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Hi everyone! I have a friend who wants an all-purpose soap - good for showering, shaving and shampoo as well. What do you think of this recipe? 30 percent coconut oil for rich, bubbly lather 30 percent palm oil for a stable, creamy, hard bar (can substitute lard or tallow) 10 percent castor...

Hi everyone, does organic extra virgin coconut oil lose its scent when it has been saponifed? It has a very strong odor of coconut. I have a friend who wants unscented soap, so that he can go hunting and not have a scent on him. Thanks in advance, for your help!

http://www.essentialdepot.com/product/SS-MOLD-NATURAL-PLUS-BASKET.html How do you like it for hot process? Does it keep its shape well? Thanks for any help that you can give.

Hi everyone! I have a recipe that I would like to make more slippery, so that it can be used for shaving as well as full-body use. 6% Beeswax 3% Palm kernel oil flakes 7% Shea butter 20% Coconut oil 40% Olive oil 17% Castor oil 7% Sweet almond oil...

I have this lotion by Acure. I really like it. But, whew!! What a HUGE list of ingredients!!! Are all these ingredients necessary? And what's with all the "stem cell cultures?" Is there anything to it, or is it just marketing hype? Would it be possible to simplify the list of ingredients...

I saw this recipe on "Soaping 101" Youtube. 21 oz Olive oil 8 oz Coconut oil 4 oz Cocoa butter 4 oz Shea butter 2 oz Castor oil 4.5 oz Sodium hydroxide 11.15 oz Water 2 oz Hemp milk 2 oz Coconut milk It looked good, so I plugged in the...

I am considering buying some molds. The crafter's choice silicone mold from WSP did not work out well. Not only did it bow, but the batter stays pretty wet, so I went back to using my wooden molds + freezer paper liner. I really do not like having to make liners, so I found these and am...

Is this a good combo of oils to use for soapmaking? Is corn oil a good oil for this purpose?

Are these ingredients a good combo for lotion? I saw it on someone's site. Goat's Milk, Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Polysorbate 60, Antioxidant Complex of Gingko Biloba, Green Tea, Olive Leaf Extracts, Potassium Sorbate, Vitamin E Oil, Grapefruit Seed Extract, and Essential Oil

I wonder what proportions these ingredients would work best? Purported to be an amazing face cream! Ingredients: Organic Aloe Juice, Lactose (Goat Milk), Organic Coconut Oil, Emulsifying Wax, Palm Stearic Acid, Vegetable Glycerin, Grapeseed Oil, Jojoba Oil, Avocado Oil, Witch Hazel, Vitamin...

Wow!!! There are sooooo many butters out there!!! I have been learning how to make soap. And until recently, all I knew of were shea and cocoa!! I am branching out into bath and body products and want to make some body butter for mature skin. AND lotions, and scrubs, etc. AND face...

I found this while shopping for organic bulk cocoa butter. Is this basically a coconut soap with the butters added as superfats?

While living in Asia, I remember that my grandmother, who made soap for us, used ash to make lye. I just researched it, and I saw that wood ash lye is potassium hydroxide (KOH) instead of the sodium hydroxide (NaOH) which is commercial lye that is normally used to make soap. I wonder if...

I would like to make a shaving soap for my DH. Would appreciate some help with this. I have GM to use in the place of water. Also, is there a good source for the least inexpensive mugs? I have other male friends on my list. Thanks for your help in advance!

ingredients list: saponified oils of carthamus tinctorius (safflower)**, and/or (helianthus annuus) sunflower**, (elaeis guineensis) palm**, and (cocos nucifera) coconut** (with retained glycerin); farm fresh goat milk, honey, lavendula angustifolia (lavender) oil ** Certified Organic link...

I am wondering....does DOS happen only in CP soaps or HP soaps, too? I read that in order to avoid DOS in CP, to use distilled water, fresh oils, and to keep the SF to 5% or less. What about with goat milk soaps? Will the oils in the GM go rancid? or the minerals in the GM cause issues...

I found this shampoo bar on etsy. I am assuming that these ingredients are in descending order: Apple cider vinegar, Goat milk, Goat milk kefir, Raw honey, Castor oil, Olive oil, Lard, Shea butter, Nettle powder, Rosemary, Peppermint, Tea tree, Bentonite clay I did not know that you could...

I want to use only these ingredients in a soap recipe: lard CO sunflower oil In descending order as listed. What proportions of these oils would make a nice mild bar? Thanks for your help in advance!

Soaper's choice has two types of SBO. Liquid and shortening. I had no idea that it came in a shortening form. What do you all use mostly? And what would be the resulting difference?

I seem to eat, drink, and sleep soap! I lie in bed at night, thinking about soap...how to improve...what other "flavors" to make, etc! Why is soap making so addictive, I wonder??? I am so excited about soap making, that my other hobbies have gone by the wayside! I was planning to take up oil...