Argan Soap Melt and Pour base

Vegetable based, Sulphate Free, Argan Oil melt and pour soap base. Argan oil commonly known as 'Liquid Gold', provides fantastic skin feel from high vitamin E and fatty acid content. THis soap base is used for manufacture of high quality golden Argan oil transparent soap bars.

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Butterfly Soap Insert

​Simply cut or adjust your soap inserts to size, place into your soap moulds the pour your melted M&P soap base in and around the inserts. With just a few simple steps you will create a range of wonderful and creative soap slices.

Saves significant time and cost 

Specifically tested alongside our Melt and Pour Range

• • • Non-Bleed ingredients
    • A wide range of designs
    • Customise your own soap making
    • Add value to simple soap slices
    • Inserts are approx. 28cm long
      

Capric Caprlic Glucoside, CCG

APGs (Alkyl polyglucosides ) are nonionic surfactants made from renewable raw materials:-glucose derived from corn, and fatty alcohols from coconut and / or palm kernel oils. They exhibit very good wetting, dispersing, solubulising and emulsification properties. Capric Caprylic Glucoside shows excellent caustic stability, and detergency hence it is ideal to be combined with the likes of  Liquid Castile soap, and its hydrotrope properties offers the formulator greater flexibility. Capric Caprylic Glucosides represent a technological  advantage for the manufacture of mild detergent products; combined with excellent cleaning performance.

The synergistic effects of alkyl polyglucosides with other commonly used surfactants provides a performance improvement that can be the basis for a reduction of surfactant content while maintaining the same performance level. Our CCG is suitable for inclusion in shampoo and cleanser formulas (even those with a high percentage of surfactants) and formulations based on cationics (such as Conditioners; and other cationic detergents formulations)  are very mild, low in toxicity, and readily biodegradable due to their natural chemistry.

Due to its high alkaline tolerance and solubility properties it is really useful to solubilise Essential Oils and Fragrances Oils (EO & FO) used to scent soaps and liquid soaps  products ( castile base soaps) whilst maintaining their natural profile. Capric Caprylic Glucosides  (CCG) can substitute Polysorbates in many formulations, including room mists and linen sprays, either partially or totally.  We suggest to begin with a ratio of 1:1 fragrance: solubiliser, and if necessary increase up to 1:10, to achieve the required result.

 When ordering multiples (5x), an automatic discount will be applied to the 1 Litre pack

​Cupcake soap insert

Simply cut or adjust your soap inserts to size, place into your soap moulds the pour your melted M&P soap base in and around the inserts. With just a few simple steps you will create a range of wonderful and creative soap slices.

• Saves significant time and cost 
• Specifically tested along side our soap
  
• Non-Bleed ingredients
• A wide range of designs
• Customise your own soap making
• Add value to simple soap slices
• Inserts are approx. 28cm

Emerald Green E102,E142

A bright Emeral Green dye for wash-off applications  such as soap shampoo and bath gels. Stable in CP Soaps, suitable for most applications, produces a pleasant pastel green in bath bombs and true emerals green in M&P soaps.   Not approved for leave on products or food application. 

Please test with sample to ensure appropriate level for the shade you require.  For those of you selling your products please note this can not be supplied with FDA certification.

Goats Milk Melt and Pour Soap

This is a vegetable-based pourable white goatsmilk Melt & Pour soap base.  The base is specially formulated to produce opaque white easily coloured and fragranced soaps.  Create your own soap bars with good lathering foam and moisturising qualities.

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  • Vegetable-based
  • Good transparency
  • Good foaming properties
  • Good moisturising because of a high glycerine content, which gives a pleasant skin feeling
  • pH 7.5-8.5 - before addition of essential oils
  • Neutral odour provides excellent fragrance lift

 To use cut the base into small pieces and melt over low heat stirring gently constantly   Once the base has liquified you are ready to add fragrance and colour then pour into your prepared moulds.  After your soaps have cooled and solidified gently remove from the mould, wrap it  and  it's ready for use. 

