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Cold Process vs. Melt & Pour: What’s the Difference in Handmade Soap?

By Chris Craft on April 19, 2025

Cold Process vs. Melt & Pour: What’s the Difference in Handmade Soap?

If you love natural skincare and unique, handcrafted gifts, you’re in the right place! At Creek Side Soaps and Crafts LLC, I handmake every soap bar, lotion bar, and craft item with care, using high-quality ingredients and a whole lot of love.

So what’s the difference between Cold Process and Melt & Pour soap?

Cold process soap is made from scratch using oils like olive oil, coconut oil, shea butter, and avocado oil. This method takes time and patience—each bar cures for weeks—but the result is a long-lasting, skin-loving soap packed with natural goodness.

Melt & pour soap starts with a pre-made base (mine are made with mango butter, cocoa butter, and shea butter), which I melt down, customize with color, scent, and style, and pour into molds. It’s great for beautiful designs and quick batches, but still gentle on skin.

Scented with essential or fragrance oils, my soaps look as good as they feel. I also offer moisturizing lotion bars (made with olive oil, beeswax, and shea butter) that are perfect for dry hands and feet.

Looking for custom gifts? I’ve got you covered with personalized t-shirts, tumblers, lip balm holders, shadow boxes, and more.

💛 Everything I make is handcrafted in small batches. If you want something special, just ask—I love creating custom orders!

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Ready to shop handmade? Visit me at 👉 www.creek-side-soaps.com and find something you’ll love.

Thanks for supporting small business and shopping local! 🧼✨

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Cold Song (White Mix) is on the LOOKING TRHOUGH LP LYS 053

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This is what happened in our soap making assessment class today 🥰😍.

For the first time in this new group of soap makers here at Skilled Hands, we had our first assessment in preparation for the endorsed certification from NOCN for our qualifying participants. The ladies enjoyed the whole process and this is what they had to say about the whole experience at the end of the session. One thing was sure, this process boosted their confidence in making cold process…

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Why Switch to Handmade Soap?

There are several benefits to using handmade soaps over commercially produced ones. Here are some of the key advantages:

Gentler on Skin: Handmade soaps are typically made with natural ingredients like vegetable oils and butters, which are much gentler on your skin than the harsh detergents found in many commercial soaps. This can be especially beneficial for people with sensitive skin or conditions like eczema or psoriasis.

More Moisturizing: Because they retain glycerin, a natural byproduct of the soap-making process, handmade soaps tend to be more moisturizing than commercial soaps. Glycerin helps attract moisture to the skin, leaving it feeling soft and hydrated.

Free of Harsh Chemicals and Fragrances: Commercial soaps often contain synthetic fragrances, colors, and preservatives that can irritate the skin. Handmade soaps are less likely to contain these ingredients, making them a better choice for people with allergies or sensitivities.

Wider Variety and Customization: The world of handmade soap offers a vast selection of scents, ingredients, and functionalities. You can find soaps specifically formulated for your skin type (dry, oily, sensitive) or with added ingredients like oatmeal for exfoliation or shea butter for extra moisture.

Overall, handmade soaps can be a more natural and beneficial way to cleanse your skin.

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"Suzuki-san" handmade bar soap

Scent: Bourbon and Cherries. Described as a smooth blend that combines the oaky aroma of bourbon with a deep, yet sweet fruity quality brought on by a blend of maraschino and black cherries.

Ingredients: olive oil, coconut oil, palm oil (RSPO), sodium hydroxide, almond oil, castor oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, sodium lactate, fragrance, micas, kaolin clay, and biodegradable glitter.

Size: Aprox. 4-5 oz (113-140g). Because our soaps are handmade and hand cut, they may vary slightly in weight from bar to bar.

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LUXURIOUS HOMEMADE SOAP

A Treat for Your Skin

INTRODUCTION

Indulge yourself with our luxurious homemade soap, crafted with care and the finest natural ingredients. Our soap is designed to provide your skin with the utmost nourishment and a delightful cleansing experience.

INGREDIENTS

Organic Shea Butter: Known for its moisturizing properties, shea butter helps to soften and soothe your skin.

Coconut Oil: Rich in fatty acids, coconut oil hydrates and protects your skin from dryness.

Olive Oil: Packed with antioxidants, olive oil provides a gentle and effective cleanse.

Essential Oils: A blend of essential oils offers a refreshing and calming scent.

