Handmade Soaps made from scratch, both Cold Process and Hot Process, are naturally opaque (i.e., not see-through), but with a few added ingredients, and some additional soapmaking knowledge (a good tested recipe & clear instructions), you can put a unique twist on your handmade soap that will set it apart from the rest and impress most of your soapmaker friends.
This Class Handout, created from our combined experience teaching classes on Making Transparent Soap, is for people who want create their own custom transparent, remeltable soap that is as “natural” as possible, but which employs some manmade solvents to achieve transparency. It is important to understand that by sticking with mostly “natural” or “naturally-sourced” ingredients, it’s impossible to achieve a very clear, hard bar of transparent soap. Natural-ingredient transparent soaps are always going to be more amber in color, slightly milky (as opposed to crystal clear), and a bit softer than their detergent-based, synthetic counterparts. This handout includes a discussion about the use of both natural and manmade ingredients in transparent soap and the trade-offs involved. For a list of typical solvents used in transparent soapmaking, as well as a page-by-page summary, please see the description page.
Since this is an intermediate/ advanced level skill, prior soapmaking experience or our Cold Process Soapmaking Video eClass is a strongly suggested prerequisite.
This 12-page instantly-dowloadable PDF is packed full of instructions, helpful ingredient descriptions, tested recipes, color pics & more. Read more about it or buy & access it right now on our website.