Beginner's Guide to Soap Making
Pioneering Today Podcast - Homesteading in a Modern World
Melissa K Norris
4.8 • 978 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2017
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Learn why store bought soap is a poor alternative, why homemade soap is better, the actual chemical process of making soap, the 3 methods or types of soap making, and how to choose which is the best method for you.
Grab our soap making resource page including our chart on the properties of oils to choose when making your soap.
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| 0:40.0 | Each week we are going to pick one of those herbs and do a deep dive on how to grow that herb, |
| 0:47.8 | but more importantly, how to use it, including safety, and if you should use it or not if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. |
| 0:56.9 | We go through all of the cautions, the medicinal properties, and its uses. |
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| 1:25.9 | Hello my friends and welcome to the pioneering today podcast with me Melissa Kay Norris |
| 1:31.6 | where we inspire your faith in your pioneer roots giving you |
| 1:35.4 | old-fashioned wisdom and skill sets to use in a modern world to become more self |
| 1:41.6 | sufficient and getting back to the simple life. |
| 1:45.0 | Today is episode number 119. |
| 1:49.0 | We are going to be diving into soap making. So consider this kind of your soap making 101. I want to dive |
| 1:57.8 | down into actually what is soap making, what are the different ways that you can make soap at |
| 2:02.1 | home, why you want to make soap at home, |
| 2:05.2 | and giving you some tips and breakdowns on things to get you started making your soap at home. |
| 2:11.1 | So if you've been wanting to learn how to make soap and |
| 2:14.2 | you've been kind of nervous you just haven't really dove into it yet this is your |
| 2:19.7 | episode or if you've just started getting into soap making and maybe you want to branch out |
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