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I don't know if this has been covered already, my powers of search are nit working right now, I have a great ( I mean really great) emulsifyed sugar scrub recipe I use for myself and other females, but want to make a "man scrub" but what do men look for in a scrub? Is this something worth...

I have 2 pounds of undiluted soap paste I made for general house cleaning, I superfatted at neg2%, bc it was intended for cleaning. Now I have a friend that wants liquid body soap, and normally that would not be an issue BUT I don't have enough koh to make a batch... so my question is.... can I...

Having trouble with ash on my piped tops.. been using the same recipe in a loaf mold with no problem, but my attempt at "cupcakes" have ashed severely. ? 30% soybean 35% beef tallow 15% coconut *20% lard All batches 32% water and 5% SF. Its only happening on the piped tops

Your running low on everything? ?? I improvise. Had to deviate from my normal "formula" and me thinks me come up with a decent, slow trace recipe. But seriously how did I run out of so many of my staple supplies?? Grrrr. But hey I made soap anyway... 30% soybean.. never soaped with this 35%...

Best friend is in town and as usual I got short notice. (Good thing I love her). Body scrub for her and both girls. Liquid soap, body butter, and lotion(not pictured lotion in fridge) and 2 jars of (baby soap).. Since 9am I've been at it.. All the girly stuff is "Pink" type, Talk about your...

I want pretty colors that stay true. Would love liquid that I don't have to mix that will mess with my recipes, I find it difficult to "adjust" my oils. Recommendations please. Not impressed with micas from wsp. Bored with the few "natural" colorants I have. Annato, rose clay, sea clay...

Taking a new turn.. went from one job I couldn't stand to having two I think im gonna love.. that being said in the coming weeks I don't know how much time I'm gonna have to soap.. :( However I have managed to make 2 batches for a total of 5#. Yay me. Also came up with a super slow trace...

So I have pretty normal hair, sometime a bit dry due to styling or coloring, but pretty normal in general. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones as I usually only "have" to wash it once a week sometimes twice during the summer ( and that depends how hot it's been. I was running low on my commercial...

And conquer the swirls I shall. After many not so great attemps I finally got some I'm proud of. Milk chocolate mint. Cocoa powder for choc and td for white. Actually couldn't sleep cuz I wanted to cut this one. Yay me

Well it would seem more clothes are gonna have to find a new home.. Hmm now where should they go?

Christmas wreath from wsp. Colored with TD and green sea clay.. Freshly poured. FO was a dream, post cut pics another time. Please excuse the horrible lighting. And while I'm working on this dbf is making me another new wooden mold.. guess that means I have to make time for another batch before...

And this is what happens when I go for colors.. Definately not the blue, green, and white I was going for... TD for white Blue oil locking mica from wsp Green sea clay from BB The green is completely gone and I guess the blue morphed into purple.. But hey the TD held true at least...

Ok so I have this crazy friend that wants a marijuana scented soap. Any ideas?

I come home from work to find my man working on my beef tallow..

Who has had experience with wsp? Are they usually slow shippers? I placed my order on 8/20 and here it is 8/25 and the website still says "pending shipment".. Now I won't be off work for a full week again. Discouraged

Dilute or don't dilute? I want to get this in the freezer so I can make a batch in my new woiden molds my guy made me but don't know if I should dilute it or not

I just wanted to give a shout out to everyone on this forum... I am a member of several forums and this onevis by far the most active, informative, and friendly.. you're all awesome.,

I think I saw on here somewhere to add presertive to LS but cannot seem to find anything this morning, Does LS need it with the added water? I made a batch yesterday first one to turn out even if I did flip when I thought it seized and added optiphen just to be safe

I started my day as usual... with a soaping plan. Measured my oils, measured my lye, measured my glycerine. Going for 50/50 glycerine/water Had my oil in the crackpot, added my glycerine to my lye water, poured into oils SB going fine, trace came and went pull SB out go to use my whisk...

Well after spending the morning AND part of the afternoon on the forum, I did take a break to make a batch of soap, I guess I have to go to work now so I can make the cash I need to order more stuff, found so many great inspirations today... but I don't want to go to work, I would rather be soaping