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| Why make your own soap when it is one item that is universally
available for a few pence?
The main reason is that it is great fun. The soapcrafting described here is a relatively new craft. At its simplest, it involves melting down a ready-made glycerine soap base adding colour and fragrance and pouring it into moulds. A few hours later, when the soap has cooled and set up, it is ready to use. How can such a simple thing be fun? If that was all there was to it it would hardly count as a craft at all but the fun lies in the endless variety of effects you can produce. If you want a simple soap such as the lavender soap in the picture above, you can make one which you know has a good quality essential oils in it and only natural pigments. If you want an outrageously coloured or shaped soap, you can do that too. A soap to smell of chocolate? No problem. Exfoliating soap with oatmeal, loofah or pumice? Easy when you know how. Black soap for a teenager? Why not? Soaps in the shape of cars or gingerbread men for the younger children? Find a mould and you are in business. On these pages you will find
The soaps on these pages are original and the text, authoring and graphics are copyright © Glenys Pople 1999. I am indebted to the information, advice, help and friendships I have enjoyed through mailing lists and websites which introduced me to this craft. Comments on these pages and suggestions for improvement will be welcomed. Please write to: webmaster@howfen.demon.co.uk |
