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Can anyone please explain what this is? Is it a M&P soap, is the Douglas Smythe guy who makes it baffling us with bullpoop? I bought one of these and mine looks the same exact way. I just would like to know if I'm getting taken for a ride?

I've made a shaving soap with both a coconut oil base and only KOH and a tallow base using both KOH and NaOH. Why does the KOH only (coconut) get so much thicker when I HP it compared to the KOH and NaOH (tallow) soap? Is it a combination of the lye that makes it more fluid or is it the...

I have some interest in making a hard bar of soap. I'm looking for a mildly cleansing soap with good conditioning, creamy lather but rock hard. I have been playing around in Soapcalc and came up with a bar that meets those criteria and the hardness level is a whopping 63. I have made a...

Yes, me again with more questions. I seem to have more interest in learning about the history and the how's and why's of soap then the actual making of soap. I have made 4 batches of soap to date. A failed goat milk and honey cp soap (overheated), a castile soap (very nice and on month 4 of a...

What is the quality of the bubbles or lather does honey make? Is it creamy bubbles or large, airy bubbles like coconut oil? Or, to put it another way, is your soap made with honey more creamy then without it? How much honey do you use ppo? Thanks in advance! Oh and Happy 4th of...

I made a small batch of HP shaving soap this morning and I used the recipe from the epic "First shaving soap is a success" thread. Since it's to soft to be cut into bars I glopped it into a few tupperware containers. Should I put the lids on right away or let them cure uncovered? If I'm...

I'm going to try my hand at a shampoo bar this weekend. I'm going to have the house to myself as my wife is going to be out of town and I plan on pulling out all of the stops and going all in on this shampoo bar. I have gathered all the necessary supplies (I hope!) and purchased a crockpot on...

I received my EO's and have come up with a blend I'd like to try in CP soap. As usual I have some questions. Let's say I want to make a blend of 5 parts Lavender, 4 parts Rosemary & 3 parts Cedar. I measure in teaspoons all parts and combine in a glass bottle. Now I want to make 1 pound of...

While reading MzMolly's wildly entertaining lye master batch fireball post, I noticed a couple of references mentioning straining the lye solution. I have never done this, should I be? My batches are small (20 oz oil) and I make sure all the lye is dissolved before I add it to the oils. Is that...

I've only made three small batches of soap to date and they all have been unscented. I would like to make a batch that is scented but I only have 1 small silicon loaf style mold. Would using EO's or FO's "contaminate" my silicon mold or does the scent wash out?

I've decided I want to try my first ever salt bar soap. I'm planning on using 100% Coconut Oil with a 30% superfat. I think I have settled on a 80% salt to oil ratio. I only have a silicon loaf mold so I'm worried about waiting to long to cut as I don't want the "crumbles". My concerns are...