Guides and Articles
What Can You Use to Color Melt and Pour Soap?
You can color melt and pour soap with three things: mica powders, liquid soap colorants, and color blocks/gel colorants made specifically for soap. Don't...
ComparisonMelt and Pour vs. Cold Process Soap: Which Should You Choose?
Melt and pour soap is pre-made soap base you melt, customize, and re-mold — safe for beginners and ready to use the same day....
TroubleshootingWhy Is My Melt and Pour Soap Clumpy, Filmy, or Gloopy?
Clumpy, filmy, or gloopy melt and pour soap is almost always a temperature problem. The base either overheated, which scorches it into stiff clumps...
ReferenceHow Much Soap Base Do I Need?
A standard bar of soap weighs about 3.5 ounces, so one pound of melt and pour base makes roughly 4 to 5 bars. That...
ExplainerIs Melt and Pour Soap Real Soap? Natural? Lye-Free?
Yes, melt and pour is real soap. It is made by saponification, the same reaction behind any traditional bar, using oils and lye that...
GuideWhat Can You Add to Melt and Pour Soap?
You can add fragrance, cosmetic colorant, a little carrier oil or butter, exfoliants, clay, and most dried botanicals to melt and pour soap. The...