If you’re learning how to make soap, it’s really easy to follow a recipe without understanding what’s actually happening during the process. In this video, I walk through a simple Castile soap recipe while explaining saponification, emulsion, trace, and what’s happening inside the soap batter as it transforms into soap.
This was also the very first soap I ever made — long before I understood fatty acid profiles, SAP values, or even that I was supposed to use a stick blender.
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