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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...

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!!!

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

All right, I admit I am "very" new to this. So far I have made 7 batches of soap. 1 failed (just looks realllllly ugly. :shock: 2 look bad but are probably still usable. The others....I am pretty proud of. :D My crazy question is.....does anyone else see stuff as maybe being a soap mold...

Wanting to give a try with goats milk. Bought my supplies today. Got home was putting stuff up and the can says..."evaporated" goats milk. Is this what I use or do I add water to it? :?

Made two batches of soap this week and I L.O.V.E. it!!! Having trouble finding different types of oils & EO's & FO's. Does everyone order theres online or do you have a special place to purchase them. Hope to learn alot.

Made my first two batches of soap and I am having trouble finding different types of oils. I have a recipe that I am wanting to try that calls for palm oil. Can I safely replace the palm oil with sunflower oil? Thanks