Starting a Cold Process Soap Business (Beginner Recipe Inside)
Starting a cold process soap business can feel a little expensive at first, but it can also become profitable if you learn how to promote and price your products correctly. ✨
This beginner-friendly soap recipe uses fewer than 10 ingredients, making it perfect for your first batches. You can find most ingredients online or at craft and grocery stores — oils, butters, lye, fragrance, and natural additives are easy to source.
For this Honey & Oat soap, I used simple, natural ingredients like raw honey and colloidal oats to create a soothing, creamy bar.
🧼 Basic Tools You’ll Need:
- 2 large stainless steel bowls
- 3 medium bowls
- Immersion blender
- Stainless steel whisk
- Protective gloves + eye goggles
- Silicone soap molds
- Spatula + spoon (soap-only use)
- Digital kitchen scale
- Pot (for double boiler)
- 2 thermometers
🧪 Recipe:
- 180g Lye (Sodium Hydroxide)
- 350g Frozen Milk or Distilled Water
- 614g Avocado Oil
- 250g Coconut Oil
- 250g Cocoa Butter (or shea/mango butter)
- 68g Castor Oil
- 60g Honey & Oat Fragrance Oil
- ¼ cup Raw Honey
- ¼ cup Colloidal Oats (or finely ground oats)
🫧 How to Make It:
1) Freeze your milk or distilled water until solid.
2) Melt all oils and butters together using a double boiler. Let cool to 120–130°F.
3) Slowly add lye to the frozen liquid (never add liquid to lye). Stir until dissolved. Let cool to 115–120°F.
4) Blend a small portion of oil with honey until smooth.
5) When both oil and lye mixtures reach the same temperature range, combine them. Add honey blend and mix until light trace (thin pudding).
6) Add fragrance and oats. Mix quickly.
7) Pour into molds, tap to remove bubbles.
8) Let sit 24–48 hours, unmold, and cure 4–6 weeks.
🌿 Simple, natural, and beginner-friendly. If you’ve been thinking about making soap — this is your sign to start!
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