Handmade soap
Handmade soap is not only a product to care for your body, but also a great gift. Mylovary, as a rule, beautifully draw up their creations and make them beautiful and fragrant. Therefore, this care product should definitely please you. Let's look at the features of this soap and all its benefits.
Benefits
The most important advantage of a home care product is its safety. Purchased in the store means are not always different useful composition. But natural homemade soap, as a rule, is organic. Especially if you know the history of its creation, or even prepare it yourself.
In the composition of cosmetic soap, bought in the store, in addition to glycerin and other useful ingredients, there are also synthetic ingredients. They make the product cheaper, but at the same time less useful for our body.
Handmade soap is a product that can be supplemented with useful components at your discretion. So here you have a lot of room for experimentation. You can create a therapeutic tool or product that will help you get rid of skin problems. Goat's milk, essential oils, herbal tinctures, and other useful ingredients can be included in home-made or home-made soaps.
The basis of the composition, as a rule, uses a mixture of oils, which makes the product most useful for our body. In this case, you can always pick up the set of ingredients that will not cause you any allergies.
Another additional advantage is that when creating natural soap, all the benefits of the components are preserved. This is especially true for ingredients of plant origin. The process of so-called cold cooking, which is used to create soap, makes it possible to preserve all its useful properties.
Well, the last important point - homemade soap can take any interesting forms that you like. The design approach allows you to create a truly original hygienic tool. This includes soap in the form of flowers, pieces of cake or hearts, and cosmetic products with pictures made to your order.
This distinguishes the elite soap figure from the simple lumpy, which can be bought at any cosmetic store. You can choose the most unusual forms and the most fragrant flavor compositions.
Kinds
As you already understood, natural soap is diverse. There are different types of products that differ in their aroma, shape and composition. Let's look at the different types of home cosmetic products so that you can be inspired to buy new soap or get some creative ideas for creating an exclusive product at home.
First of all, the preparation prepared at home is notable for its effectiveness.. There are many high-quality products that can improve the condition of your skin. For example, instead of damaging sensitive skin peeling with large abrasive particles, you can use a product that works like a scrub. It can be oatmeal soap, loofah or coffee grounds. It is these products that cleanse the skin with soft massage movements, and at the same time do not injure it at all.
Good work and products, supplemented with clay or salt skin care products.
From the soap base, you can also prepare high-quality moisturizer with glycerin, lanolin or oils. For example, olive or castor. Such a transparent soap will be a good helper in skin care and will be able to replace several cosmetic products for acne and peeling on your bathroom shelf.
Pleasantly pleased and variety of flavors. If you like neutral smells or you are looking for a gift for a guy, then you should pay attention to funds with coffee, coniferous, mint or calendula soap. For sweet tooths, a delicious coconut, chocolate, or honey will do.
Young girls often choose floral or sweet fruit aromas. For example, a product that smells like watermelon, apple, peach, kiwi, orange, mandarin, strawberry, grape, or grapefruit is ideal for a hot summer day. Easy and unobtrusive smell and floral cosmetics. The most popular flowers whose fragrances are used to create scented soap are rose, lilac, lavender, lily and orchid.
Among all this natural wealth, you will definitely find an exclusive smell that will become “yours” for at least one season.
Well, the last parameter that is responsible for the originality of such cosmetic products is their form. This is especially important if you buy a soap bottle as a gift and want it to be as beautiful and original as possible.
Popular options are flowers, sweets and other cute items. Emphasize the individual attitude to the person to whom you want to give, you can choose a soap in the form of the first letter of his name. And you can even collect a whole collection to make an interesting inscription.
Also often make mylets in the form of cute figures. An owl, bunny, star, heart, shell, butterfly or angel will decorate the bathroom shelf and will lift your mood in the mornings and evenings. And if you are a sweet tooth, then pay attention to the soap cake, candy or all kinds of cakes. Such soaps look so realistic that you really want to eat them.
However, even a simple bar soap can now be made more interesting and beautiful. A spectacular tool with a logo or an unusual pattern will be a much better gift than a simple postcard.
