understand soap making safety before you make soap for the first time. All the details in this video https://youtu.be/EZTsW9UvNmU

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Elly 🌻

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