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I was a little worried about water discount at first but after I tried it I've never gone back to full water. I use a 47% lye solution and use soapmaker 3 to calculate it. I don't use full 50% because I don't like having to worry about the lye, the little extra water means that a few grams can...

There's nothing wrong with your soap :) You need to dilute with distilled/de-ionised water as your tap water is evidently hard. However, it being cloudy won't hurt you. Congratulations on your lovely soap.

I gave one of my pumice bars away to a family friend a while back and she came back to me and told me that her friend had used it. He suffered from acne/greasy skin/blackheads he said that his skin had never felt so clean and clear especially his nose. I didn't intend on making that soap to help...

Re: thanks for the welcome! That is the cutest thing I've heard all day :D Lol welcome to the forum, you'll get the hang of it easy, bet your soaps come out beautiful!

Welcome to the forum :) I know you've read Susan's blog but have you read this chart? http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1020026/preservativechart.pdf It should tell you all you need to know about starting off with preservatives. For your body/room sprays you'll want to be looking at the water...

Sorry for going against the grain here but if a description of a soap says that it has 25% of something I expect to find 25% of that ingredient in the product. However if it is 'made with' 25% milk solution or some other similar description I would not expect the former. I'm confused as to why...

I've just bought my safety assessment to get ready to sell and have been reading up on the changes that will happen in 2013. I was thinking it only effects us in the EU. When reading this though it mentions the US at the bottom. http://www.insidecosmeceuticals.com/art ... osmet.aspx Am I...

Hey foresthome, I'm not sure about the froth I've never had it happen. But no you don't need to use borax (I never do), you can use citric acid instead. If you're wanting to not neutralize at all then I'm not sure, if the recipe says it does need it and you followed it exactly then it probably...

Oh now I feel like a silly billy that I didn't think of that :( a bag is such a good idea. I vow to keep this new one safe :P I have two stick blenders, my original one and an 'upgrade' I pinched from my mum so I won't be as stressed if one of those breaks. If one does break I hope it's the...

Love lavender and love this soap! So pretty ^_^

My scale broke last night *cry*. It finally gave up the ghost when I spilled a lot of liquid soap on it by mistake :( Bought a new one today and made some soap and it's taking a while to get used to. I never thought I would be so attached to some kitchen scales LOL. I'd bought it just for...

Ditto thanks to all for the help and support ^_^ such a great forum hope there are many more years to come :D

They look gorgeous, nice one :)

I used to live somewhere where I couldn't use the kitchen easily so I had a double electric burner that was fantastic. It had two dials for each plate, and the plates were two different sizes. I've used it for warming oils mostly but I have rebatched in it too. However if you're only going to HP...

I took alchemy in Aion on two chars and love to make 'potions' in game and out hehe. It's where my blog name comes from actually :D I think at a low crafting level there is a soap workorder but because it's workorder you never get to use the soap :( Never played wow properly though, never got...

I can't help so much on the recipe, but I do hear that coconut oil heats up. But have you tried setting some ice-packs maybe across the top of the mold or around it to regulate the temperature a bit. That way it would hopefully gel just slower and more controlled.

Hello, nice to meet you ^_^ I'm sorry this happened though :( Do you always use the wire strainer? If not have you made sure it's stainless steel? I only ask because lye can react with other metals (aluminum for sure) and produce hydrogen gas which I guess could have made foam with the liquid...

When I was a kid the soaps in school would get a bit like that. However that looks more like some kind of cracker or biscuit to me hehe. I saw a documentary on commercials and they make huge fake versions of the products to take pictures of or film and then shrink them. So in that ad, it's...

Ooh new blogs to read yay ^_^ There is another post with a list of these but it would be nice to have a new one because I think some people have stopped posting :( Mine's in my sig too, I've subbed to yours, love your theme :)

All of those soaps are gorgeous and great job using the milk for the first time. I must say Sandcastle looks so yummy! :D