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time, a recommended use of about 15 to 20 drops of essential oils in your soap-making
procedure is all you need to create a perfect natural soap. However, you need to be
careful about your source of essential oils. Only buy from a trusted vendor, especially if
you are intent on making natural soap.

You can color your soap as you please. Brown natural soap can be achieved by using cocoa
powder or cinnamon in the mixture. Green soaps can be made from powdered
chlorophyll, and you can use beetroot for orange soaps and turmeric for yellow soaps.
There are many ways that you can achieve a colorful yet natural-looking soap. Although
some people use food colors, they are not efficient, because they hardly hold color.

Apart from the obvious additives used in most soap-making processes, there are other
not so common items that some people use in their soap-making process as well. You can
choose to add oatmeal, aloe vera, salt, ground coffee, cornmeal, clay, dry milk powder,
and other things you consider beneficial. In the end, the soap you make should be as
unique as you are.

So How Do You Make Soap?

Ingredients

❖ 48 oz. olive oil

❖ 15.5 oz. cold water
❖ 6.1 oz. 100% lye

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