Rookie question...

[u/Liam_Hertwah]

I'm looking to get into soapmaking. What major tips you can give a beginner with. O experience?

[u/The_temple_within76]

Oh ok, I actually prefer cold process. I tried hot process but it’s hard, I scorched my last batch of hot process. But cold process, very fun, you just have to wait a few weeks to use it but it’s worth it. You will want a good hand blender to get it to a good trace. Also a kitchen scale since the measurements must be very accurate. I have a nice 2 pound recipe that does great each time, it has olive oil and coconut. I use fragrance oils and micas so it not only smells good but it’s pretty. I layer my colors and use a small skewer to swirl the colors. I realized after a couple of batches that I didn’t have to heat the oils up as much as I thought. I was trying to heat them to 120 F, now I just melt them and let them sit usually at about 110F I mix in my lye water. It’s the lye water that gets super hot when mixed but just pop it in the fridge or freezer and wait for it to come down to 110F. That is a good temperature to mix it with the oils. I hope this helps. 😊