Types of Soap

Again, although people say they don't need a tint in their natural bars, those never sold better than their tinted and colored counterparts. I also discovered that people bought more of a particular bar if there was something on top of it, like flower petals or oatmeal flakes.

The general rule about superfatting your soaps, is to not add more than 7% of your total base. Adding more than this may make a soft bar, or one that takes much longer to cure. Superfatting is the oils or butters that are added after trace, and just before pouring into molds, that is not saponified by the lye water, and this leaves the molecules intact to be able to create a super moisturizing bar for your skin. Cocoa butter is probably the most popular butter added for superfatting.

This page contains and links to just a few of the great ideas for different types of soap. Keep checking back as I will always be adding to this important and fun page about soap additives.