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A friend of mine in Australia, who is trying to find better soaps to buy sent me this snap of a label of a soap he picked up. His first thought was "where is the lye?", and I found it unusual that no sodium hydroxide is listed on the label either. However, I also know nothing about soap label...

I'm posting this in the beginners forum because I made so many first time techniques with this soap that I certainly FEEL like a complete Newbie. I have always been a hot process girl. From the beginning of my soap making journey (about 14 years), early on I just gravitated towards the hot...

Here I am, sipping tea and cruising through Pintrest on a lazy afternoon when I stumbled upon this soap recipe pin. A simple photo with the "recipe" right there. Handy, you don't even have to follow the link. PLEASE follow the link, because the recipe is very different. I was horrified from...

Well, I have never thought much about salt bars over the years of making soap. Until now. On a whim I pulled 18 ounces of soap batter from a large batch of hot process a couple of months ago. I added some superfat and some salt, not a lot, just a little. Cure time is up and its a very...

I have been doing many little soap experiments and have had quite a few scents just disappear, and some very quickly. In my hours of reading I keep hearing about using clay to hold the scent in the soap. So, what kind of clay and how much to hold the scent? I have a list of a few clays I...

A friend of mine purchased Organic All Vegetable Shortening to make a recipe for a vegan friend. She didn't think she would use the whole container and asked me if I could use the remainder of the container. I see that it is Palm Oil on the label and wonder if I can use it for soap. The front...