Today, I shall be talking about the ingredients used in soap making. However, it is important to know that you do not need all these ingredients to make a perfect soap. This is just a reference point. Making a perfect soap, just require the right two or more oils.
To make this easy; I have tried to divide the ingredients into 6 different categories. They are:
- Fat and Oils
- Nutrients
- Scents
- Colorants
- Exfoliants
- Preservatives
FATS AND OILS
- Almond (sweet) oil
- Avocado oil
- Calendula oil
- Canola (rapeseed)
- Cocoa butter
- Coconut oil
- Cottonseed oil
- Hazelnut oil
- Hemp seed oil
- Hybridized oils
- Jojoba oil
- Kukui nut oil
- Lard olive oil
- Palm kernel oil
- Palm oil
- Peanut oil
- Safflower oil
- Sesame oil
- Soybean oil
- (vegetable shortening)
- Sunflower seed oil
- Tall oil
- Tallow wheat germ oil
NUTRIENTS
- Almond (sweet) oil
- Aloe vera
- Apricot kernel oil
- Beeswax borage oil
- Calendula oil
- Carrot oil
- Castor oil
- Cocoa butter
- Copaiba balsam egg
- Evening primrose oil
- Hazelnut oil
- Hemp seed oil
- Honey
- Lanolin
- Lecithin
- Macadamia nut oil
- Milk
- Neem oil
- Pine tar
- Propolis
- Pumpkin seed oil
- Rose hip seed oil
- Rosin
- Sesame oil
- Shea butter
- Tea tree oil
- Wheat germ oil
SCENTS
- Anise
- Basil
- Benzoin
- Bergamot
- Caraway seed
- Cassia cedarwood
- Chamomile
- Cinnamon
- Clary sage
- Cloves coriander
- Dill
- Fennel
- Frankincense
- Geranium
- Grapefruit
- Juniper berry
- Lavender
- Lemon
- Lemongrass
- Lime
- Litsea cubeba
- Marjoram
- Mint
- Myrrh
- Neroli
- Nutmeg
- Orange
- Patchouli
- Peru
- Balsam
- Petitgrain
- Pine
- Rose
- Rosemary
- Rosewood
- Sandalwood
- Tangerine
- Thyme
- Tolu balsam
- Tonka bean
- Vanilla
- Vetiver
- Ylang-ylang
COLORANTS
- Alkanet root
- Annatto seed
- Beetroot
- Powder
- Beta-carotene
- Black-eyed
- Susan
- Brazilwood
- Calendula
- Blossom
- Caramel
- Chlorophyll
- Cinnamon
- Cochineal
- Cocoa
- Comfrey
- Cutch
- Elderberry
- Ginseng
- Goldenrod
- Goldenseal
- Henna
- Licorice root
- Madder root
- Mimosa
- Paprika
- Resins
- Rose hips
- Safflower
- Saffron
- Saint-john’swort
- Seaweed
- Soapwort
- Sumac berry
- Turmeric
- Ultramarines
- Walnut
- Wheat germ
- Yarrow
EXFOLIANTS
- Alfalfa meal
- Almond meal
- Cornmeal
- Flaxseed meal
- Jojoba meal
- Juniper berry meal
- Millet seeds
- Oatmeal
- Poppy seeds
- Seaweed
- Tapioca pearls
PRESERVATIVES
- Carrot root oil
- Grapefruit seed
- Extract
- Tocopherols