Recent content by welsh black

For a kilo batch of oils I used 15 drops of red CP colour and 5 drops of blue. Make the mistake in the blue one in colouring the oil, so I put too much in. Much better when I coloured the batter in the pink one.

Also another soap with 30% lye solution, one crop, the small heart left out

After all the information I received, thank you all, I made this soap at 30% lye solution and crop, for a gell. Don't know if I needed to do this at that percentage of lye, but I did anyway. Nice translucent soap.

Irish lass, what water discount would you use here?

Thanks all,for your replies, especially the links which were very informative. I'll,use this chart by Roberto in the future. Shows how much I need to learn and how much I don't know.

just made a batch of soap with only 30%water in a almost all hard oils. Yes, now I know how fast it can set up!! I haven't made soap for about 6 months, and I rushed the thought process, only thinking to lessen the chance of soda ash. Well, that side of it worked, but it made me think of...

Haven't got atlas cedarwood, but I'm intrigued now!! I've got the lemongrass(who hasn't), so I'll test that too.

Well - I'd better get my q tips out and do some testing, will try some lavender as suggested, maybe Cederwood orange and clove(get ready for christmas)

I love the smell of cedarwood(Virginian), I'm making some wax tarts and have added some grapefruit EO. Not right though, need something else, or ditch the grapefruit and add another citrus. Any suggestions ? Or should I be looking for a different group of aroma?

Don't know if they sell this product in the USA, but I love this smell of body products. I'd love to make some body butter using essential oils to replicate this smell. Anyone have any idea? Or is there any UK suppliers who sell a perfume dupe?

These all sound great. I think I'll split the batch and try two types. I'm going to put some tumeric in one half. I'll let you know what the smell is like. However, I've bought this neem from a UK supplier called soaping kitchen and I have to say that it smells grassy and earthy and not so...

I love neem oil soap but the smell is - well, being nice its earthy!! Any suggestions for an EO which will blend nicely with this oil. I know I'm never going to mask it. I have vetiverte, patch, lemongrass, roesmary, ceder,peppermint, geranium, lavender. Perhaps looking at an indian theme here ?

Mmmm. I want to try this one now.

I've just made my first lard soap too. I can also get dripping<tallow>. In everyone's experience, which makes the best soap?