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I know all of you just want to start producing quality soap. Heheheh. We just can't wait, we want it all at once isn't?

Sorry, I'm not going to do that. Go and do my experiment(assigment) first. Post your pictures to prove to me you are doing something.

I'm tired of information sellers. Copy and paste. They get it free from you and sell to the gullible ones, though I know I can't stop them.

If you are not one of them and you really want to learn, what stops you from doing the small experiment? Even if you want to start selling the information, at least, you should have practised what you want to start selling so as to defend your self.

No offence please, I'm just trying to motivate us to do something.
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tbatbaby: Hello strongbest!pls u made mentioned of builders n enhancers in ur previous thread,i believe d formular u gave is for d builder.what other products can we add to d builder to give us d diff other types of soap(medicated,moisturising and fresh skin and d rest)?thanx!

Heyllo Ma'am, yes I talked about builders and enhancers earlier in one of my posts.


I'm trying to take us step by step. The recipes I gave are just the builder, like a skeleton. We shall begin to add flesh to that as we proceed. So, no rush.

Though, that experiment will still yield (give or produce) a bar soap which can be used for anything but it has no good or standard quality.

I don't know if you get that.


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Juliana7: Hello sir, thanks for d info u are freely dishing out. Pls sir is it dat curing helps/enhances d moisturizing effect or there is more to it

Heyllo Ma'am, the pleasure is all mine.

I talked a bit on the essence of curing. Curing is not all that determines the moisturising ability of a soap. As in, there are other factors involved or let me say the ingredients used are responsible for that.

Curing only enhances the moisturising value of the soap when those ingredients are used or added.


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Ooooopz! I can't read your PMs, please kindly contact me on:

goldzmyne@gmail.com.

Sorry for any inconvenience.



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Please, if you have any question feel free to drop it here, except if considered too personal.


Don't also forget to follow us here for our free training:

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Let's Do It Again!

I want to introduce some people to another production business again. I was going to create another thread for it, but felt there is no need for that. So, we are going to use this same thread for registration of our interests.

About the business:

This business is for those who have strong interest in venturing to hair food product (hair cream) of different types.

Basically, we have two main types of hair cream: the regular hair cream and medicated hair cream.

The training:

The lesson will cover how to:

1. How to produce the two types of hair cream (very quality and standard hair cream)

2. How to market

3. Sharing of images (pictures) of my live production

4. How to source for your materials

5. Packaging

Registration fee: 1,500 naira.

This is not meant for everybody, but for just 15 serious people who have strong interest and passion in the business of the above product.

So, if you fail to meet up with being among the 15, just don't expect a second batch like in the after shave training. No, there'll never be.

For details of registration, kindly send me an email to:

goldzmyne@gmail.com


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COMMERCIAL SOAP

Let's talk a little about commercial soaps. I might not be going deep though.

Why do you think a bar of soap will cost 1k (1,000 naira) plus? Have you used a soap like Olay before?

Okay, maybe it's because of what it contains right? Lols. No, not just what it contains but the process.

There are soaps and there are soaps.

Most of us might not have given attention to the effects the soap we use have on our skin.

The purpose of soap is not just clean our body but to also perform other functions such as, moisturising and the rest. Sad enough, most soaps only perform the primary, which is just cleansing the skin, no other added values.

A lot of things to talk about. I think I should just stop here and start taking your questions on bar soap.


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Juliana7: Pls sir, are u saying dat if i want to make commercial production, i would still go through dis process or dat commercial producers go through dis curing stuff also( waiting for days before deir product will be ready for end users)

Heyllo Ma'am, wish you had waited for me to finish typing before anything drops in between.

All the same, let me quickly satisfy your curiosity. No, you may not have to wait. Most commercial soap do not cure, another method is being applied. If you read my last post well, you would see where I said handmade soap. That's, no machine involved or heat applied to hurry up the curing of the soap. It's a cold process.

Maybe I should let you know some secret behind some of your commercial soaps. Alright, I shall do justice to that.

please, just stay tuned.


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Essence Of Soap Curing:

Can a soap that's still in the process of curing cause any problem to your body if used? I know that's the question on your mind. Well, the anwser is No.

Why curing then?
-Curing ensures that you have a very quality soap.
- it helps the soap to be harder and so, it lasts longer.

- it makes the soap to be very mild on the skin when used.

- the soap lathers or foams more

- the real quality and value of a handmade soap comes when the soap is allowed to cure naturally.

Maybe I should share images of my bar soap with us. Before this month runs out, I'm very sure they will be some orders, so I will post pictures of my handmade soap here for you to see how lovely they look.

CURING OF SOAP

Alright, I promised to talk more on the curing of soap yesterday. Let's do that quickly this morning.

Why curing? Let me start by letting us understand something.

This is a hand made soap we are talking about here, that's no machine is involved in this case and we are not looking at adding additional heat to hurry the chemical reaction, instead, we allow it to cure naturally.

