How to Make Soap – Part 3: Immersion Blending Your Ingredients

So you’d like to make your own soaps? You’ve come to the right place. Today I’m going to show you to make your own handmade soaps.

A quick note: Since every soap recipe is different, I won’t be going into exact measurements for each step. You will learn some Best Practices and tricks along the way.

Now to continue with our Soap Making video series. In the first two videos, we mixed our lye and water together then we brought all our ingredients to 100 degrees in preparation for mixing. Now we’re going to incorporate the ingredients together.

I’ll begin by pouring the lye water into the oils. Once you’ve poured all the lye water into the oils, you’ll want to stir it a bit with a large spoon. After you’ve mixed the ingredients together roughly, you’ll want to switch to your immersion blender. After about 30-60 seconds of mixing with the immersion blender, you’ll be ready for the next step, which is… well, you’ll just have to check back in to find out!