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I've made this recipe before, following the instructions completley and it turned out really nice. I'm going to make it again this morning, but I just ran the numbers through a variety of soap calc's and they keep telling me to use a lot more liquid in my lye solution. I'm perplexed because I...

I gave my sister some of my soaps the other day and she gave one to a friend. The friend used the soap 5 times, and on the sixth time she broke out in a rash. It was an oatmeal, milk, and honey soap. I have used a bar from the batch as has my husband and another friend of ours (so three bars)...

I made a batch of soap this past weekend. Poured it into a milky way mold, covered with saran, and popped it in the fridge. It was probably in the fridge for 4-6 hours. Then it sat on the counter in the mold for a few days. when I unmolded it I was surprised at how soft it was. It's super...

I call it Cinnamon Chai swirly pants! And it was completely inspired by the recent spoon swirls on this board. :)

I was just about to prepare a 36 oz. batch to fill my Milky Way mold. The mold holds 9 x 4 oz bars. My plan was to punch in 36 oz. of oils into SoapCalc when something in my soaping book caught my eye. One of the recipes in the book says it is a 1 pound batch and that it "yields" 24 ounces...

Anyone soaping under the full moon on Tuesday? What sort of crafts are you thinking of getting up to in the soaping kitchen?

Just spent three hours in the soaping kitchen all excited about: a) my new FO that smells dreamy and b) my first attempt at a funnel pour. I must have been more excited about the funnel pour because I didn't realize I had forgotten to add my FO until my mold was wrapped. (sigh). I guess this...

I'm really excited to try and make some Valentine soap with heart embeds. I have two question though and I hope someone can help. I'm going to start on the little heart embeds today and then the finished project on Monday. I have some pink mica that is rumored to be beautiful in cold...

I tried making lemongrass and poppyseed soap for my sister who just loves the scent, but I think I've messed up. I made it two days ago and it's already starting to show signs of DOS and it's VERY strongly scented. Too strong I think. So here's my assumptions: - The poppyseeds have...

I hate my goggles. I'm on my second pair and they just don't fit. I want a cute pair like they sell at brambleberry but shipping to Canada is around $50. That's not going to happen. But they're sooooo cute! And they look like they'd fit what must be my small head. Anyone have cute goggles...

I have some more affordable coconut oil on order, but have been using the health food store variety up until this point (I've only made 3 lbs. of soap so far - so it's not too bad). But! Because my order didn't arrive before the long weekend (sniff), and I hate to use anymore of the expensive...

I've found a recipe on a blog that I would like to try making. Now, I've used two different soap calculators to run the recipe through (as I've seen suggested on this forum), but I keep getting different lye/water amounts than the recipe calls for. Why is this? I thought maybe it was because of...

Hi all, In all my newly-found "soap enthusiasm" I've been googling like mad, and I know I have seen a post (I swear it was here) for step-by-step instructions on building a wooden soap mold/box. I've spent 10 minutes searching the forum and using the search function but nothing specific is...

I've been searching the web for a cold process peppermint (or just mint) soap recipe but I'm not coming up with anything so far. Well, I should say I found a recipe, but it looks like it makes a lot of soap. And since The Everything Soapmaking Book suggests I stick with small batches to start...

Where do you all get your recipe's from? Do you follow recipe's or do you make them up on your own? I'd really like to make a mint or peppermint soap, and something festive for the holidays! I just don't know where you all are getting your fabulous soap recipe's. I just might be addicted to...

I'm about to make my first batch of soap. Quick question though - what would you recommend as a mold? It's a 1lb. batch and I need to use something that's lying around the house. Can I just use a tupperware container? Am I correct in that bakeware is not ok because it would react with the lye?

Hi all, After waiting almost two weeks my soapmaking book has arrived. I went with The Everything Soapmaking book as recommended by users in this forum (thanks!). Now, I've read the first few chapters and want to put in an order for my initial soapmaking tools and I'm looking for advice...

Hello all, After buying some lovely soap from my local Farmer's Market this weekend, I thought I might like to give soap making a try. I've done some google searching and I see there are quite a few books out there but I'm not sure which one would be ideal for a beginner. I'll have to order...