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Does anyone know why she says this? The only exception to my 5-8% rule is for castor oil. I won't bore you with the scientific reasons as to why this is so, but you should only use a 5% maximum discount for this particular ingredient. http://www.soap-making-resource.com/sap ... table.html

Fractionated Coconut Oil 4.3% Jojoba Oil 9.8% Cocoa Butter 12.8% Beeswax 5% Water 68.1% Did not check temperatures, but I am assuming that the water was much hotter than the oil/wax mixture...

I use CO in my soaps and I love it. I also understand that it should be limited because it is drying to the skin. However, if you make a 100% CO soap, and you SF @ 20%, supposedly the soap won't be drying. That doesn't make any sense to me...if CO dries your skin, and you are superfatting...

I like small, individual molds. But I have such a hard time with my recipes because they trace so fast. By the time I get what I consider a light trace, the mixture thickens so quickly I can't pour it into small molds. I get a few molds poured and then I have to dump the remaining batch into a...

I made a batch of soap with palm kernel, almond, mango butter, and palm. I added 8 drops of LabColor Orange sherbet high ph. It did not color my soap at all--I mean nothing. Do high ph colors have to be used with olive oil? I notice that some LabColors for CP say high ph and others don't. What...

"my skin is so sensitive I only use Ivory Soap". Is Ivory really that mild? I seriously doubt it is any milder than the soap I make. I sent four bars to a friend of my dh--mind you he said he wanted to try my soaps. I got a call from him today saying that the soaps arrived, but he would probably...

I have religiously tried to keep my cleansing value under 20 in SoapCalc. But every now and then a thread pops up that talks about 100% Coconut bars, or 80% coconut, 20% butter. The 80/20 formula ends up being 54 cleansing and 19 conditioning--something that I would avoid like the plague! I...

I've searched the forum and the web and I get conflicting ideas about adding tomato juice to soap. I think I can substitute my tomato juice from canned tomatoes for the water. But I also read that tomato juice is an acid, so it will neutralize the lye. Wouldn't that make for some serious problems?

I would think that the mildest soap for a baby is 100% OO. But it would still sting if it got into the baby's eyes. I want to make a soap for my daughter, who will be having a baby at the end of this month. How do commercial manufacturers make baby soap that doesn't sting? I don't have anything...

What kind of soap do you think this will produce? Lauric 0 Myristic 0 Palmitic 16 Stearic 5 Ricinoleic 0 Oleic 42 Linoleic 7 Linolenic 0

I have spent the day on SoapCalc trying to figure out how to make a bar of soap that is bubbly, with a cleansing value under 20, and I'm about to go bonkers trying :evil: . What constitutes a bubbly lather? I have a few batches of soap under my belt, but they all turn out creamy. What is a good...

I have a loaf of soap that was very soft coming out of the mold after 24 hours. I let it sit for 3 days before cutting and it was still soft and sticky. It has been sitting out for about a week now and when I pinch the bars they are spongy, not hard. I'll let them cure and see what happens, but...

I tried my hand at using up left over supplies and made a 1 lb. batch of soap. I'm not sure what I was thinking--probably that I was trying to get the INS value where it is supposed to be (not doing that any more). But, in looking at my sheet, the Cleansing value is 24. It's 40% palm kernel, 30%...

How long will a bar of soap that is 8-10% superfatted last without going rancid? Is it safe to say that it should be OK to use for one year after it is made? And does anyone know how long the soap will last if grapefruit seed extract is added? Thanks.

Coffee Bean (roasted) is listed as an ingredient. Is that the same as coffee butter? Or do you really use fresh ground coffee in the soap?

I still have not made what I consider my first successful batch of soap, but I have been giving away my failed batches and getting nothing but positive feedback. What a great feeling! In fact, my son has requested shaving soap. I have searched the forum but could not find an actual recipe. I'm...

I made this soap: 5.9 oz fractionated coconut oil 22.1 oz almond oil 7.0 oz distilled water 4.1 oz lye It is still curing but I can already tell it will be very soft. I want to make this a harder bar of soap, so I think I can add cocoa butter to this recipe. Can I...

I want to start buying my oils in a little larger quantity (more than 16 oz) to save some money. So I'm going to buy a gallon of olive oil. What type of olive oil do all of you prefer? I've only made a couple batches of soap and I used pumace for them. I have options of pumace, refined A, and...

I have a recipe that calls for Annatto Extract and Safflower Threads. I cannot find Annatto Extract anywhere--I have found seeds and powders. I was also able to locate Safflower Threads, but at a different website. Is anyone familiar with these items and can they be purchased from one place so I...

For those of you who read my first post, I had serious ash on my first batch of soap. I thought that my ash condition (I don't consider it a problem anymore) was caused by the mold cooling too quickly since I did not insulate it. For my second batch I used a loaf mold and the same SOAP mold...