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  The Complete Guide to Handmade Soap Making in the UK: Solid Soap, Liquid Soap & Castile Soap Base Explained Handmade soap making has become increasingly popular across the UK, whether for personal use, gifting, or launching a small business. With growing awareness around ingredients and sustainability, more people are choosing to create their own soaps using high-quality raw materials. This comprehensive guide will walk you through everything you need to know about making solid soap using caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), liquid soap using caustic potash (potassium hydroxide), and the easiest alternative—ready-made Castile liquid soap base. You’ll learn the science...

Handmade soap - step by step Now is the time to share with you a way to make self-made natural soap. Do not buy it in the store, because even the so-called "Natural soaps" from reputable manufacturers often leave a lot to be desired, they contain surprising, unnecessary and often harmful ingredients. Meanwhile, making soap yourself is really not that difficult! What exactly is soap? Soaps are salts of fatty acids, formed by the reaction of fats (vegetable or animal). The principle used in the production of soap can be sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) - then as a result of...