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Soap Bases
For your melt & pour soap making projects we recommend
using Stephenson
Glycerin Soap bases which are vegetable oil based and contain no alcohol or
harmful products to dry your skin. Glycerin, a natural emollient, draws moisture
out of the air to benefit skin health. It cleanses without stripping or upsetting
the delicate natural pH balance necessary for soft, healthy skin. Some of the
different bases available from Stephenson include clear, goatsmilk, organic cartile
liquid base, olive, organic, SLS free, soy and white.
All these bases work wonderfully well with the LabColors
discussed on this website.
Since these bases use no heavy animal oils, the resulting soap rinses
clean and leaves no soapy film behind. Stephenson bases are produced
from the highest quality double distilled and deodorized clear coconut
oil, forming luxurious lather and sparkling clarity.
Other features include:
• Highly moisturizing formula
• No artificial colors added
• No animal testing
• 100% Vegetable base
• Biodegradable
• Superior Clarity
• Non-Yellowing
Scenting Oils
There are two main categories of scenting oils:
1. Fragrance oils
These are man-made and contain alcohol. The alcohol in fragrance
oils tends to cause problems in soap making. It is recommended that
fragrance oils be only used at the trace or rebatching stages of
soap making.
2. Essential oils
Essential oils are highly concentrated, volatile, aromatic essences
of plants. All the countries of the world provide essential oils.
The purest essential oils come from carefully cultivated and wild
grown plants from climatic and geographic regions throughout the
world.
Essential oils have better scent retention and will not ruin a batch
of soap. Essential oils can be added at the trace stage or to the
base oil.
Soap Additives & Botanical Extracts
Raw material components for soap are perfect additions to the soap
making experience. They are suitable for hot & cold processes
as well as melt & pour. These raw material components can be used
functionally (Apricot Kernel exfoliant), for their natural scents
(Lavender Flowers or Rose Buds), or simply for their esthetic appeal
(Orange Peel). As with all manufacturing processes, is is recommended
that small, lab scale production be conducted prior to any commercial
runs.
Some of the more common raw materials are listed below:
Anise Star Flowers
Apricot Shells (ground)
Basil (Greek cut)
Black Cumin Leaves
Butter Tree Flower Petals
Calendula (flowers)
Cassia Cinnamon Bark
Chamomile Egyptian (flowers)
Cinnamon (powder)
Ginger (ground)
Himalayan Silver Fir
Juniper Berries
Lavender Extra (flowers)
Lavender Super (flowers)
Lavender Surchoix (flowers)
Lemon Verbena (leaves)
True Lemon Grass
Neem Leaves
Orange Peel
Peppermint (leaves)
Rosemary (leaves)
Rosebuds (pink)
Rosebuds (red, mini)
Sage Leaves
Senna Leaves
Walnut Husk Exfoliant - 70 mesh
Some of the more common botanical extracts are as follows:
Alfalfa
Angelica
Astragalus Root
Barley Grass Powder
Bilberry
Black Cohosh
Burdock Root
Chamomile
Chrysanthemum
Coptis Root
Cucumber
Dandelion
Echinacea Purpurea Herb
Elderberry
Fenugreek
Gentian Root
Ginger Root
Ginkgo Biloba Leaf
Ginseng Panax Extract
Ginseng Root ( American )
Ginseng Root ( Panax )
Golden Seal Root
Gotu Kola Herb
Grape Seed
Green Tea Extract - 8-10% Caffeine
Guarana Seed
Hawthorn Berry
Hawthorn Leaves
Honey Suckle Flower
Hops Flower
Horse Chest Nut
Kava Kava
Kola Nut
Licorice Root
Lovage
Lotus Leaf
Magnolia Bark
Maitake Mushroom
Milk Thistle (Silymarin)
Nettle Root / Leaf
Nutgrass
Olive Leaf
Red Clover
Reishi Mushroom
Rhubarb Root
Rosehips
Sarsaparilla Root
Schisandra Berry
Senna Leaf
St John's Wort
Valerian Root
White Willow Bark
Soap Molds
Using various soap mold shapes and designs can help you achieve a
great personalized look that will appeal to everyone. When purchasing
soap molds it is important to buy high quality PVC plastic molds that
are resistant to the high heats that they will be exposed to.
Some of the great designs available on the market are as follows:
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