Recent content by beverlyl

I would love to here the answers to your question. I am gonna try to make black soap soon.

Can I use unrefined shea butter in lotion bars? I just got my order of shea(it has a funny smell) and would love to try lotion bars, but I don't want them to stink I would be doing cocoa butter, unrefined bees wax, unrefined shea butter and coconut oil in equal parts. I dont want to waste the...

It is about 3 weeks old and was still just like jelly, without the lumps. I stuck it in the crock pot and let it heat up stired it until it was all melted and then stick blended it until it whipped up a little. Then I stuck it in the mold and this morning I took it out and was able to cut it...

I am boiling the beets now to make a pink soap and I was wondering when do I add the beet water? I have found conflicting data on this online some say to add lye to the water and make as normal and some say to add water at trace???? how would I do that :roll: thanks

recipe was 16 oz co 4 oz oo 48 oz veg o 29 oz water 9 oz lye what i did was 16 oz co 4 oz oo 48 oz crisco 29 oz water 9 oz lye It never set up just stayed a clear jelly like substance. Is there a way to fix?? thanks

what happens if my soap was not traced hard enough before I poured it in the mold? Can I fix it?

Recipe 40 oz olive oil 5 oz lye 14 oz water mixed at 100 degrees mixed in 1/2 tbls apple jack and peel foat trace, then poured into mold, wrapped and let set for at least 36 hours and still gel like. thanks

I have had two batches fail lately, and don't know what I did. The latest one was olive oil only and I know that the recipe is good I used it last week and I turned out beatifully. This time it didn't harden at all, it stayed gel like. Is there any thing that can be done to fix it or should I...