Making Soap for His First Time

     My husband has very sensitive skin, and his colleague recommended him to use handmade soap. She told him that she used to make handmade soap for her son who had been suffering from atopic dermatitis. Her son's skin trouble was gone by using it. She gave her three bars of her handmade soap to my husband to try and see the result. He has been using it for three weeks since then, and it has worked very well. He noticed that they relieve itchiness of his skin and scalp.

     We decided to try making handmade soap, but it was not easy to collect all ingredients. Last weekend, we went to ACE Hardware to purchase sodium hydroxide, lye. We told staffs that we were looking for sodium hydroxide to make handmade soap. Then, they showed us drain cleaner and told us that you cannot touch it directly. It sounds very dangerous, doesn't it? We thought that we should research more about it before purchasing it. Yes, sodium hydroxide is drain cleaner and can be used making soap as well. My husband ordered it on Ebay after reading so many reviews on it. He also bought security goggles, a N95 mask, and so on.

     Today, he tried making his own homemade soap. Now, it is sitting in a cardboard box until tomorrow. He said to me that it was simpler than we expected. It will take another month for it to be  ready to use though.

Making Handmade Soap

      If his own homemade soap comes out well, we will share how to make it with you. :)


     My entries related handmade soap can be seen here.
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