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My goal was to make all natural. Used Lard, Walmart GV shortning and Castor oil. Superfatted at 6% and used coconut milk instead of water. Smells funny with a light brown cream tint to it. It has some great lather! And lasts about 2-3 minutes but I need it to last much longer. It has good...

Think I am going to try and make some shaving soap...anybody got any advice they can give me of what to do and what not to do? Maybe just a basic with palm or olive oil, coconut oil, castor oil, bentonite clay and some essential oil of some sort. Where is the cheapest place to get my...

OK, I think I figured out why my oatmeal, honey and buttermilk soap turned out the way that it did. I decided to make my little girl a batch of pink soap tonight...just a plain jane unscented nothing in it soap except a little papricka for pinkish color. After I got it to a light to medium...

Well, for my second batch of soap I tried an oatmeal, honey and buttermilk soap made with all hard oils. Melted the oils, mixed the lye water, poured lye into oils, mixed until I got to light trace then added a very cold mix of 2 oz of almost powder oatmeal, 1/4 cup of buttermilk and a...

Can I use food grade extracts for scents...like: vanilla, peppermint, almond, etc?

Will be trying my first color batch this weekend. What is a cheap way to add color...I have heard grated crayons? I am wanting to maybe do something with a brown and/or a green.

My next batch of soap I am going to see how an all hard oil soap does using: Coconut, lard and new crisco w/ palm. Anybody have any problems with an all hard oil soap? I saw where someone adds salt to theirs...how much and what kind and when?

Anybody use evaporated milk in their recipe? What effect does it have?

What is the benefit or effects of adding salt to your soap? Can I just add it to my basic recipe? Disolve it first or straight out of box? What type of salt...kosher/sea/table?

Is this ok to use lye? http://www.lowes.com/pd_317672-531-CRY2 ... facetInfo=

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