Melta Organic Soap Base 500 g

Melta Organic Soap Base: Your Foundation for Natural, Nourishing Soaps

Unleash your creativity and craft luxurious, gentle soaps with Melta Organic Soap Base, a premium SLS-Free organic solid opaque base from Belarus. This high-quality base provides a perfect starting point for artisans and manufacturers seeking to create nourishing, skin-friendly products. With a balanced pH of 8.5 - 9.5 and a thoughtful blend of natural ingredients, Melta Organic Soap Base empowers you to produce beautiful, effective soaps with ease.

Description and Key Features

Melta Organic Soap Base is a solid, opaque block that simplifies the soap-making process, eliminating the need for complex saponification. Its SLS-Free organic quality ensures that your finished soaps will be gentle on the skin, making it suitable for even the most sensitive complexions. The base's carefully selected INCI composition includes:

• Glycerol (Glycerin): A powerful humectant that draws moisture from the air to the skin, leaving it feeling hydrated and soft.
• Propylene Glycol: Acts as a humectant and solvent, helping to dissolve and carry other ingredients into the skin.
• Water: The essential solvent that forms the base of the soap.
• Lauric Acid & Stearic Acid: Fatty acids derived from natural sources, contributing to the hardness, lather, and conditioning properties of the soap.
• Sodium Laurate & Sodium Stearate: Sodium salts of lauric and stearic acids, which are key soap components responsible for cleansing and lather.
• Sorbitol: A sugar alcohol that acts as a humectant, further enhancing the moisturizing properties of the soap.
• DEA Coconut Oil (Cocamide DEA): A foaming agent and emulsifier derived from coconut oil, contributing to a rich, stable lather.
• Sodium Hydroxide (Lye): Essential for the saponification process during the base's creation, but completely reacted in the final soap base, meaning no free lye remains.

The opaque nature of the base allows for vibrant colorants and additives to truly stand out, providing a beautiful canvas for your soap designs.

Versatile Applications and Usage Areas in Soap Making

Melta Organic Soap Base is incredibly versatile, making it the ideal foundation for a wide range of melt-and-pour soap creations. Its gentle formulation and easy workability open up numerous possibilities for both personal use and commercial ventures:

• Hand Soaps:
  • Craft everyday luxury hand soaps for bathrooms and kitchens. You can easily customize them with essential oils, fragrances, exfoliants like oatmeal or coffee grounds, and vibrant colors to match any decor or preference.
  • Ideal for creating moisturizing hand soaps that won't strip the skin, perfect for frequent hand washing.
• Body Soaps and Bars:
  • Produce nourishing body bars that cleanse without drying. Add moisturizing butters like shea or cocoa butter, skin-loving oils, and gentle exfoliants to create a spa-like bathing experience.
  • Excellent for sensitive skin body bars due to its SLS-Free organic composition.
• Facial Cleansing Bars:
  • Formulate gentle facial cleansing bars tailored to different skin types. Incorporate activated charcoal for oily skin, calming extracts like chamomile for sensitive skin, or hydrating ingredients for dry skin.
  • The organic nature of the base makes it a safe choice for facial applications.
• Shampoo Bars and Conditioner Bars:
  • Create solid shampoo and conditioner bars that are eco-friendly and convenient for travel. While some adjustments may be needed for hair-specific additives, this base provides a solid starting point for mild cleansing and conditioning.
• Exfoliating Soaps:
  • Easily embed natural exfoliants such as poppy seeds, loofah pieces, ground nuts, or salt/sugar for invigorating scrub bars that gently remove dead skin cells, leaving skin smooth and refreshed.
• Specialty and Novelty Soaps:
  • Its solid opaque form allows for creative layering, embedding small toys or botanicals, and molding into unique shapes for novelty soaps, guest soaps, or holiday-themed gifts.
  • Perfect for creating personalized soap favors for events like weddings or baby showers.
• Guest Soaps for Hotels/B&Bs:
  • Produce luxurious, individually sized guest soaps that offer a premium experience, reflecting a commitment to natural and organic offerings.

The ease of use and high quality of Melta Organic Soap Base make it an excellent choice for beginners and experienced soap makers alike, enabling the creation of beautiful, functional, and skin-loving products with worldwide shipping available.

Cosmetic Recipe: "Oatmeal & Honey Comfort Bar" Moisturizing Soap

Create a soothing and hydrating soap bar perfect for sensitive or dry skin, using Melta Organic Soap Base.

Instructions for Preparation:

1. Preparation: Ensure all your equipment (heat-safe container, stirring utensil, soap mold) is clean and dry.
2. Melt the Base: Cut the Melta Organic Soap Base into small, uniform cubes (approx. 1-inch) to facilitate even melting. Place the cubes in a heat-safe container.
3. Heating: Melt the soap base slowly using a double boiler or a microwave. If using a microwave, heat in 30-second intervals, stirring after each interval, until fully melted and smooth (avoid boiling).
4. Add Additives: Once the soap base is completely melted and still warm (liquid), add the colloidal oatmeal, liquid honey, and sweet almond oil. Stir gently but thoroughly to ensure all ingredients are well incorporated and no lumps remain from the oatmeal.
5. Add Essential Oil (Optional): If using, add the lavender essential oil and stir briefly to mix.
6. Pour into Mold: Carefully pour the melted soap mixture into your desired soap mold.
7. Cooling: Allow the soap to cool and solidify completely at room temperature. This can take several hours depending on the size of your mold and ambient temperature. Do not rush the cooling process by placing it in a freezer, as this can lead to condensation and a dull finish.
8. Unmold: Once fully hardened, carefully unmold the soap.

Recommendations for Use:

• Melting Temperature: Melt the Melta Organic Soap Base just until it's liquid. Overheating can cause excess moisture evaporation and reduce the soap's clarity or lather.
• Additives Integration: Ensure all additives are thoroughly mixed into the melted soap base. For powders like colloidal oatmeal, premixing with a tiny bit of liquid oil (from your recipe or a separate one) can help prevent clumping.
• Fragrance/Essential Oil Addition: Add fragrances or essential oils at the very end, just before pouring, and stir quickly. This helps to retain their potency and prevents them from evaporating with the heat.
• Curing (Optional but Recommended): While melt-and-pour soaps don't require traditional curing, allowing them to sit for a few days after unmolding can slightly harden the bar and extend its longevity.
• Packaging: Once unmolded, wrap the finished soap bars tightly in plastic wrap or shrink wrap to prevent moisture loss and preserve their scent and appearance.
• pH Stability: The pH of this base is already balanced (8.5 - 9.5), which is typical for true soap. No further pH adjustment is needed for the base itself.
• Customization: Feel free to experiment with other beneficial additives like different clays, botanical extracts, or other moisturizing oils to create unique soap variations.