Looking for stores that sell soap making supplies?

Question

I am looking for local stores that sell soap making supplies. I live in Bergen County, NJ and would like to be able to find some stores. What would be the best way to research this?

Answer 1

i would say ebay. lush is a really good soap shop but im not sure if they sell stuff to make it with

Answer 2

The best way to research your project would be to first decide what soap making supplies you'll be needing, and make a list.  Then start checking out stores either by visiting them or calling to get your prices and availability.  In some instances, you might actually be better off, financially to order some of your supplies over the net.

I would also recommend going online or to the local library and reading several different sources for soap making.  There are so many different ways to make soap and lots of different kinds of soaps to make.  You can do melt and pour, which is the easiest thing in the world to do.  You can do cold process soap, which needs your full attention because you're dealing with lye and have to pay attention to temps. of oils, and lye/water mixture.  You can even do milled soaps which is actually taking already made soap, grating it, adding a little water, then heating it back to it's liquid form and remolding it.  This process is easy, but a little time consuming.

Here are some links to soap making and supplies that I used when I first started making soaps.  These are both cold process recipes and melt & pour recipes.

http://www.teachsoap.com/

http://www.soapnaturally.org/soap_recipe...

http://www.snowdriftfarm.com/

http://www.esoapsupplies.com/soap_making...

http://members.aol.com/oelaineo/soapmaki...

Hope this helps!  Good Luck!!

Answer 3

You need to do your research and decide if you want to make melt and pour (easiest/safest for beginners) or cold or hot process (requires lye and more precautions)

If your making melt and pour soaps, hobby lobby and Micheal's would be the best place to start ( i recommend hobby lobby --- Michael's is way over priced), i think they both carry colorants and essential oils,  and fragrance oils - make sure they are skin safe. Jello and candy molds can be used.

If you looking to make cold process or hot process you can find most of your oils in your local grocery store and lye can be found is some hard ware stores (Roebic - must be 100% ccrystal) - for more information and recipes check out Kathy Millers's website - http://www.millersoap.com

Answer 4

hobby stores like hobby lobby or michaels will have the best stuff usually, wal-mart if you can stomach it sells a tiny selection.  For moulds try ebay.