Making Soaps for Christmas

The thought of making natural soap really does excite me. I love to look at them when they are unmoulded and laid out to cure. What a beautıful sight.  They look very beautiful and glorıous to behold.
There is joy at WuChi HQ when our newly made batch of soaps fınally come into there own, this is the usual 4-6 weeks when the soap are fully saponifıed and you can smell the gorgeous aroma of the scent.
Here at WuChi by Maks, all our soaps are handmade using the traditional cold process method where the naturally produced glycerine is retained to moisturise the skin, resulting in a long lasting creamy bar that lathers.I really do enjoy this process and wıll be sharıng the latest pictures of our newly made soaps.

Soap Making fun Day@ WuChi

These are the images from our latest Soap making workshop. This workshop however had kids in attendance.

We decided to add a kiddies fun workshop day to our workshops due to demand from parents wanting creative activities for their children
so we decided to create one.

We all had a lovely fun day making soaps coloring them adding botanicals and making different shapes. Wow!

Who better to make the perfect audience at one of our Soap making workshop but kids. Their feed back is absolute and they say it just as it is. They all had beautiful handmade soaps to take home. We got their creative minds buzzing. Well, For me it was therapeutic to watch them happy, excited and make their own soaps by hand to take home and as presents for members of their family.

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A Sneak Preview of our Soap World

Here is a sneak preview of what we have been up to lately.
I took photos of our latest soaps in the curing rack they look so beautiful I thought I would share the images with you. Although it takes 4-6 weeks to cure properly before they are ready to use.
No worries I will post when this batch is wrapped and ready to go.
ooops!I forgot to mention the soaps in the picture it is;

CoCo Passion exfoliating soap &
Goat milk & Rose soap here's a quick link on our website for more information about them and how to order
I will upload images of the rest of batch when they are ready.


Enjoy!

Soap Making

I learnt to make soap 4 years ago. The soap making course was on the cold process and melt and pour soap methods. Following my newly acquired knowledge i ordered every book possible from Amazon for my journey.

I researched and formulated my perfect soap recipe. Cautiously I started safely the melt & pour way, after learning about the health and safety that applied to the cold process soap making method using lye also known as caustic soda.

Following this, i had a go at my first batch of proper soap.

Finally when i attempted my cold process Soap.. there were trials, error, twicks here and there to make sure i got it right. I wanted that perfect lather and the perfect recipe using the most natural based ingredients i could source. I made sure i did not leave anything out.

My cold process soap moment came.. After i used and realised the benefits and lasting priceless lather from cold process soap.

After all my trials, error, batches and batches of soap until people kept coming back.

From that moment on i knew i could make soap, and a damn good one. One that i am proud of, soaps with more benefits than commercial bought soaps. Soaps that will not stripe the skin off any nutrients...

Cold process soap making to me is like art.. it's like making fine wine.. its like cheese making... it takes time to see the final result, and when you finally arrive at this result.. it is absolutely priceless and worth all the effort.. its fantastic.

It wasn't until after i attended another follow up course 4 years latter that i managed to finally get it right.

The feeling you get when you pour your soap in a mould and have to wait 4-6 weeks for it to cure( mature) is priceless.

Once you've tried/used proper soap you will never go back to commercial soaps. One can not begin to compare the benefits, talk of the creamy lasting lather.

I make cold process soap, i enjoy making soap and i am glad i do. However, i intend to teach and share my knowledge with others by running my regular soap making courses.

I am happy to say i make soaps that are so creamy everyone loves it and keep coming back..

To find out more about our latest soap making course dates do visit our website www.wuchi.co.uk

COLD PROCESS SOAP MAKING WORKSHOPS

For more information and dates for WuChi Cold process Soap Making Workshop contact me on
info@wuchi.co.uk

Best Wishes