See in the market the essence oil soap with beautiful full of beautiful things in eyes, do you have the impulse that buys very much?Actually, the method of making it is not as complicated as imagined. We can make it by ourselves. Although there are many steps, we can do it by ourselves as long as we see it once.Making handmade soap by yourself is not only environmentally friendly, but also can experience the fun of DIY!
There are several ways to make essential oil soap, using sodium hydroxide + vegetable oil + essential oil to make, can also use soap + essential oil to make, this article mainly talks about the production of soap based method, this method is relatively simple, as long as the purchase of soap base, dissolved after adding essential oil into the mold shape can be.
preparation
Materials to be prepared: soap base, essential oil, pigment can be prepared if necessary.
Tools to be prepared: silicone mold, mixing rod, cup.
Manual steps for making essential oil soap
Cut the soap base
Take the right amount of soap base and cut into small pieces. The shape can be as you like.The purpose of cutting small is to speed up melting, so the smaller the cut, the faster the melting.No matter what cut, it is recommended that the size of each slice should be the same, so that some of the soap base will not overheat while others will not melt when heated.You can also buy soap bases that have been cut into small pieces.
Heat and melt the soap base
The transparent soap base begins to melt at about 60 degrees Celsius.It is usually melted in a water bath or microwave.The purpose that water bath heats is in prevent soap base to scorch, if want to heat directly, must adjust the fire very small, and guard against scorch at any time!When heating, as long as a small fire can be used, the water temperature is not too high, if you see the water began to bubble or boil, it means that the water temperature is too high, to quickly turn down the fire or temporarily shut down.
color modulation
soap to have color, you can add pigment, it is recommended not to add, natural can.If you want an oil soap to look good, add petals or lemon peel and cut into strips.
add essential oil
Add what essence oil: can join simple essence oil according to oneself like, for instance lavender essence oil, tea tree essence oil, rose essence oil is very good choice.
How much essential oil to add: the amount of essential oil to add is about 0.5% ~ 2% of the soap liquid, and the soap liquid in a half cup of small steel cup is about 100ML, so 10 ~ 40 drops of essential oil can be added (1ML is about 20 drops).
Note: essential oils are highly volatile, so it is best to add them when the soap temperature drops a little.Avoid excessive temperature to promote the rapid evaporation of essential oil waste!
Pour the soap solution into the mold. The mold must be cleaned and dried in advance.After about 1 hour, the soap will solidify. If you want the soap to solidify quickly, you can refrigerate or freeze it. It will solidify in about 15 minutes to half an hour.
Mold release
demoulded after fully solidified.Silicone mold is relatively soft, it is better to take off the mold, the four edges of the mold will be gently moved, then you can pour out the essential oil soap.
modified
If there are many bubbles on the soap of essential oil, or need to be decorated for other reasons, you can use the back of a disposable plastic knife or dry cloth, toilet paper decoration.Use plastic knife to scrape off not good-looking part, reoccupy dry dishcloth, toilet paper is wiped, make essential oil soap line is downy.
store
If the modified essential oil soap is placed in the air, there will be small drops of water on the surface every other day or a few days, which will affect the appearance of the soap.In order to avoid or reduce the production of small drops of water,
essential oil soap needs to be immediately wrapped with plastic wrap or sealed bag, stored in a cool and dry place.