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Soap making is one of the fun, creative and frugal  DIY activity. There are two types of soap making process. 1. Melt and Pour - easy for beginners. As the name indicates, you just melt a soap base and customize with colors or dried flowers.  2. Cold process soap - This is the  actual process where saponification takes place. It is the chemical reaction in which oils and fats react with lye to form soap.  Sharing here three basic soap melt and pour recipes.  Basic soap making procedure   Ingredients:      8 oz. Goat Milk Melt and pour soap base (2 soaps of 4 oz)      99% Isopropyl alcohol      Few drops of Essential oil  Procedure: 1. Chop the melt and pour soap base into small pieces and melt the base in microwave using 30 second bursts. Stir between each burst to melt evenly. 2. Add essential oils and stir.  3. Spritz the base of the soap mold with alcohol and carefully pour the heated base. Spritz the top with alcohol to prevent any bubbles. 4.Once the soap

#diy #diyhomemadeproducts #diyfacecream #jyospost Saffron Aloe herbal cream Sharing here my favorite and highly rated face cream by family and friends. This cream gives the natural glow and treats acne, sun burns, eczema, melasma. (Based on the feedback) The herb that I used is Calendula, poor man's saffron. Other herbs like lavender, rose, chamomile, mint , dandelion can be substituted as well. Ingredients and why I chose them: 1. Calendula is a natural and safe solution for acne , sun burns, rashes etc. Being anti fungal and anti inflammatory , I religiously use calendula infused oil in most of my skin products. 2. Sunflower oil for infusion, it's light and suitable for all skin types and also extra protective of damaged skin. 3. Mango butter - a very rich moisturizing butter , healing and soothing helps increasing youthful appearance 4. Aloe vera gel - natural medicine to treat burns with abundant anti bacterial and anti inflammatory properties. 5. Tea tree, h