Crystal Clear Max 5 - transparent soap base, 1 kg

Getting Started with Small-Batch Transparent Soap Making at Home

Anyone exploring the world of layered transparent soap, embed-style bars, or gift soap with decorative inclusions usually turns to a ready-made melt and pour base rather than building a formula from raw ingredients. Crystal Clear Max 5 belongs to the Melt and Pour Soap Bases category, which brings together various ready-to-melt formulations - clear, white, and oil-enriched. The 1 kg pack size is convenient for a home workshop, a first test batch, or checking a new formula before ordering a larger volume.

The main purpose of this product is melting over a water bath or in a microwave, followed by adding colorants, fragrances, cosmetic oils, and other active ingredients. The optimal melting temperature is around 60-70 degrees Celsius; the mass should not be overheated or brought to a boil, otherwise part of the fragrance compounds will evaporate and bubbles may form during setting. Once melted, pigments or water-soluble colorants are typically added at about 0.3-1 gram per 100 grams of base, fragrance oils or essential oils within 2-3 grams per 100 grams, and vegetable oils or extracts no more than 5 grams per 100 grams, so that clarity is preserved and the finished bar remains firm enough.

Transparent bases are widely used not only for homemade gift and souvenir soap but also in small studios producing limited collections with dried flowers, glitter, mica, or oil-filled capsules suspended inside a clear block. This visual effect is difficult to achieve with cold process soap made from scratch, which is why melt and pour bases remain a favored tool among decorative soap crafters and small gift product manufacturers, alongside their growing role in educational workshops and cosmetic sample production.

This base pairs well with other soap bases when building layered designs. For a contrast between clarity and softer opacity, it is often combined with the Crystal Jel Soap Base, which offers a more pliable, slightly stretchy texture ideal for smooth transitions between layers. When a formula calls for extra skin nourishment along with a subtle nutty fragrance note, the Crystal Argan Oil soap base is worth considering. And once a test batch proves successful and it is time to scale up production, switching to the Melta clear soap base in a 12 kg pack makes sense, offering supply stability and a lower cost per kilogram.

Store the base in a dry place at room temperature, away from direct sunlight and heat sources, in tightly sealed packaging to prevent it from absorbing outside odors or losing clarity. Under proper storage conditions, the base keeps its technological properties for an extended period, which is convenient for crafters who work with the material irregularly, in small batches.

Beyond decorative and gift applications, transparent melt and pour bases are also used in training workshops, sample preparation for cosmetic trade shows, and as a base material for testing new fragrances and colorants before scaling them into larger production runs.

Citrus and Turmeric Glycerin Bar

Crystal Clear Max 5 - 300 g

Turmeric powder - 1 g

Sweet orange essential oil - 6 g

Grapeseed oil - 10 g

Orange food-grade colorant - 0.4 g

Dried orange peel granules - 8 g

INCI	Aqua, EDTA, Sodium Dodecyl Ether Sulfate/Myristate/Palamitate, Glycerin, Sucrose, BHT, Vitamin E, Propanediol 1.3, Sodium Stearate
Other
Application	making handmade soap, picture soap, hand-made soap, opaque soap, body soap, soap for children
Att brand	Israel
Color product	transparent, slightly yellowish
Descriptio smell	neutral
Features	All information presented on the site is for reference only
Melting temperature	60-70 ° C
Minimum count	1
Name	Crystal Clear Max 5 - transparent soap base, 1 kg
Packaging	container for transportation
Packing	1 kg
Type	Melt and pour
View	hard bar
Valid until	10.2028