What is a truly handmade soap and what is a melt and pour made soap? What is the difference???
I make handmade soap, with one exception. My soap gag gift is made from a melt and pour base. I make lotions, creams, balms, etc. from scratch. If you look on some of the websites such as Etsy, (Yes, I also have an Etsy shop too.) you will find many soaps that are made with melt and pour bases, or lotion bases. This is where the seller buys the soap or lotion pre-made. First the soap is melted. Next the fragrance, coloring, and other botanicals or clays are added. Then the mixture is placed in a mold(s) and cooled. If making lotions from bases, or pre-made, a person would add fragrance, coloring, and other additives into the formula and place it into bottles to sell. Nothing is wrong with this method; however, it is not all natural and not from scratch. I do feel that the seller should disclose to the purchaser if the soap is made from a purchased base or if it is made from scratch. I know this is not something many soap makers would want to do, especially when they use the pre-made bases. At times you will see the term hand crafted used to indicate the use of melt and pour mixes.
As far as the difference between the two, I have not answered the question very well for you. One of the best websites to answer the question is https://sellwoodsoap.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/what-is-melt-and-pour-soap/
I was looking on Etsy and wondered what the ingredients were in a pretty soap displayed for sale. Then I saw the ingredient sorbitol, which is not a normal ingredient for soap made from scratch. I decided to look up a little more about melt and pour soap and I found the above website. It is worth the look if you have the time or inclination.
Real Hand Made Soap:
Melt and pour soap:
I was looking on Etsy and wondered what the ingredients were in a pretty soap displayed for sale. Then I saw the ingredient sorbitol, which is not a normal ingredient for soap made from scratch. I decided to look up a little more about melt and pour soap and I found the above website. It is worth the look if you have the time or inclination.
Thank you for viewing! Dawnie
I make handmade soap, with one exception. My soap gag gift is made from a melt and pour base. I make lotions, creams, balms, etc. from scratch. If you look on some of the websites such as Etsy, (Yes, I also have an Etsy shop too.) you will find many soaps that are made with melt and pour bases, or lotion bases. This is where the seller buys the soap or lotion pre-made. First the soap is melted. Next the fragrance, coloring, and other botanicals or clays are added. Then the mixture is placed in a mold(s) and cooled. If making lotions from bases, or pre-made, a person would add fragrance, coloring, and other additives into the formula and place it into bottles to sell. Nothing is wrong with this method; however, it is not all natural and not from scratch. I do feel that the seller should disclose to the purchaser if the soap is made from a purchased base or if it is made from scratch. I know this is not something many soap makers would want to do, especially when they use the pre-made bases. At times you will see the term hand crafted used to indicate the use of melt and pour mixes.
As far as the difference between the two, I have not answered the question very well for you. One of the best websites to answer the question is https://sellwoodsoap.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/what-is-melt-and-pour-soap/
I was looking on Etsy and wondered what the ingredients were in a pretty soap displayed for sale. Then I saw the ingredient sorbitol, which is not a normal ingredient for soap made from scratch. I decided to look up a little more about melt and pour soap and I found the above website. It is worth the look if you have the time or inclination.
Real Hand Made Soap:
Soap
Ingredients: coconut oil, palm
oil, water, lye, raw cow milk, pink Himalayan bath salts, wheat grass, hand made soap shreds, peppermint infused
grapeseed oil, olive oil, cocoa butter, shea butter, fragrance, coloring,
titanium dioxide
Melt and pour soap:
Soap
Ingredients: Glycerin, prop. glycol, sodium stearate,
sodium laureth, sulfate, sorbitol, coconut oil, sodium myristate,
triethanolamine, sodium laurate, sodium cocoate, purified water, juniper
berries mica, fragrance, wool
I was looking on Etsy and wondered what the ingredients were in a pretty soap displayed for sale. Then I saw the ingredient sorbitol, which is not a normal ingredient for soap made from scratch. I decided to look up a little more about melt and pour soap and I found the above website. It is worth the look if you have the time or inclination.
Please view my web store at: http://www.custercottage.com
And my Etsy shop at
And my Etsy shop at
Thank you for viewing! Dawnie
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