Soap making can be such a fun hobby to learn. Soap making gives you the option to be able to control everything you put in it. There’s countless of combinations of ingredients you can use for soap. Glitter, tea leaves, fruit purees, or even beer–the possibilities are seriously endless!

For this month’s hobby, we’ll explore the fundamentals of soap making. You’ll be introduced to the many methods of soap making such as the cold process, hot process, melt-and-pour, and rebatch methods. We’ll start with the easiest so that you can decide if you enjoy this hobby before investing in it too far.

You may have heard that working with lye can be really dangerous. It’s true, but you can take enough safety precautions to minimize those risks. Both the cold and hot process methods will utilize lye.

If you want to avoid lye during soap making, it’s definitely possible! There’s a few soap making methods you can explore to do so, such as the melt-and-pour and rebatch method. These are both just as fun and with the melt-and-pour method, you can still control a lot of the ingredients you want to put into your soaps.