A new fashionable trend among the fair half of humanity is soap making. For beginners, both on the Internet and in bookstores, you can find a wide variety of manuals with step-by-step instructions. Some consider this process to be their hobby, others - a great opportunity to please loved ones and friends with an original handmade gift. Such a present will not stand on a shelf and gather dust; each of us needs it daily. Another undoubted advantage of making soap with your own hands is naturalness. After all, the final product will contain only those ingredients that are preferable for the soap maker itself. But there is a third option - your own business. The cost of the product per 100 grams of product will be approximately 30-50 rubles. Soap is usually sold for 130-150 rubles. The benefit is obvious. Soap making is a business with almost zero capital investment. The market for goods has been studied; it is in demand.
The process of creating soap is quite simple. The article describes in more detail the process, which is based on the remelting of the finished product. Of course, you can try a more complex option. This is soap making “from scratch”, but in this case, accurate calculations, a significant margin of free time, and protective equipment will be needed, since you will have to work with alkali. Be that as it may, after receiving a product of your own production, you are unlikely to want to use industrial cosmetics.
Soaping for beginners. Small instruction
You can experience the charm of this amazing process with the help of a “re-brew”. In other words, soap making from children's soap is the most accessible and simple . It is characterized by a wide range of capabilities, a diverse recipe. Thanks to this method, you can make soap for washing, for the body, scrub and much more.
Essential Ingredients:
- Simple baby soap (without any additives).
- One or two teaspoons of base oil (almond, olive, etc.).
- Herbal broth, plain water or milk (1: 1 by weight of soap). For too sensitive skin, a decoction of chamomile or a string is suitable. For skin prone to oiliness and inflammation, it is better to use oak bark, calendula. But it’s better to stay with milk.
- A variety of essences (eau de parfum, fragrance, essential oil and others).
- Food colorings. You can also use specialized ones.
- Additional ingredients (petals, sparkles, clay, oatmeal or ground coffee, dried flowers, petals and others).
- Forms. Containers for storing food, dishes made from sour cream, yogurt, soap dishes, silicone baking dishes and more can be useful here.
Description of the cooking process
Step 1. Rub the soap (baby). If it is slightly warmed up, excessive dust can be avoided. A harvester can be used for this step.
Step 2. Pour the resulting crumbs with water, milk or a decoction of herbs, mix thoroughly.
Step 3. Next, the whole mixture can be immediately put in a water bath or left for several hours and allowed to swell, then melt. The whole process can take from ten minutes to ½ hours. Instead of a water bath, you can use a microwave. In the latter case, you should send the mixture into the oven three times for 30 seconds, after each time you need to mix everything well. It is important that the mass does not boil. The result should be a homogeneous mixture without any lumps, similar to sour cream.
Step 4. The next step is to add the selected components - filler, dye, base oil and other ingredients. Everything is mixed and removed from the stove. After that, a few drops of essential oils are poured into the mixture.
Step 5. Pour the soap into molds. To make the product easy to remove, it is important to thoroughly coat the dishes with Vaseline or any oil.
Little tricks
- If you want to get puff soap with different shades, then in the same form you need to fill in a mixture of several colors at once.
- Inside the soap you can put dried flowers, citruses, cinnamon sticks and other decorative details.
- The product usually hardens within 24 hours, if this does not happen, you can place the mold with soap in the freezer for one or two hours.
- The finished product must be dried. This process will take a fairly long period of time, sometimes it reaches 30 days.
- Store soap should be in cling film.
A business such as soap making is quite promising for beginning entrepreneurs. In order for the business to develop successfully, it is advisable to create your own website. This will attract a wider range of consumers. The Internet provides tremendous opportunities. Promote your business effectively through friends, acquaintances, as well as through various social networks (VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Twitter, and others). Another important point: the photos of the product must be of high quality, looking at them, the potential buyer should want to purchase a product.
So, soap making for beginners and professionals is a surprisingly interesting and creative process that can bring considerable income. It is impossible to create exactly the same products twice, each of them will turn out to be unique in its own way, which is especially attractive to customers.