Recent content by mishka

Hi mandy318, I just finished a great soap making book: The soapmaker's companion by Susan Miller Cavitch. It has everything, from basic recipes to the chemical reactions that happen in soap. I hope you read it and enjoy it as much as I did.

I live in UAE, Dubai. The Lye Guy does not sent lye overseas (on planes) from what i read. Thank you for the reply.

Has anyone used U-Do drain cleaner NaOH? In ingredients it only states sodium hydroxide but not sure how much can i trust the label. So far i have been using NaOH from a soap making shop but is very expensive, 27$ for 1Kg. When I ordered from abroad, it ended up having the same price. To...

Thank you very much for your help!

Now that you mention there is no Chery EO, it makes sesnse :oops:, that is what it said on the bottle, silly me to belive it.I got the oils on Ebay, Biggame is the company. The recipe: Water 266 g Lye, 102 g Coconut oil, 76 deg, 200 g Palmolein, 200 g Mango butter, 100 g Crisco, 150 g...

Hi, I am made about 10 batches of soap so far and in the last 2 I discovered what separating means :sad:. On both occasions I added EO (different kinds, Cherry and Ylang Ylang, same brand) at light trace, then the soap started to separate. The 1st separation was a recipe with wine, the...

Hi, I am Mishka and i live in Dubai. I´ve been making CP soap for 6 months, about 16 batches. Some very nice ones and some big failures. The failures came as i tried making my own recipes using different additives. Is there anyone else here in Dubai that can advise where to buy Lye? At the...