By: Fran Mcgee


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      Title: A Shortcut To Soap Making
 Categories: Tightwad, Soap, Crafts
      Yield: 1 servings

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  If you do not wish to handle lye, do not have wood ashes available,
  or do not have the time to make soap from scratch, you can still make
  homemade soaps.  You can purchase castille granules at most
  drugstores. There is no need to mess with lye when using these
  granules. Since they are actually granulated soap, it is easy to make
  soap from them.

  Put the granules into a kettle and add water.  Instructions for use
  will probably be on the package.  If not, use common sense in adding
  water. (Don't drown the granules.) Heat the mixture at low to medium
  heat and stir it constantly with a large wooden spoon. The granules
  will dissolve. Stir the mixture until it is smooth.  Remove it from
  the heat and add any other ingredients or emolients that you want.
  Stir them in well as the soap cools.  Add perfume (if desired) as
  they very last ingredient. Blend it in so that the fragrance will be
  evenly dispersed. Pour the mixture into molds, and let harden. If the
  soap does not set (that is, if the bars do not get hard) reheat the
  mixture, adding more castille granules as necessary. Before it cools
  completely, you will need to add more perfume because reheating the
  mix will release the volatile floral oils, thus destroying them.

  SOURCE:  MAKING POTPOURRI, COLOGNES AND SOAPS by David Webb. There
  are also candle, shampoo, bubble bath, deodorant, room freshener,
  perfume, cologne, aftershave, toilet water, sachet and potpourri
  recipes.

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