Recipes From Scratch
Basic Recipes

Soap Crafters Castile (Non-veggie)

26 ounces of Olive Oil
60 ounces of Lard
11 ounces of Lye
32 ounces of Water
1.6 ounces of Soap Crafters Cold Process Soap Fragrance

Tracing happens in about an hour or so.  If you stir for an hour and a half and it still hasn't traced, just put it into your plastic lined box mold.  It should be fine.

This would be in the hard category of soap.  It is quite white and resembles the color of cream cheese. :)  When I was making my first batches of soap I used this recipe.  When ever company came over and saw my bars of soap drying in the living room, they asked if it was cheese and they kinda wanted to eat it.  But I wouldn't let them. ;)

Soap Crafters All Purpose Soap

24 ounces of Olive Oil (Pomace or other inexpensive olive oil)
24 ounces of Coconut Oil
38 ounces of Lard
12 ounces of Lye
32 ounces of Water
1.6 ounces of Soap Crafters Cold Process Soap Fragrance

Tracing will happen in about 1 hour.

This is in the hard category of soap bars. Rich and creamy lather. The olive oil lends a yellowish/greenish tinge to the color.  The coconut oil adds a wonderful lathering agent to this soap.

Soap Crafters Palm/Coconut Soap

24 ounces of Coconut Oil
62 ounces of Palm Oil
12 ounces of Lye
32 ounces of Water
1.6 ounces of Soap Crafters Cold Process Soap Fragrance

Tracing will happen in 30 to 45 minutes.

This is a softer bar of soap.  The perfect vegan soap!  Even more creamy lather because of the palm oil's gentle lathering properties.  By far, this is my favorite soap!   It is a white color.

Fine and dandy, but where the heck do I get palm oil or coconut oil?
Coconut oil you may find locally in a
restaurant supply shop in your city.
Palm oil can be a lot more difficult to find.
Or see our oils page.

Lye!?  Eewww.
Sure, lye is not just for opening drains. ;) Soap is a result of a chemical reaction between lye, fat and water. In 24hrs, you no longer have lye, fat and water.  You have soap! If you followed the recipe exactly, you won't have any lye at all in your soap.


Is that ENOUGH Fragrance for an 8 pound batch of soap?
Yes it is!  That is, if you are using the fragrance which Soap Crafters supplies.  Many companies buy the lowest quality fragrances to offer what seems to be really low prices.  You need to use about four times the amount of these oils and you will have problems with the scent fading away very quickly.

Recipes are nice, but HOW do I make it?
See the "how to make soap" page .

I want to use fragrances instead of essential oils.
Some fragrances work great and others do not. When adding scenting material at trace to your soap base you have to be very careful.  The best scenting material for this way of making soap base is  a fragrance that has been made for soap making AND tested for that purpose.    If you want to use fragrance, please purchase Soap Crafters Fragrances , which have been tested for adding at trace in cold process soap and also tested in Crafting Soap.  Look for the words 'certified for cold process' in the fragrance description.

I want to add herbs and flower petals to my soap!
Don't add it to your soap base at this time. Wait until you craft it.  Adding herbs, powders, colorants, and fragrance oils can ruin your soap's saponification process. Some experts have managed to get around this rule with certain substances, but it really isn't worth the chance of ruining a whole batch of soap.