The Soap Blog

The Soap Blog is a great way to keep up-to-date with what's happening here at soap-making-essentials.com. It lets you know when new content is created or when special updates occur.

You'll find information about new homemade soap recipes, decorative ideas, essential oils or anything else that is fun, interesting and related to soap making.

Happy Soaping!

Hot Process Soap Making Tutorial

Hot process soap making made easy with these simple, step-by-step instructions.

Essential Oils - Blending Scents

You can use essential oils to blend your own personnal fragrances.

Soap Recipe - Salt Soap bar.

Try this soap recipe for a salt soap bar. Salt soaps gently scrub away dead skin and leave your skin feeling soft and smooth.

Soap Recipe - Sweet Citrus Honey.

This palm-free soap recipe smells of warm citrus honey.

Cleaning Recipes to use around the whole home!

Use these cleaning recipes to make your own homemade cleaning products that are inexpensive, easy to do and really work.

Wooden Soap Molds

Wooden soap molds, one of many choices for cold process soap making.

Soap Making Forum Sites - Community Message Boards for Soapmakers

There are many soap making forum websites where you can talk to other soapmakers about making homemade soap.

Decorative Soap Making Ideas

Use these decorative soap making ideas to add that little something extra to your homemade soaps.

A Beer Soap Recipe.

A lovely beer soap recipe that uses vegetable oils and is 'palm free'.

Colonial Soap Making - Quite Different Than Modern Soap Making.

Colonial soap making was a difficult process compared to the homemade soap making methods we use today.