WHAT’S YOURX signature soap?

ALTHOUGH YOU INITIALLY may get into a lather over the idea of making your own soap, it really is pretty simple. It’s also wonderfully relaxing and offers a pleasurable, mindful way to enjoy stimulating scents and other beneficial ingredients from nature. It will also appeal to the growing number of us keen to make more eco-conscious choices in our consumption habits, offering the chance to reduce the harmful chemicals and unnecessary packaging that are usually found in shop-bought soaps.

So, be careful when choosing your melt-and-pour soap base – some have a simple ingredient list of saponified oils and glycerin; others include detergents, such as sodium laureth sulfate (SLES) or sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS). Bases with detergents have a better lather and sometimes performance but aren’t kind to our planet and may irritate more delicate skin. Different bases to try include