Soap Makers' Friend Collection

Watch our soap making demo.

We are delighted to offer this packaged make-at-home soap kit so you are able to enjoy making your own natural, palm oil free soaps from the comfort of your home. There is sweet orange fragrance included but if you'd like to make fragrance free, you can leave this out.

The kit contains everything you need, pre-weighed in your very own soap-making pack and includes a disposable mould. You can make your soaps while watching our demonstration video (via the link above) or watch the video first then make the soap later at your own pace. 

You'll also receive email support via service@cosycottagesoap.co.uk if you have any questions about the make-at-home pack and the process of soap making.

The package includes:

- A soap-making demonstration video via the link above

     - Safety briefing

     - Demonstration of the end to end soap making process (throughout which you can take notes)

     - Email support for any questions via service@cosycottagesoap.co.uk 

The pack is sent to you via Royal Mail and contains all the materials you need to make your batch of soap at home. Most participants make their soaps after watching the video,  having taken notes and possibly emailed their questions, but some brave souls do 'make along with Clara'... It's up to you

Happy soap-making :)

Our robust and resillient 900g soap moulds are ideal for the small batch soapmaker and are the correct size to use with our FREE downloadable Maker's Friend soapmaking recipes and ingredients available via this website.

Each wooden mould is sufficintly solid to hold the shape of your setting soap and the silicone liner enables a smooth, professional finish, and an easy turnout when your soap is ready to cut. There is no need for the complexity, wastefulness or cost of for additional clingfilm or paper liners with these practical and fit for purpose moulds. 

Just pour your soap at  the point of trace, use the lid to retain heat if desired, leave to set to cutting consistency, turnout and slice. Remember to wear gloves, an overall and eye protection during these stages of the process.

Each mould is ideal ideal for up to 12 small or six large soaps and once set, your soap can be cut to the size of your choice. 

These moulds will last you well through your soapmaking adventures and seldom need to be replaced.

Just rinse in hot water after each use and dry very thoroughly 

Beeswax makes a useful addition to other triglyceride blends used in soapmaking and helps to enhance the long-lasting properties and hardness of your handmade soaps. 

These pellets, created from centrifuged, melted beeswax, are particularly useful as their small size will melt more readily than large tablets or lumps. The product is only very lightly fragranced so will not interfere with the resulting, chosen fragrance of your home made soaps or balms.

MSDS is available on request

Our refined coconut oil is 100% coconut oil (unlike several similarly named products, which are actually derived from a combination of coconut and palm oils or just palm oil). 

The product is solid or buttery at room temperature in the UK, white when solid and transparent when liquid. It is also largely fragrance free making it a very versatile ingredient, suitable for making a variety of fragranced and unfragranced products.

The fractionation (refining) process, is essentially heating up and cooling down process to shorten the lengths of the natural carbon chains, rather than a process which involves adding anything to the coconut oil. 

MSDS Documentation is available to download from our website if required.

Castor oil is a liquid triglyceride, renowned as an antiinflamatory agent and said to be good for acne and puffiness. 

Our refined castor oil is pressed from the ripe fruit of the Rinicus communis trees grown in India.

The produst is a lightly coloured liquid at room temperature in the UK. It is also largely fragrance free making it a very versatile ingredient, suitable for making a variety of fragranced and unfragranced products.

MSDS Documentation is available to download from our website if required.

Our cold pressed extra virgin olive oil is created from olives grown in glorious olive groves in the sunny Mediterranean. This fragrant oil is particularly beneficial for skincare and is rich in antioxidants, vitamin E, polyphenols, & phytosterols. All of these components help with skin and hair health.

Another component of olive oil is hydroxytyrosol, which helps with preventing free radical damage to the skin.

This premium grade oil retains its natural aroma yet does not overpower added fragrances when used in soap-making. 

MSDS documentation is available on request.

Our essential oils are sourced from our trusted partners and created from the distillation of flowers, plants and fruit without the addition of any fragrance enhancing artificial additives. 

The intense, natural fragrances are ideal for use with our free downloadable soapmaking recipes and recommended concentrations of each essential oil are listed in the respective recipes.

Sweet Orange Essential Oil is created from the zest of the Citrus Sinensis variety of orange and is known for its uplifting and calming properties. 

The INCI name for this oil is Citrus Sinensis and documentation may be downloaded from our site.   

In addition to our two free downloadable recipes, we have carefully selected some high quality titles suitable for home soapmakers. Each provides a great collection of projects which you can try at home together with relaible instructions and safety tips. The recipes in both books have been checked by us to ensure that they will work and that they are safe.

Pure Soap-Making by Anne-Marie Faiola

This is a great book of luxury soap-making recipes from one of the most popular soapmaking tutors in the US (where they traditionally make many more soaps than we in the UK). This collection of 32 recipes ranges from simple castile bars to intricate swirls, embeds, and marbled and layered looks.

18 Luxury Soaps to Make and Give by Katrin Landmann

This is a beginner-friendly guide has everything you need to make 18 lovely soaps with recipes which use only natural ingredients that are kind to the skin and our environment.  This book has comprehensive information on where to start, what you need, the book and  includes some great tips on utensils, safety issues to consider.

Our essential oils are sourced from our trusted partners and created from the distillation of flowers, plants and fruit without the addition of any fragrance enhancing artificial additives. 

The intense, natural fragrances are ideal for use with our free downloadable soapmaking recipes and recommended concentrations of each essential oil are listed in the respective recipes.

Patchouli essential oil is created from distilled leaves and stems of the herb. The intense, evocative and woody fragrance is popular with both men and women and patchouli oil has frequently been cited as beneficial for acne and other skin conditions.

The INCI name for this oil is  Pogostemon Cablin and documentation may be downloaded from our site.   

Our essential oils are sourced from our trusted partners and created from the distillation of flowers, plants and fruit without the addition of any fragrance enhancing artificial additives. 

The intense, natural fragrances are ideal for use with our free downloadable soapmaking recipes and recommended concentrations of each essential oil are listed in the respective recipes.

Lavender essential oil is created from distilled flowers of lavender and is well known for its relaxing, calming and healing benefits. 

The INCI name for this oil is Lavendula Angustifolia and documentation may be downloaded from our site.   

Our essential oils are sourced from our trusted partners and created from the distillation of flowers, plants and fruit without the addition of any fragrance enhancing artificial additives. 

The intense, natural fragrances are ideal for use with our free downloadable soapmaking recipes and recommended concentrations of each essential oil are listed in the respective recipes.

Geranium essential oil is created from distilled flowers of geranium, an essential oil which is known for its skin renewal and tichtening properties, in a ddition to its popular and uplifting rose-like scent

The INCI name for this oil is Pelargonium Graveolens and documentation may be downloaded from our site.