Though most soap producers wouldn't tell you this because not everyone knows what curing is even all about in the first place. To them, once a soap is 'saponified', it's ready for use. No, no! That's very wrong.

Like I rightly said yesterday, saponification of soap usually takes place - starting from the first 12 hours - 48 hours of the production. At this point, some soap would even be very hard and look ready for use, depending on the type of oil and the quantity of water used.


Please do not QOUTE me yet, typing still in progress!

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owosweet: Gudday ma! U can get all d materials u need at Ojota chemical market.

Dear most senior student, thanks a lot for your helpful responds.

atuagbo: @Op am just passing by and felt in love with your marvelous work.
For the liquid soap where can I get the materials (market), want to start with the assignment you gave. Am base in Lagos. Thks

Heyllo Ma'am, It's nice to have you here. Hope your question has been answered. Please, feel free to ask any question any time.

Once again, welcome aboard Ma.


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Juliana7: @ strongbest, thanks for d info, pls sir, are u saying dat it will take d above bar soap 3 to 6 weeks for d soap to cure to be ready to use. So, after we are done with d bar soap production i will ve to wait for 3 to 6 before i start use it, its dat what u are saying. And again u ve not responded to my question dat u promised to

Heyllo Ma'am, yes you have to allow your soap to cure. Please, I will be back to explain more on why your soap is better to be allowed to cure completely.

Saponification itself actually takes place within 12-24 hours.

I will take my time to explain to us the need for complete curing of homemade soap later.


As to your question on that stuff ma, I will definitely respond, please just be a little patient with me. Hopefully, I should be very free this weekend and I will take my time to let you have the best ma.


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owosweet: Done for where? U only sent lesson 2 & cost of production for 5ltrs. Stl xpect d remaining lessons. 10q sir!

Oooow, seriously?! I really can't explain how that happened. Probably a mistake somewhere. All the same, I will see to it Ma'am.


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lgboks: Sweet...nice one man..lost myphone with pics of the bar soap I produced....looking forward to the next method na every daY I dey add join my knowledge base

Ooooopz, sorry about the loss of your phone. It's really nice to know some one is practising what he's learning here. Hope you'll give it another shot again.

Yer, more to come our way later. It's just the beginning Sir.


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Quickly, let me explain this. In cosmetology, there are always two main aspect or let me say content of any product, which are:

-The builder

-Supplement


The builder is (are) the main ingredient(s) which you need to make your product stand or come into existence, while the supplement(s) is (are) usually the enhancers.

While the builder ensures the existences of your product, the enhancer on the other hand add values, quality and beauty to your product.

This will further take us to varieties of soap like: laundry soap, toilet soap, medicated and antiseptic soaps.


Uhmmm, let me believe you are getting me o.


Talk to you later, stay glued. Winks.


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MEASUREMENT


I would like us to make use of familiar things as our measuring tools. Tomato tin cup and spoon. These are our measuring tools for this experiment.

Caustic soda...........1 cup
Soda ash.................1 cup
Oil (PKO)..................3 cups

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.Dilute the caustic soda with three cups of water

2.Dilute the soda ash with three cups of water also
You'll only be needing one cup each from the diluted caustic soda and soda ash. You can keep the remaining solution for another experiment or another batch of the experiment if you wish.

Or if you are not going for another batch, to avoid waste of your raw materials, simply use this formula:

-1/3cup of caustic soda diluted with one cup of water

-1/3 soda ash diluted with one cup of water

PROCEDURE

1. Put the oil in a dry pan or pot and apply heat enough to warm up the oil (do not fry please)
You may also just stir vigorously if you don't want to use heat at all in order to get your oil warmed up. But please, if the oil is in a solid state, make sure you apply heat to melt.

2. Add one cup of the diluted caustic soda (lye) and stir properly

3. Add 1 cup of the dissolved soda ash and stir properly also. Continue to stir till trace is reached.

Then pour the 'pap look like' solution into your prepared moulds. Allow to stand for 24 hours, remove from mould and allow to cure for 3-6 weeks.

What you'll have at the end of this experiment is a white colour soap.

ABOUT MOULD

You can use soap dishes (the plastic type) as your mould.
Or simply construct a wooden mould. You can ask for samples if you have no idea of what your wooden mould should look like.

Conclusion: you'll notice we didn't use up to 500 naira for this practical. And you still have enough chemicals left.
So, go ahead and produce your first bar soap. It'll encourage me to do more.


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UNDERSTANDING SOME TERMINOLOGIES USED IN SOAP PRODUCTION

TRACE: it's the stage at which the mixture has thickened enough and blended
together very well, stable and ready to be poured to into the mould. At this
point, all the ingredients have mixed properly together and can't be
separated again, and therefore, safe to pour into the mould.



