Learn To Make Castile Soap - Learn to make the best castile soap, a specialty type of cold process soap. This is the castile soap recipe used by Kelly in her wholesale account for BloomWorks Soap Company. This lesson PDF will show you how to manage the way the high oleic and linoleic acids in Olive Oil contribute to extremely slow saponification. This method of making Cold Process 100% Olive Oil Castile Soap causes a faster trace, a harder batch of soap, and speeds curing time. As with all Castile Soap, patience is critical. Castile soap is not a product that goes to market quickly, but making a quality bar, and using this method will speed things along in the post pour and early curing phase. This PDF instructional tutorial explains WHY Castile is slow to trace, and how to make a Castile bar that is hard with fantastic lather.

This PDF lesson is 3 instructional pages long, and includes Easy Step by Step Instructions on making soap with 100% Golden or Extra Virgin Olive Oil, as well as Kelly Blooms original Castile Soap recipe,

Prerequisite: Previous Cold Process soap making experience, or the Soapalooza Advanced Cold Process Soap Making Class. Discounted Water Cold Process is a higher level soap making process that is best reserved until a soap maker has a good understanding of how saponification works with their soap making formulas. A soap maker should be familiar and comfortable working with more concentrated lye solutions before proceeding to Discounted Water CP.

Author: Kelly Bloom, Chief Excitement Officer of Soapalooza

Content: PDF Ebook, 3 pages

About Kelly Bloom:

Kelly Bloom is the Founder and Chief Excitement Officer of Soapalooza! Soap Arts Studio, a division of BloomWorks Holdings, LLC. Kelly is the former founder & owner of Southern Soapers and BloomWorks Soap Company. She is located in the Williamsburg, Virginia area.

Kelly has spent over 20 years in the natural soap manufacturing and personal care products industry, and is the author of several soap making publications. Her BloomWorks Soap Company manufactured, marketed, and distributed her natural soap and cosmetic products nationwide for 12 years before starting her supply and consulting divisions.

Kelly spends time mentoring and consulting to small businesses within the natural soap making and Indie personal care segments. Kelly speaks and conducts workshops at local, regional, and national conventions. She has launched awareness & development programs within the industry on Good Manufacturing Procedures; Product Labeling, Cosmetic Preservation, Product Development, & Trademark issues. Kelly has been a presenter at the Handcrafted Soap & Cosmetics Guild as well as regional conventions. Kelly is a frequent guest with the Richmond Virginia This Morning, Channel 6 DIY Beauty at Home TV segment.