It's easy to make Melt & Pour soap!

All our M&P soap bases are SLS free.

Cut the M&P soap base into 1" or 2" pieces. Use an uncovered double-boiler to melt M&P soap base. You may also use the microwave and put the base in a microwave-safe glass container. Try not to stir too much, you will introduce air bubbles into the base. Do not add water!

Once melted add colorant or mica, stir well.

Once the base starts to cool and thicken slightly, you may add other additives, such as herbs, so they can be suspended in the base. Stir gently with a chopstick or similar implement to prevent a skin from forming on the surface. If you wish to add nutritives, add them now and stir well. Some nutritives are vit. E, beeswax, cocoa butter and other butters. Be sure to melt solids such as beeswax and cocoa butter separately before adding to the base. Use up to 1 tablespoon per pound of soap base.

Add 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon of fragrance or essential oil per pound (16 ounces) of soap base. Adding more is not always recommended, doing so could damage your plastic molds or could cause skin irritation.

Pour into soap molds, immediately spritz with clear, rubbing alcohol to prevent bubbles from forming. Unmold after the base has hardened.

Some soapmakers and websites recommend that M&P soap base be put in the freezer to speed up the setting or hardening process; however, many others recommend against this to prevent beading or sweating of the bars. This is called “glycerin dew”. Another method of preventing “glycerin dew” is to promptly and tightly wrap your finished soap in plastic to keep the soap from the outside air. Always keep a bar of glycerin soap dry and in a well-drained soap dish.

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Below is a list of ingredients of our M&P soap bases:

Triethanolamine (TEA): Emulsifier. Safe for use in cosmetics and personal care products designed for discontinuous, brief use followed by thorough rinsing from the surface of the skin.

Sodium Cocoate: Surfactant, cleansing agent. Derived from coconut oil.

Sodium Myristate: Surfactant, foaming and emulsifying agent.

Sodium Laurate: Surfactant. It is the sodium salt of lauric acid approved by the FDA for use in food and cosmetics.

Sodium Stearate: Lubricant, emulsifier, vegetable derived.

Titanium Dioxide: Oxide of titanium used extensively in cosmetics and personal care products. Used as a colorant and lightening agent.

Sorbitol: Humectant.

Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES): Surfactant. Derived from coconut oil.

Propylene Glycol: An organic alcohol, moisturizer, stabilizer. Widely used in cosmetic and personal care products.

DMDM Hydantoin: Preservative. This is a white, crystalline solid used extensively in cosmetics and personal care products to prevent or retard miocrobial growth, effective against fungi, yeast and bacteria.

Glycerin: Humectant. A sugar alcohol, a viscous clear liquid, sweet tasting. Used in food, drugs and cosmetics. Also called glycerol.