14/09/2026
🌸 A little bit about how I make my soap 🌸
I thought I’d share a little about the difference between melt & pour soap and cold process soap, and why I choose to make mine using the cold process method.
Melt & pour starts with a soap base that has already been made. You melt it down, add your extras and pour it into your moulds. It’s a much quicker process and once the bars have set, they’re ready to go. No big wait time.
Cold process is a little different because you’re actually making the soap completely from scratch.
I measure out all of my oils and butters, make my lye solution and combine everything together to start the process that turns those ingredients into soap. Depending on the bar I’m making, I’ll then add things like natural clays, essential oils, honey, goat milk or other little extras.
Each loaf is poured, left to set, cut by hand and then has to sit and cure for a minimum of 4 weeks before I can put it out on the stand.
This can also be why you’ll sometimes see a difference in price between melt & pour and cold process soaps. There’s a lot more time involved, the individual oils, butters and other ingredients are chosen and purchased separately, and every batch needs those weeks of curing before it can be sold.
There’s a place for both ways of making soap, but I love that with cold process I get to choose exactly what goes into my bars.
It’s not the quickest way to make soap but there is a lot of enjoyment found in watching all these butters and oils turn into beautiful bars of soap 😍