As a gift to your loved one, you can choose a variety of soap options. For a young man, a good choice would be a neutral-odor shaving product made in a maritime theme. A simple round soap bottle or a product made in the form of a bottle or tank will also please the guy.
Mommy newborn baby can give a small pink or blue soap with a bow, which not only raises her spirits, but also becomes the first care product for a child.
And girls with different tastes will be pleased with a variety of summer products. - product with chamomile, bars, resembling fruit or cosmetic products in the form of swirls. The fantasy of the creators of homemade cosmetics is almost limitless, so you can get anything you want to order - be it a classic New Year's two-color soap or a spectacular malachite, with which every bath will become a truly royal procedure for you.
Components
When creating mylets, you can use a huge amount of additives. Some of them make the soap more useful, some just give it a more attractive appearance. All the necessary additives, flavors and glitter, if desired, can be purchased at a specialty store or ordered online.
In order to make the product more effective, it is supplemented with all sorts of herbs. True, it is worth remembering that you can add only well-dried flowers and leaves. Otherwise, high-quality soap you will not succeed, it simply moldy.
To get a scrubbing agent, you need to add the appropriate fillers. If you are buying a ready-made product, carefully look at the label in order not to purchase a product with too strong an effect, which will not just exfoliate dead skin, but scratch the skin of the face.
As a rule, manufacturers use ground grape or apricot kernels, oatmeal, high-quality coffee, or even poppy seeds as scrubbing ingredients. When preparing homemade soap, do not add either sea or simple salt to it - they simply dissolve there. Another interesting component is loofah. If you have not heard of such a component, then it is worth clarifying that this plant belongs to the pumpkin family. In the dried state, it is used to cleanse the skin from the cornified particles.
To nourish the skin and make it softer and velvety to the touch, tasty ingredients such as honey and chocolate. However, if you add chocolate to the soap base, then it will certainly be of high quality, bitter and low in sugar.
To make the soap get the desired shade, use different types of dyes. In addition, some creative creators of cosmetics add to the basis also photoluminophore. This component with a complex name actually works very simply. He lets the soap glow in the dark.
To obtain this result, simply hold the pieces for a couple of hours in the sun and the next night it will glow with a soft greenish or blue tint. Like all kinds of sparkles, photoluminophore is completely safe for our health, so it will not make organic soap harmful.
And finally, it should be clarified that different fragrances are often added to soap compositions. After all, without them, the soap will smell neutral or exude a slight smell of herbs.
Where to begin
Soap can be prepared from scratch or using a ready-made base. In the first case, you will need a simple baby soap without fragrances and additives. All other ingredients are added to this soap base.
But an easier way to start your passion for soap-making is to buy a ready-made kit for this procedure and start cooking the soap from the base. It's easier than creating a product from scratch.
To make learning easier, choose a framework from which it will be easier for you to work. It can be solid, creamy or liquid. It may also differ in color. That is to be transparent or white. Here the choice should be made based on what result you want to get. To create a dense color soap suit the second option. A transparent base will allow you to put inside the soap some original flower arrangements.
In addition to the base, before you make your first soap, you should also stock up on vegetable oils, flavors and dyes. All of these components will create the perfect cosmetic. All for creating mylets can be bought in a specialized store.
To cook the product, you will need more different kitchen appliances. Of course, you will need forms. You can buy specials or use simple silicone baking tins. In them the product will take the shape you need as quickly.
To melt the base, you will need either a water bath or a simple microwave. Determine the ideal amount of ingredients will be using kitchen scales. And for their mixing will need a simple tablespoon. With this set you can already go to the procedure of soap manufacture. To facilitate this process for beginners, we offer a brief description of all actions.
- The first thing you need is to melt the soap or base in a water bath. Remember that in no case should it boil. In this case, the level of acid-base balance is disturbed and the product loses its beneficial properties. When the base has become viscous and creamy, you can add all the necessary components to it, which will help to decorate the product or make it more fragrant.
