Recent content by Corilee13

Ah got it :) that makes sense since it becomes so difficult to stir later. :)

If glycerin doesn't saponify, why is it added in the oils stage in the recipes I'm finding? And I should've worded it the other way around, subbing other oils for the glycerin in the recipe.

Thank you for sharing your experience with it :). Now just to figure out how to make the oils I want to use work with the tutorial that was shared.

Or is the stearic acid/glycerin just part of the oils and can be subbed for other oils?

It also doesn't call for any stearic acid in the batch, only at the super cream stage.

I want to make a face scrub to help with my breakouts and I was directed to this tutorial. I'm not sure if this has already been answered, but is there a good calculator for this? I have allergies to certain oils (nuts) so I'll have to use a few different oils from what you use in your recipe...

Ok that makes sense. I'll look more into making cream soap then :). Thank you so much for your help

Thank you that is actually very helpful :). I read on another thread that using glycerin in place of water makes liquid soap honey-like thick. Would that still not be thick enough to suspend the exfoliants? Also, I'm not sure if you know the answer to this, but it says in the tutorial that she...

Hello and thank you :). Here's hoping someone knows. I used to use Proactiv's (yuck I know) face scrub and I want to make something with a similar texture.

So I have been making soap for a bit now and decided its time to traverse into the realm of liquid soap. I want to make an acne scrub for myself. I know when to add things like exfoliants and clay to CP and HP soap, but when should I add them in liquid soap? After it is completed? At the trace...