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Cold Process Soapmaking & Me
Today I will be writing about my journey with Cold process soapmaking. How I came to know about soapmaking and how it has turned into my new hobby. It is a long story so stay with me :)
So 5 years ago back when I was expecting my firstborn, I wanted to make Baby whipped buttercream for her. As I have always been into Homemade skin care. Anyways I have always made foot balm for my mother, sugar scrub, and whipped cream. I wanted to make baby cream out of love for my daughter and was just suffering on youtube. When I came across BRAMBLE Berry channel which leads me to Royalty Soaps and I was addicted. Like seriously, I was watching them making those beautiful soaps and cutting them every single night. And it was so calming, it was like an ASMR for me (or pregnancy craving). They made soapmaking so easy that I was so desperate to make my own soap. For my daughter myself, and for my family. It was like I had found a new purpose for myself I was literally dying to make my own soap.
But as we all know soap is made using oils and caustic soda (lye). And while living in Pakistan I didn’t know where to find lye? or what was it called in the local market? Or can it be found here or not and so many more questions. Then I searched on google for Handmade soaps in Pakistan. Which lead me to 3 soap stores here MARJAAN BOTANICALS, Aura crafts, and Yellowberry. This made me wonder if…
