Recent content by CassieLouisa

[10/13/2016 Edited to add that I now mix my KOH /glycerin differently than the above. I dissolve the KOH in an equal amount of room temp. distilled water and then add the normal/full complement of (room temp.) glycerin to the lye solution. Doing it this this way makes it so much easier/less...

Has anyone made soleseife soap in liquid form? I've seen it and want to make it but need a good recipe. Thanks, CL

Sorry if I offended anyone - I'll toss the whole batch. I'm new to LS -- it was an honest mistake. But I'm tossing it.

I was so excited to get home and make my babassu soap I made a major mess up. The soapcalc calculator defaults to "percent of water to oils" at 38 percent. In my haste I didn't change this and my KOH would NOT dissolve with my glycerin. It was a white thick and sloppy mess. I was ready to throw...

I've read about that - just put the paste in a jar and let it do its thing! I'm not ready for that just yet! I am at work though and can't wait to get home and start my new batch with babassu oil! What is a good volume of oils to do for a batch? Last time I did 20 ounces and that was almost...

Susie, thank you so much for clearing this up. I've just become comfortable with the original method I hate to change just yet although I'll keep thinking on it for the next batch. BattleGnome, I have enough paste from this batch to try both so I'll see which one I like best. Thank you so...

I checked my diluted soap this morning - looks beautiful but still too thick. I did what you suggested and transferred it from the crock pot. It was barely enough to cover the bottom anyway. I put it in a glass measuring cup and added a few more drops of water and covered it with saran wrap...

I've had store bought reed diffusers that worked really well - I have one in my den now and it diffuses nicely. I've tried making my own with EO but it just doesn't work as well as the store bought ones - maybe I'm not using enough EO or FO? I am not opposed to getting a candle diffuser but I...

I've been experimenting with reed diffusers and essential oils for about a month. I'd like to make my own reed diffuser and fragrance - I like the way they look and it just appeals to me more than the electric ones. But I have had a very hard time finding a good recipe for the reed diffuser...

This is a photo of the "cross section" of my batch.

IrishLass you are too kind! This is my very first batch of liquid glycerin soap. I've been studying it, reading about it, watching tutorials, and going over many step by step instructions. They are all slightly different. Some soapers insist on leaving mixture on heat but that seems even more...

Irishlass, I may have overmixed my batch. I followed your recipe using the soap calculator from meadow bee and I stick blended maybe for too long. Right now the batch is covered and I'm letting it sit but it was a mousse type consistency when I stopped and left it. I did see the tiny bubbles...

Storing Paste 8 ) When it's paste, I spoon out little globs of it from a couple of different areas of the pot and apply the tongue test to check for zap. Some people use pheno drops, but I'm kinda partial to the tongue test. It's accurate, instantaneous, easy, and best of all I don't have to...