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How do I make natural soap?

Natural soap making

There are a very wide variety of soaps available in the shops for the skin, body, hair, house cleaning, etc., but such products contain chemical substances, which makes them harmful to the health of the skin. There are many recipes for producing natural soap, which consists of natural materials found in the home. Or it can be easily obtained from apothecary shops, including:

Basic soap

Ingredients

  • Six tablespoons of glycerin oil.
  • Half a cup of beeswax.
  • A cup of sesame oil.
  • A spoonful of baking soda.
  • Six tablespoons of natural honey.
  • Half a cup of chamomile tea.
  • Six tablespoons of sunflower oil.

How to prepare

  • Add all the ingredients and mix them together.
  • Place the mixture in a pot on the fire.
  • Stir the mixture until it gets hot, but do not let it reach the boiling point.
  • Pour the mixture into an ironing bowl to solidify and take shape, becoming a piece of soap.

Rose soap

Ingredients

  • Half a cup of dried wood petals, preferably roses.
  • Two tablespoons of vegetable oil.
  • A cup of boiling water.
  • A cup of rose water.
  • Half a cup of pure soap.

The way

  • Grind the rose petals, grate the pure soap until it becomes small flakes, mix them together and place them in a bowl over a pot of boiling water.
  • Add rose water and boiling water and leave the mixture until it cools.
  • Add the oil, stir the mixture well, and form balls of the mixture or put them in molds, but they will freeze quickly because they contain pure soap.

Aloe vera soap

Ingredients

  • Four ounces of Castile soap.
  • A teaspoon of rose oil.
  • Five teaspoons of aloe vera gel.
  • A tablespoon of concentrated juniper oil.
  • Four tablespoons of rose water.
  • A tablespoon of tangerine oil.

The way

  • Grate the casterile soap, and mix it with rose oil, aloe vera gel, and rose water.
  • Place the mixture in a bowl, cover it and leave it overnight.
  • The next morning, put all the oils in a food processor and mix them well.
  • Add the oils to the grated soap and rose water, and shape the mixture the way you prefer.

Chocolate soap

Ingredients

  • A cup of distilled water.
  • Four ounces of coconut oil.
  • ounce butter.
  • Ten ounces of olive oil.
  • Four tablespoons of cocoa powder.
  • A spoonful of sodium hydroxide.
  • A drop of peppermint oil.

The way

  • Mix olive oil with cocoa powder.
  • Melt the oils and butter, then add them to the previous ingredients.
  • Mix all ingredients well.
  • Add sodium hydroxide, stir the ingredients, and leave them until they freeze.

Note: The previous natural soap recipes do not contain preservatives, so they will not last for a long time, and they must be used within five days or a week at most of preparing them.

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