How To Identify Trace:

It's very important to note when your soap reaches trace. Simply take up
your stirring rod or turning stick, if it leaves a sign at the top of the
mixture, then that is your trace.

As in, the point at which you are able to
make a design or form layers on top of the mixture. You notice when you take
the stick up, the mixture dropping from the stick can stay or form a layer
at the top of the mixture in the bowl. That is your trace.


We have two types of trace, the light and heavy trace. Anyone is good.



CURING: this is the period within which the soap has to stay to be ready for
use. Usually, between 3-6 weeks.

Hope we are getting along. Please let me know if you are confused about anything. You have to take note of the terms, we shall be using them frequently as the lesson progresses.

Stay tuned.



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It even gets more interesting everyday. Come add to your knowledge for free.

BAR SOAP PRODUCTION 1


Quickly, let's look at some basic chemicals (ingredients) you are going to be dealing with.

1. Caustic soda also known as lye
2.Oil (PKO)
3. Soda ash

For the purpose of this experiment, these are the basic ingredients we are going to be using for a start.

COST OF THE MATERIALS

-Caustic Soda .......................1/2 kg (90 naira)

-Soda Ash.............................1/2 kg (90 naira)

-Oil (PKO) ..............................1 litre (200 naira)


Basically, the production of soap is just a reaction between lye (caustic soda) and oil. And the process is called saponification in chemistry.

Now, let's talk a little about oil(s).
Any oil can be used for the production of soap. I mean, anything oil! Be it your cooking oil like, red oil, groundnut oil etc.
The only oil that can't be used are petroleum bia products. E.g kerosine, diesel etc.

The type of oil(s) you use in producing your soap can have a lot to say about the quality of the soap.
That's because, each oil has it's own unique quality.

More than one oil can be used to produce bar soap also.

For this experiment which I term basic, we are only going to be dealing with one type of oil. That's the commonly used oil which is PKO ( palm carnel oil).

As time goes on, in the subsequent lessons I will be introducing us to more oil(s) and ingredients that can be used in production of bar soap.
Meanwhile, I expect you to carry out this simple experiment in this lesson one. It'll really boost your confidence in producing your bar soaps and will also help you to grasp the next lesson easily.

Hence, I advise you carry out this experiment before requesting for the next lesson (lesson 2).


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jendor123: I am ready boss for the soap, but i am still expecting ur gift of perfume shoe polish. I thinking about a different case for packaging it. my mail: clemencyconsult@gmail.com

Alright Sir, but I haven't seen picture of any of your production.

It's either you upload a picture of your production or you get the ebook for the bonus.....I believe that's not too hard a condition.


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easy2conet: Am Very much interested in d Bar Soap

Noted Ma'am, I will be starting the lesson proper on the production of bar soaps later today.

All I want is, an assurance that everyone will start producing his/her own bar soap after the lesson.

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owosweet: Ds are some of my work sir, our oga @ d top.

Now, this is what I'm talking about Ma. People who are ready to do business.

Even if you are not going into the business, you should be able to produce for your personal use and not just be asking and piling up formulas.

I'm so impressed ma'am, this is the kind of thing that makes me want to do more.



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owosweet: My oga, u know u are not tru yet, u av not finished with mi.

Lols. Ma'am, thought we are done o. Well, always at your service!


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BAR SOAP LESSON 1

In this lesson, I will be introducing you to basics. And at the end of this lesson, I trust you will be able to confidently produce your own bar soap at home.

Let me just see the number of interests and the serious ones.

Stay tuned.


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smallvilletolu: RIDE ON

Alright Sir.

Juliana7: I'm READY sir!

Noted Ma.


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britnex: On behalf of 2nd batch I want to say a big tank you to StrongBest of a truth He's gotten Himself a valued name that can be trusted I say once again Tank you for the pain taken to type answer and teach us. To anyone that reads dis thread please trust him he's forward n honest . Tanx

My sincere appreciation Ma.

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Alright, how many of you really want to know how to produce bar soap? I mean, people who are ready to experiment or put to use what they are learning here.

Let's see.


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drestoneokuta: Job38:16 Have you gone to the sea’s sources, walked in the chamber of the deep?
Job38:8 Who enclosed the Sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb
10 when I imposed my limit for it,
put on a bar and doors

11 and said, "You may come this far,
no farther;
here your proud waves stop"?

Bro, you need to see the smile on my face reading this. My favourite scriptures. What an awesome God we serve!

cmonek: nice .. God bless you. @OP

Amen Sir.

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easy2conet: This is the sample of my production, though still Hoping on God to increase my buyers, So I can get my own container and label. @Strongbest: I really appreciate you So much

Nice to see this Ma. God will surely do it.

Please, kindly send me an email to goldzmyne@gmail.com for your bonus.

Also, I think I should discus something with you, in respect to the sales of your product. Do remind me of that in your email to me.
Bravo Ma'am.


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