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They are all really beautiful soaps!!

I don't know the recipes for most of the soaps I have been using as it was stuff that I purchased or was given to me, but the two that I made that I have used are OO, CO & Lard for one and the other is just OO and CO. Both also were superfatted and augmented after cooking with Vitamin E, Shea...

Beautiful soap!

TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO adorable! Great job with it.

Perhaps I'm the oddball, but I have not used shampoo on my hair in about 3 months. I use homemade soaps in the shower and just lather up my hair and wash it too. I have had multiple people tell me that my hair looks really heathy and ask what conditioner I'm using. They all look surprised...

I think they turned out very pretty! Congratulations!

You will probably get more help if you can tell us what your recipe was. I see the list of your ingrediants, but knowing percentages and amounts would be really helpful. It looks pretty in the pictures other than the cracks. That is a lot of mint. i bet it smells amazing!

Thanks everyone for the interest in my blog. If you are really up for the torture of a complete babbling idiot, then this is the miniature blog to visit. :-) I really need to start doing more minis so I can post some updates on there. http://www.dalesdollhousedesigns.blogspot.com/ Dale

I remember having a soap on a rope back in the early 70s. It was a green tiki I believe. I loved it. I think an advantage of that would be you can hang it up and keep the soap from sitting in water on a soapdish so it stays nice and dry. I have to admit I have not seen such a thing in a long...

Thanks everyone for the kind words. Perhaps I'll share more one day when i can find more pictures. I have a blog with a lot more stuff but I haven't blogged in a long time. If it is cool to do so, I'll share it here and people can see more.

Love your Polymer Clay creations. Those chocolate bar earrings look good enough to eat! :-) Thanks for sharing your beautiful creations.

Well, actually, there are still dollhouse miniatures. I just don't have a lot of time to work and craft the miniatures and soap can be quick. :-) All the miniatures I make are scaled to 1 inch = 1 foot or 1/12 scale. I like to work with polymer clays, wood, and fabric. I also used to make...

Thanks Seven. I was really worried about the color. It really changed a lot while it cooled and hardened. That is obviously something I'm going to have to get used to. :-) I added the scent in after the cooking was done and it had started cooling. The temp was about 140 degrees. I...

Thanks everyone for the words of encouragement and thanks Seven for that tip. I'm hoping to try batch number two tomorrow so we will see how this one goes. I was able to cut the first attempt. Still pretty soft, but I really like the lather. I think the sent could be a bit stronger, but I'm...

Well, my first batch of soap ever, HP, is now sitting in the mold chilling and relaxing until I cut it tomorrow. First thing I know I have to do is get me a stick blender. This batch was done completely by hand and let me just tell you, that is NOT fun. My original plan was to make a 1lb...

That really turned out beautiful! Congrats. I really like the homemade soaps that are showcased to really show off the soap. So much work is put into making them beautiful and functional, it seems almost a shame to put them into a bag where you can't smell them. I love a simple waistband. This...

I see some awesome swirling going on from the side. Good luck!! I can't wait to see it unmolded and cut.

explain that please. I don't understand.

Thanks for the info! I'll set the SF at 1% on the calculator and run it without the superfats I'll add. I did know about adding the FO after the gel phase was complete but thanks for the reminder and the reminder about the flashpoint too. :-)

I have looked around and I can't find where this has been discussed before. When using a soap/lye calculator and formulating a HP soap, should you set the Superfats at 0%? Also, for the superfats that you add after it has cooked through the gel phase, do you add those into the original...