- The finished composition can be safely poured into your chosen molds, where the product will spend the next couple of minutes or hours. So that the solution does not accidentally stain the tabletop or any other workplace, the surface must first be covered with an oilcloth, foil or an unnecessary towel.
- If bubbles form on the surface of the product, do not worry about its appearance. They can be easily removed by sprinkling with alcohol. After half an hour of solidification, a beautiful soapstone can be reached from the molds. If you are planning to decorate it, stick stickers or glitter on the surface, then this should be done just at this stage. After that, the soap should be sent to a cold place all night so that it finally froze.
Errors
When creating soap, newcomers often make mistakes that spoil the product and kill the desire to engage in soap making in the future.
- The most common is a combination of components that are “not friendly” to each other. Experiments are, of course, good, but you should not add all your favorite flavors to your creation at once. It is best to choose a few suitable ingredients that will complement each other well and work together.
- It is also worth considering that the shelf life of the finished product depends on the selected components and the conditions under which it will have to be stored. To extend the life of your soap, choose dried herbs, natural oils and high-quality dyes.
Step-by-step recipes with photos
The main process and the most frequent mistakes that should be avoided to achieve success you already understand. Further, it all depends on your imagination. Well, quite a bit on the purpose for which you are preparing soap.
So, if you want to make an original gift for a wedding, you can always make a romantic soap in the shape of a heart. You can congratulate your loved one with his birthday by creating an unusual soap for him, emphasizing his personality or interests. For example, you can make coffee soap for a lover of this refreshing drink or decorate your creation as a birthday cake.
Soap can be used as a gift to guests who come to a party or corporate party. In the second case, you can arrange it using your company name or brand name. Do not be afraid that someone will not like such a gift - choose more neutral fragrances and it will be suitable even for men.
The final stage of creating gift soap - design. It can be simply tied up with a bow, folded into a bag, painted in different colors, or packed in elegant boxes or baskets.
How to make soap at home, see the video below.
Reviews
Recently, the author's homemade soap has become one of the favorite gifts for both girls and guys. People buy ready-made soap more readily than they make it by hand. After all, a tool purchased at a proven store will definitely be good and of high quality, while with hand-welded it is not always possible to guess. Therefore, for their customers, many firms offer a huge amount of products for every taste.
Popular among buyers is the care cosmetics from brands such as Saponificio, TianDe, Ingis, Delicate, Poinsettia, Macaron, Lush, Stenders, Savonry. All of the listed companies have product advantages that are above minuses. And the disadvantages include perhaps the high prices with which the producers of organic soap sin.
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So everyone can choose for themselves or their loved ones something suitable for the price, flavor and appearance. For the girl she loves, they often buy expensive French soap with an exquisite smell. Constantly appearing on the market new items allow you to change flavors. The best soap, according to many, creates a brand L'cosmetics.
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Mommies are delighted with the products "Teddy bears" and the like. A charming soap with bows or cool with a toy inside will be a wonderful gift for a child and will motivate him to swim more often.So if your child has not yet loved bathing procedures, then a rifled soap, inside which a figurine with a favorite cartoon character is hidden, will motivate him to quickly get to the toy, which means more often to bathe.
Exotic lovers like products from India or Thai soap. Oriental flavors and an unusual approach to the combination of components really distinguishes these countries from others.
If you like something simpler and more familiar, then you should pay attention to the soap of the Crimea, Riga, Shuya, Kolomna or St. Petersburg production. There are especially praised brands such as "Tea Tree", "Dress", "Snow" and "Sorceress". A favorite of many connoisseurs of domestic products is the brand. Natura Siberica. They can find very good propolis and cedar soaps.
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But you can also search for private soap makers that will surprise you with their exclusive organic products with an interesting composition, offering something non-standard and unusual for ordinary consumers. Why are only spectacular baskets and real soap bouquets, consisting of cosmetic products made in the form of flowers!
Choose soap to your liking, give fragrant gifts to your loved ones and have fun even from such simple chores as washing and showering.