If you would like to advance your soap making a little further, why not try making your very own natural liquid soap? A natural liquid hand soap will surely be useful in your kitchen and bathroom. You can also make your very own liquid body wash using the same method.

Making natural liquid soaps do not come as simple as making regular solid, bar natural soap products. Liquid soap making involves a process that is a little more tedious. We will present a step-by-step method of making natural liquid soap. This guide is easy to follow so you will realize that it really is not as difficult, after all.

You can make natural liquid soap in ten easy to follow steps:

1. Make your basic liquid soap base. When making your soap base, simply add your lye (potassium hydroxide, not sodium hydroxide) into your water. The resulting solution will be extremely hot so take extra precaution.

2. Heat the oils and mix the water and lye solution into it when the temperatures are comparable. The oil mixture should be at about 160 degrees before adding.

3. Bring the mixture to trace. This may take as much as thirty minutes to an hour for a mixture to trace. All you need to do is mix for 3 to 5 minutes then allow to sit for 5 minutes before mixing again.

4. Cook the resulting paste. This step also takes some amount of patience. Give the soap a few stirs then wait it out for about 20-30 minutes before stirring again. You will need to wait it out until the mixture is translucent enough.

5. Test whether the formulation is already “done.” After about 4 hours, test for done-ness. Take some boiling water then add it into the soap paste. Stir it well. If the soap completely dissolves and is clear (not cloudy), then it is already done.

6. Dilute your paste. Add distilled water into your soap base then bring to a boil. Stir very well until a consistent solution is achieved. This may take about an hour or so.

7. Neutralize. Test for the pH of your liquid soap. Add in neutralizing solution such as boric acid until an ideal pH is achieved.

8. Add color or fragrance. At this time it is now safe to add in fragrance or essential oils and colorant. Depending on your desired scent and your desired effect, you can combine these oils. Stir well.

9. Let it rest then pour into containers.

10. Enjoy your soap!

Organic liquid hand soaps and body washes vary only based on the additives it contains. You have the choice to make your very own recipe and test whether it is pleasing for you.

For best results, it is safe to limit your formulation to 20 to 25 drops of essential oil for every 250 mL of liquid soap base. It will also be great if you add in oils with anti-bacterial properties into your natural liquid soap formulation.

Making your very own natural liquid soap is not as easy, but with constant practice and patience, you surely will get it right in no time.