Crafting cold-process soap transcends mere formulation; it’s a symphony of art and science, a harmonious blending of meticulously chosen components to pamper the most sensitive skin types. Understanding each element that goes into your personalized bar is not just essential but vital, especially for those with allergies and delicate skin.
Diving into soap creation, we often encounter a myriad of ingredients – a list that could seem both enchanting and, at times, bewildering. Each oil and butter carries its own secret melody, eager to grace your skin with unique harmonies of nourishment and protection, if only we knew their distinct roles in the grand composition.
To dispel the mysteries and guide you in orchestrating your soap-making magnum opus, I have curated an encyclopedic guide to the potential stars of your cold-process soap stage. This repository doesn’t delve into tools like silicon molds or soap cutters but focuses solely on the virtuosos of the saponification process — the oils and butters that breathe life and luxury into each bar.
Join me in exploring this rich library, a compendium designed to empower you with the knowledge to craft not just soap, but an experience, a sanctuary of bliss for your skin, carefully crafted with ingredients you understand and trust.
- Abyssinian Oil
- Almond Butter
- Almond Oil (Sweet)
- Aloe Butter
- Andiroba Oil (Crabwood)
- Apricot Kernel Oil
- Argan Oil
- Avocado Butter
- Avocado Oil
- Babassu Oil
- Baobab Oil
- Beeswax
- Black Cumin Seed Oil
- Black Current Seed Oil
- Borage Oil
- Brazil Nut Oil
- Broccoli Seed Oil
- Bruiti Oil
- Camellia Seed Oil
- Camellia Oil
- Candelilla Wax
- Canola Oil
- Carrot Seed Oil
- Castor oil
- Cherry Kernel Oil
- Chicken Fat
- Cocoa Butter
- Coconut Oil
- Coffee Bean Oil
- Cohune Oil
- Corn Oil
- Cotton Seed Oil
- Cranberry Seed Oil
- Crisco
- Cupuacu Butter
- Deer Tallow
- Duck Fat
- Emu Oil
- Evening Primrose Oil
- Flax Oil
- Ghee
- Goose Fat
- GrapeSeed Oil
- Hazelnut Oil
- Hemp Oil
- Illipe Butter
- Japan Wax
- Jotropha Oil
- Jojoba Oil
- Karanja oil
- kokum Butter
- Kpangnan Butter
- Kukui Nut Oil
- Lanolin Liquid Wax
- Lard (Pig Tallow)
- Laurel Fruit Oil
- Lauric Acid
- Linseed Oil
- Loofah Seed Oil
- Macadamia Nut Butter
- Macadamia Nut Oil
- Mafura Butter
- Mango Seed Butter
- Mango Seed Oil
- Marula Oil
- Meadowfoam Oil
- Milk Fat
- Milk Thistle Oil
- Mink Oil
- Monoi De Tahiti Oil
- Moringa Oil
- Mowrah Butter
- Murumuru Butter
- Mustard Oil
- Myristic Acid
- Neatsfoot Oil
- Neem Seed Oil
- Nutmeg Butter
- Oat Oil
- Oleic Acid
- Olive Oil
- Olive Oil Pumice
- Ostrich Oil
- Palm Kernal Oil
- Palm Oil
- Palm Stearin
- Palmitic Acid
- Palmolein
- Papaya Seed Oil
- Passion Fruit Seed Oil
- Pataua Oil
- Peach Kernal Oil
- Peanut Oil
- Pecan Oil
- Perilla Seed Oil
- Pine Tar
- Pistachio Oil
- Plum Kernal Oil
- Pomegranate Seed Oil
- Poppy Seed Oil
- Pumpkin Seed Oil
- Rabbit Fat
- Rapeseed Oil
- Raspberry Seed Oil
- Red Plum Butter
- Rice Bran Oil
- Rice Water
- Rosehip Oil
- Sacha Inchi
- Safflower Oil
- Sal Butter
- Salmon Oil
- Sal Palmetto Oil
- Sea Buckthorn Oil
- Sesame Oil
- Shea Butter
- Shea Oil
- Soybean Oil
- Steric Acid
- Sunflower Oil
- Tallow (Goat)
- Tallow (Sheep)
- Tamanu Oil
- Tucuma Oil
- Ucuuba Butter
- Walnut Oil
- Watermelon Seed Oil
- Wheat Germ Oil
- Yangu
- Zapote Seed Oil