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Thank you so much for the update! You explained everything in detail and I really appreciate it! ❤️

Jakarta is now almost full of non-native, there are only few Betawis left. Betawi people also use this wood for their traditional drink, it's called "bir pletok". Cream of tartar is available here. You can find it in baking supply store. Maybe it's because you were here years ago when imported...

Yes I think so. I'm not sure if sappanwood is common in Jakarta I boiled my wood in demineralized water and then kept overnight in fridge, hoping that it will get darker. Maybe I didn't boil it long enough, mine was bright red, it could turn maroon red if boiled longer. Still maintain the red...

Amazing!! I haven't got mine yet as my MIL needs time to sort it, so I tried making red sappanwood soap instead to test its color. As expected.. it's faded completely and turned into ivory white soap.. ☹️ Your soaps looks great! Can't wait to see how it looks after unmolded and I wonder how the...

Sorry for resurrecting old thread. I would like to recommend sulfur. Sulfur is a great ingredient for antifungal soap. Other users mentioned tea tree oil and neem oil, both are also great. Maybe make a soap with combination of sulfur+ tea tree oil + neem? But beware of the smell.. as sulfur and...

Well actually I just learned about this sappanwood after I got married. Previously I never heard about it, or probably did heard but didn't care because I wasn't interested in plants back then. Which part of Java that you stayed in? Sappanwood is probably more popular in Jogja & Solo as it's...

Sappanwood commonly used in traditional beverage and for bathing newborn. Whenever I gave birth to my child my MIL would give me a big sack of sappanwood to bathe my child with. Took me around a year to finish the sack as the sappanwood can be boiled multiple times until it's completely lost its...

Yessss terasiii.. Great in sambal but I definitely wouldn't want my body to smell like it 😂 I do think about mangosteen peel and also sappanwood (secang, have you ever heard about it?) Sappanwood gives beautiful vibrant red color but it would turn brown when kept overnight (not in soap, just...

I haven't made many types of soap as I just started soapmaking for around 2 months. I've made henna soap, sulphur + neem soap and eco-enzyme soap. Also tried using banana skin-infused oil. Henna and sulphur are probably not weird but definitely not as common as using coffee or turmeric as...

Never thought about this before, thank you for your suggestion! I do think that these kind of ingredients would be more beneficial to be used in leave on products. Incorporating it into lotion or serums would be great idea, but unfortunately I haven't learned anything except soapmaking.. so...

Please don't sacrifice those perfect shaped nest for soap, my heart could never... unless you're gonna sell it, hehe. Those little bits that you found probably will be enough for 200-300grams of oils, I think? They will swell when soaked in water so maybe it will be enough. Then blend it into...

Exactly the reason why my MIL didn't consume it despite the benefits it has, because it's literally bird's saliva lol. Yes of course for now I won't be selling it, I'm simply just curious. I don't consume birds nest but I don't mind putting it on my skin, especially in soap form. So I'll...

Has anyone here ever heard about bird's nest soap? Or ever tried using it in CP soap? Here in my country there are quite a lot of things made with bird's nest, from food to soap. My MIL is a bird nest supplier, but she never used or consumed it. She usually just sell it right away after...

Thank you for the explanation! My vocabulary is limited so I couldn't explain it any better I've tried my soap and it lathers beautifully. Still a little bit drying because it's not fully cured yet, but overall it's just a normal soap. Thank goodness there's nothing dangerous about it 😅

This link contains better explanation for eco enzyme, in case you want to know more.. All this time I've been made only 6 different types of soap and the recipes were from famous soapmakers (bramble berry, soap queen, etc), which I believe have been tested by themselves in lye calc, so I just...

Thank you very much. I did read about zap test and has just started trying it in one of my soap that has been cured, I will try it for this soap too after curing. Hi, not_ally, thank you so much for your reply and I really appreciate that you went through soapcalc to calculate my recipe. Now...

Thank you so much. I watched your lye heavy video. I did have ph strips so I'll definitely give it a try. Gonna watch the lye calc video too asap

Thank you for your reply, but unfortunately I don't understand how to use lye calculator. All this time I only tried making soap with recipes I found online, which has been tested by those who posted it. I once tried soapcalc.net but I couldn't find the field for entering liquid type. I wonder...

Hello everyone I'm Sam, mom of 3, has just started making soap for 1 month so I'm a newbie in soapmaking world. English is not my 1st language so I hope all of you can understand my messy English. I would like to ask a question. So recently I stumbled upon a soap recipe in YouTube. It's an eco...