Sapona Ultimate Guide to Handmade Soap | Page 5

3. Preserve the Soap Color To ensure that your handmade soap maintains its color, you should use vitamin E oil, dry herbs, and sunflower oil. These ingredients are meant to slow down the process by which handmade soaps lose their color. In addition, the ingredients are safe for the skin. Sunflower oil, for instance, has the advantage of adding a fragrance on your handmade soap. Normally, a change of color is a sign that the soap is losing its effectiveness and this should be addressed during the manufacturing. 4. Learn to Smell your Soap It’s important that your handmade soap smells great when using it. If you are not careful, you may be using a soap that has lost its fragrance and effectiveness without knowing. Other than a change in color, an unusual smell from your handmade soap means that it’s time to replace it. This may not be the case if you use long-lasting fragrance oils when making the soap. Before you smell the soap, you should first sniff coffee. The coffee will help to clear your nose so that you can smell the ideal scent of your soap.