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Alternatively have a look at this youtube video from Howcast

Goats Milk Powder

This Goats Milk is the ingredient required when creating Goat Milk Soaps, and for any other products where goat’s milk is required. This spray dried ingredient is perfect for application in Lotions ; Bath Milk Powders and even for special applications such as Skin Masks.

The make up of Goats Milk helps balance the skin’s pH and claims to soothe and moisturise.

Our Goats Milk is a full cream, pasteurised, spray-dried, goats milk powder and therefor does not have any preservative included.  Please carefully consider your preservative requirements when you formulate with this type of product.

Recomendation :  Powdered Goatsmilk is an excellent ingredient for use in products such as Bath Milk powders. Follow the link to our large (10x15cm) heat sealable teabag to avoid any “floaties" and  for the addition of other interesting ingrediens (petals  lavender  or TeaTree spheres  etc)  then when used you can just easily remove the muslin bag and dispose off it thoughtfully after use.

This extraordinary Jelly Soap is another Melt and Pour Base  from Stephensons  that will make your projects stand out from the rest. 

After a long time of continual experimentation finally perfected for the serious soap enthousiast and soap crafer. 

eBotaniq™ Liquid Concentrate

A high active, concentrated blend of surfactants that can be used for the formulation of shampoos, shower gels, bubble baths or liquid hand washes.

The Liquid Concentrate system provides a simple way of producing a variety of Personal Home Care Cleansing products of consistent high quality. It allows you to efficiently and cost effectively manufacture a range of cleansing products.  The addition of Liquid Pearl, and / or Conditioning Additive increases the look and feel of the product allowing a wide range of variants to be produced from a single concentrate.

This Melt & Pour Kit makes around 15 Melt & Pour Soaps - individually fragranced and coloured by you!   Perfect for special gifts from you to family and friends or for those special occasion days such as mothers day.

So easy to use; kids can even make this soap (with adult supervision). Simple melt base in the microwave, add fragrance, colour and additive. Pour into the moulds and let it set. As easy as.   This M&P Soap Kit suits both the beginner or more experienced crafter.

This kit allows you some choices to make it really fun!

Our M&P Soap Base Kit includes 1.5 kg soap base, colour, fragrance,  budget 4 cavity mould  & instructions.

COLOUR, FRAGRANCE and ADDITIVE CHOOSE FROM FROM THE OPTION BOXES

 

Melt and Pour Soap, White

This is a vegetable-based pourable whiteMelt & Pour soap base, Crystal WST.  The base is specially formulated to produce opaque white easily coloured and fragranced soaps.  Create your own soap bars with good lathering foam and moisturising qualities.

See here for in-depthor here for processing

• 
  
  • Vegetable-based
  • Good transparency
  • Good foaming properties
  • Good moisturising because of a high glycerine content, which gives a pleasant skin feeling
  • pH 7.5-8.5 - before addition of essential oils
  • Neutral odour provides excellent fragrance lift

 To use cut the base into small pieces and melt over low heat stirring gently constantly   Once the base has liquified you are ready to add fragrance and colour then pour into your prepared moulds.  After your soaps have cooled and solidified gently remove from the mould, wrap it  and  it's ready for use. 

See here for in-depthor here for processing

Alternatively have a look at this youtube video from Howcast

This is the Stephensons vegetable-based pourable transparent Melt & Pour soap base CRYSTAL ST.  The base is specially formulated to produce high clarity and easily fragranced soaps.  Create your own clear soap bars with good lathering foam and moisturising qualities.

• Vegetable-based
• Good transparency
• Good foaming properties
• Good moisturising because of a high glycerine content, which gives a pleasant skin feeling
• pH 7.5-8.5 - before addition of essential oils
• Neutral odour provides excellent fragrance lift

 To use:  cut the base into small pieces and melt over low heat stirring gently constantly.   Once the base has liquefied you are ready to add fragrance and colour then pour into your prepared moulds.  After your soaps have cooled and solidified gently remove from the mould, wrap it  and  it's ready for use.  See here for in-depthor here for processing

Melt and Pour Soap SLES & SLS Free

Vegetable based melt and pour soap base, free from the surfactants Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Sodium Laureth Sulfate. Used for the manufacture of transparent bars.

