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My friend has a son that has allergies to 7 to 11 different things. Two being Coconut oil & Cocoa Butter. Was wondering if anyone had any ideas. I have been making a Gentle Baby soap for one family that love it and Salt bars for us and several others. Would just like to help this friend out...

Measured out all my stuff in different containers last night. Mixed them this morning. Added my lye to my water this morning and did stir as I always do. Just some in there wouldn't dissolve. Not a lot but still, never had this problem. Made soap yesterday with the same ingredients but just...

Got all my stuff measured out last night so I could get started off early this morning. Added my lye to my water and there are granules that didn't dissolve. Never had this problem before. I didn't cover anything, could that have something to do with it? I'm guessing I will have to strain my...

I am loving this! Can't wait to be able to try it!!!

Did this yesterday! Mixed a tiny bit of cocoa powder to a portion of my mixed and blended oils (oils, lye all together) then did a swirl with it. Turned out very nice I think. It really doesn't take much to color with it though so try just a bit and mix then add more if needed. I just put it...

Thanks. Kinda what I figured. Just was hoping I was wrong. The little soap ducks are only about the size of a dime. The snowmen are a little bigger. I am planning on putting them on top of some of the cup cake soaps for decoration. Thanks again.

Ok so I have been making some whipped soaps and piping them into cupcake liners. Today I made them into the smaller size cupcake liners and piped some into snowmen & ducks. My questions is.... will these have a quicker cure time? It stands to reason since they are smaller they would but then...

Hey guys & gals! I am in love with making salt bars! Needing to make more but am wondering about subing an ingredient. Looking for suggestions. Current is Coconut oil, Avocado Oil, Castor oil. Wanting to replace the avocado with something maybe cheaper and easier to find but with same...

How do you determine how much FO to use in your soap. I have used 1/2 oz to 1 oz in small 1lb batches and get mixed results. One batch with 1/2 oz. turned out fine but the the batch with 1 oz. there is barely and scent? And had the same amounts turn out fine other times.. How do you know when...

Pretty sure it didn't gel. My first batch was in individual molds. They got hot after putting in the molds but didn't gel. This batch was in a velveeta box :) It too got hot but no noticable "gel". If soap doesn't gel, is it still ok? I know I have read where people put there molds into...

Made my second batch of salt bar soap today. First time....they seem to we doing great. Look nice, seem really hard...still curing though. I had made a small batch. Came together great, was pretty firm within 1 hour, unmolded and sliced them up. Another hour and they were hard Now, I have...

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Wanting to try making some soap in the crock pot but am wondering if you can do any amount for this. I have the ingredients for a 2lb batch. Does the batch have to be larger? Thanks

When your husband ask you "are we really that dirty that we need all this soap?"

Thanks all. I am trying to make a mechanics soap for my DH to use out in the shop. Something that will do a bit better than Lava Soap. I did a bit of looking and what I bought should be fine. It's just a pumice bar. Bought it at walmart on the household cleaner section. Brought it home and...

Wondering....where to buy other than online? Looked at local stores, nothing similar. What does it even look like. Gray gritty sand? I did buy a scouring stick today at wal-mart called a pumie scouring stick made by United States Pumice Company. Brought it home and crushed it up really...

Thanks ya'll. I did use a fo that was body friendly. Read somewhere else that for some reason the vanilla fo's will sometimes cause this? Made some more and used a different scent (orange) eo. Also just going to put them in a basket and see what happens. Also, used a different "recipe" 1...

Made my first batch of bath bombs. Had a small mold of hearts so just used that. (two or three per bath size) Was soooo happy with the results. Since this was a sample batch divided them up between me & DD. Putting them in zip-lock baggies. They have been wonderful to bathe with but went to...

Yes I got everything cleaned up and put away in plenty of time. :D Even got a shower & had make up on and everything! :lol: My large mold of soap is a medium brown color and the two in the other molds are creamy off white? Also, the larger mold of soap has a caramel smell. (smells really...

Bit the bullet and made my first 5lb batch. And, first batch of goats milk soap today. Things I learned.... 1. Don't bite off more than you can chew! 2. Have more molds ready than you ever think you are going to need. 3. Have all your other stuff around the house done before you start! 4...