The Urge to Cold Process

For a while, the only kind of soap I sold was made by cooking it thoroughly. Lately and mostly because of my arthritic foot issues, uncooked but prettier soaps have crept into the shop. These soaps are not as herbally intense as many of my cooked soaps due to the lack of leeway in timing of adding ingredients, and not all essential oils work in unheated soap formulations. My daughter is discovering how interesting soap can be and she is now helping with coloring and swirling cold process soap.