Essential oils for soap

Essential oils for handmade soaps

Essential oils are a source of properties for our skin, which help fight problems such as acne, psoriasis, wrinkles, stretch marks or cellulite. One of the best ways to take advantage of its benefits is through homemade soaps. Therefore, in Gran Velada we put to your mayor a wide variety of essential oils for soaps. You can use them individually or in combination to enhance their effects. Depending on the objectives you want to achieve, you must choose one or the other.

In the file of each product you will find its cosmetic properties, applications, safety information and technical data that will help you to know in depth each essential oil. These essential oils to make soap provide aroma, but above all countless properties.

These are oils that manage to concentrate all the healing power of plants. They are obtained by distillation, a process that helps to safeguard intact all the properties of the plant. They are concentrated oils, so a small amount is enough to fill our soaps with benefits. It is recommended to add around 1% essential oil in the formula of homemade soap. At what point in the process? Once the trace is practically ready and when the temperature has dropped. Keep in mind that these essential oils are very delicate, so it is not advisable to incorporate them if the mixture exceeds 40º, since their properties will volatize.

It is also important to note that some essential oils can cause the trace of the soap to set too quickly or, on the contrary, its trace to be more liquid. Therefore, in Gran Velada, we always recommend testing the behavior generated by each essential oil before using it in large elaborations. Adding 15 drops of essential oil in 50 gr. of trace you will observe its behavior.