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I made some shave soap last weekend and I must say... it's goooooood! Turned out very nice. Compared to my standby recipe, I upped the castor percentage and added additional glycerine. Then....the secret sauce: 15g per pound oil menthol crystals and mango fragrance oil. Very nice aroma, nice...

Is there such a thing? Is there any better way of having a nice almond scent in soaps? I can't find any almond EO locally and have trouble buying FOs that actually smell like what they say they do.

So, I saw some youtube videos where they made transparent soap. Looked like normal hot process, but they mixed it with alcohol and glycerin. Does this work with about any recipe or do you need the correct oils? Any place I can find some more info on this process?

So, my girlfriend has had a tooth pulled and is very sore. She has requested mac and cheese. However, I think she deserves better than what comes out of a box, even if it's one that cost more than 27¢. What are your best mac and cheese recipes?

Just tried liquid soap and am in the cooking process. The stuff has turned into a VERY thick semi solid mass. Do I just keep cooking? Do I try to put more water in? I started with a 3:1 water:lye ratio anticipating water loss. Recipe is 50% coconut oil, 45% lard, and 5% castor oil...

Here are my four most recent creations. Green on the left is Mountain Rain scent with lab color. Lard and coconut. Blue in the middle is mica, Hawaiian Vacation scent with olive oil, coconut oil, and shea butter. Right side brown is Castile with coffee subbed for water and rosemary mint...

I have made several batches of shave soap. All hot process. All about 50% stearic acid and various other oils depending g on my mood. When I put them in the container and they cool, it is common to see a thicker whiter surface that is wrinkled instead of the creamy soap underneath. Any ideas...

Radioactive soap... ...guaranteed to make your skin glow!

Is it possible to infuse color into mineral oil for use in soap? Will the mineral oil mess up the soap? Are there better clear oils for this? Thanks.

This is my first try at multicolored soap. Also my first try at truly cold process. Everything is a room temp when mixed. I used some tumeric for color on half of it, natural on the rest. It's the Soaping 101 Bastille recipe, cut back to 2lb to fit my mold. Wish me luck...

Newbie question here. I have made several batches of hot process soap, and always just unmolded when cool. First cold process soap today, how do I know when to unmold? Does it stay loose in the center or does it all solidify about the same rate?

I tried out the shaving soap recipe on modern soap making. It turned out well and lathers like crazy. However, the lather "dries out" quickly and doesn't provide protection from the blade for more than a minute or so. I did change from the chopped silk to some liquid silk proteins due to...