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Moon and Star Soap Insert

​Simply cut or adjust your soap inserts to size, place into your soap moulds the pour your melted M&P soap base in and around the inserts. With just a few simple steps you will create a range of wonderful and creative soap slices.

 Organic Liquid Castile

A cream yellow coloured natural liquid soap base, certified by the Soil Association, Ecocert and USDA NOP. Requires the simple addition of essential oils  (certified organic if you need to maintain organic status) for fragrance, and can easily be thickened with salt.

Organic Certification Status

• Soil Association – 98.93%
• NOP/USDA – 82%
• Ecocert – 74.02%

This is a organic base oil derived soap base which allows for the production of a certified product when the processor has the necessary certification.

• • these noodles offer high skin moisturising properties due to high glycerine content
  • Provides a pleasant skin feel
  • Excellent cleansing properties with rich creamy lather

These Organic Soap Noodles are for those wanting to make their own soap, but don't want to handle Lye (Caustic Soda) - or for those who want something a little less trying than the Hot or Cold Process Soap making. 

These Organic Soap Noodles are made from Organic derived Palm and Coconut Oils and can be used for re-batching  and making your own creative soaps.  See our french milling re-batching article

Stephenson ReBatch Soap Base is ideal for those of you who don’t want to handle hazardous chemicals such as caustic soda (lye) or are finding the inconsistency of making Cold Process from scratch detrimental to their process. There are so many ways to process this product, and people often perfect their own technique, but we’ve listed some steps below to get you started:

• Cut/ weigh your desired amount from the ReBatch Soap Base, then crush / grate the soap down just as you would a block of cheese. The concept here is that the soap melts far easier when smaller particles, and you achieve a much smoother consistency.
• In a pot / crock pot, or double boiler, (a microwave can be used, but the base does bubble up quickly, and we would always recommend melting gradually) heat the ReBatch make sure you cover the soap base so you don’t lose your moisture content.  (see our detailed Rebatch tutorial here )
• Once the soap has melted add your colour / additional oils and or fragrance.
• Stir in your fragrance and colour well.
• Once fully mixed, you can pour & spoon the soap into individual moulds or loaf moulds.
•  You should now have a Cold Process type, rustic ReBatch soap in around an hour from start to finish. We recommend leaving your bars to dry out and harden for minimum of two days.

For the process of saponification to occur, all the ingerdients must be in liquid form (this includes all of the oils, fats and the alkali). For this reason, we use water in the soap formulation to dilute the alkali, and the oils or fats (those that are solid at room temperature) should first be molten before the process can begin.

The alkalis used for soap making are Sodium Hydroxide (chemical formula: NaOH), and Potassium Hydroxide (chemical formula: KOH).  Both NaOH and KOH are solids (pearl / flake and sometimes powder) when supplied in their concentrated form. When chemists talk of "alkali", they generally refer to Sodium or Potassium Hydroxide. When we talk of "caustic soda", we usually refer to the same thing - whereas a "caustic solution" or "lye solution" is the strongly alkaline liquid made by dissolving either pure NaOH or KOH in water.  Soap has distinct properties dependant upon the nature of the alkali used in their production,  Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) gives "hard soap" . Whereas, when Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) is used, a "soft soap" is formed.

The process of making soap is called saponification.  It is the chemical reaction between a fat (acid) and the NaOH (base) to produce a salt (soap) as per illustration below

eBotaniq™ Vanilla Colour Stabiliser [VCS] is formulated to prevent lye based soap formulations, containing Vanilla [vanillin] from turning brown.  It will not prevent colour changes due to ingredients other than vanilla/vanillin. 

Whilst Vanilla discolouration can be a surprise to new [and old] soapers, if you do not want the soap turning various shades of brown over a short time, use our Vanilla Colour Stabiliser.  This VCS will help to reduce those fragrance oils containing vanilla (vanillin) from turning Melt and Pour , Cold Process (CP), Hot Process (HP) Soap Base going various shades of brown.

We suggest that you read the notes on each fragrance to check if it actually contains Vanilla and in what quantity (if at all possible). It may not say it specifically contains vanilla, but our expercience has shown that most food fragrances do.