Cold Process Hot Process Soap

If you've ever wondered what CPHP soap means, then here's a short explanation.

You make your soap in the usual way, cold process.  Once you put the soap into the mould you then bake it in the oven on a very low temperature, as low as the oven will go.   I leave mine in for anything up to an hour, but half an hour is the usual time.  

This literally bakes the soap, and speeds up saponification, forces gel and makes a much harder bar very quickly.   I find the soap can be cut in 24 hours and is ready to use in a week or so depending on how hard your bar is.

Don't ever attempt this if you decorate your cold process soap with melt and pour shards, or toppings.  The M & P will simply dissolve in the heat.