BENEFITS

Natural Moisturization: Our soap deeply hydrates your skin, leaving it smooth and supple.

Gentle Cleansing: The natural ingredients ensure a gentle yet effective cleanse without stripping your skin of its natural oils.

Calming Aroma: The soothing scents relax your mind and body.

Handcrafted Quality: Each bar of soap is carefully handcrafted to ensure premium quality and attention to detail.

USAGE

Use our homemade soap daily to experience the transformation in your skin’s health and appearance. Suitable for all skin types, it is the perfect addition to your skincare routine.

CONCLUSION

Treat yourself or a loved one to our luxurious homemade soap. Elevate your bathing experience with the perfect blend of nature’s finest ingredients. Feel the difference with every use and enjoy softer, more radiant skin.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Handmade Soap Using Melt and Pour Soap Base

Because they are free of harsh chemicals and fillers, unlike commercial soaps, handmade soaps are quickly becoming the product of choice for skin care professionals and consumers worldwide. Additionally, handcrafted soaps are painstakingly manufactured in small amounts, helping to preserve the purity and medicinal properties of soap. melt & pour soap bases provide a practical and user-friendly method for creating homemade soaps.

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First attempt at soap making

Been really wanting to get into making cold process soap recently, and I recently managed to get my hands on everything I needed. (I'm still waiting on some stuff in the mail but I couldn't wait to get started.) I wasn't sure if I should post this here, had quite a few mishaps, but I shouldn't be afraid to show my mistakes, it's all part of the process.

I didn't really wanna use palm oil so I substituted cocoa butter for it. (Tho I accidentally used too much, I think.)

So my recipe was kinda just thrown together by me, based on what I could get and what was relatively cheap. I could have and probably should have done a bit more research and planning but you know, hindsight is 20/20.

I'm not posting it here for anyone to follow, I just feel like I should so I (and maybe other people) can learn from it.

Recipe

30% Olive oil - 90g

30% Coconut oil - 90g

30% Cocoa butter - 90g

10% Almond oil - 30g

39-40% Lye solution - 40-41g for 101g water

20 drops of vanilla perfume oil

I had problems getting the lye out of the container (my spoon didn't fit), and I had to try my best to tip it slowly into the cap. My scale is also quite inaccurate, so for my next batch I have ordered a new, more accurate scale. I did get some on my arms, but as soon as I noticed any itching I immediately rinsed it as well as I could.

Please say hello to my wonderful setup:

I weighed everything out as best I could, microwaved the cocoa butter and coconut oil, and added it all to one big beaker.

Glass and Lye Safety Note:

This is borosilicate glass, so it's much more resistant that conventional glass. However, this doesn't mean that it is completely inert when put up against high concentrations of NaOH. I am going to switch to a Polyethylene container to mix everything in the future.

Anyway, I hand mixed everything for about an hour I believe. I probably could have stopped earlier, I was just paranoid about whether or not everything was incorporated. I am going to use a stick blender next time.

I actually made a little more than needed for the mold it turns out. I tried mixing in some pigment while it's in the mold, but that wasn't such a great idea, as it would turn out later.

The next day

I unmolded it two days later, I probably should've given it some more time, I'm not sure. Evidently, I immediately started messing around with one of them like play dough, forgot to take a pic before doing so tho.

I also need to get another container to mix the soap and the pigment, so that it isn't as uneven as it is here.

For some reason the backs were also really... crumbly, idk. Was it cause I forgot to take it out of direct sunlight? I read that you should take soap out of direct sunlight but nothing on the internet ever really said what direct sunlight would do. Or maybe it's cause of the large cocoa butter content?

I was unhappy with the green bar as well so I continued messing around with the two play dough bars, pressing them into the mold and just generally messing around with them. I tried adding pigment as well, to see how well it would incorporate.

This is where I'm leaving them now.(I cover them up to protect them from any sunlight, this is just to take a pic) I'm not sure what the discoloration in the bars is about, especially the one on the right, but oh well.

I'll post a final update in a couple weeks on how the soaps turned out. The soap that got onto my hand was honestly quite good, very bubbly and my hands didn't feel extremely dry afterward.

While researching what might've gone wrong I figured out that my 30% cocoa butter was too much and that it would prob make the soap brittle. I'll hold off final thoughts until its done curing though.

Long post, so thank you if you made it this far, I just really wanted to start documenting my soap making journey.