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thank you so much Zany in CO.

oh... That really helped me a lot. Next time I will do that way. Thanks so much IrishLass :):thumbs:

Hi everyone... I tried my first liquid soap batch today. I heated the oils up to 70 or 80 degree Celcius and I prepared the lye mixture.When the lye water is hot and the oils are around 80 degree celcius I mixed them on a heater and the heater was on;though low. When I watched vids of LS making...

Hello friends; I have just bought some pine pitch,a substance made of pine tar and is really hard.Not in gel or liquid form.(I have uploaded a sample picture.)It is used by heating a little bit.I wonder if I can use it in soap making?What do you think?Has anyone tried it before?I am planning to...

I think the best way is to try it.I will try it with EOs and write the results here.

here is the link. it is in Turkish and it says it fixes fragrants in soap ... https://magaza.hammaddeler.com/Elito-Esans-Sabitleyici-250-ml,PR-42538.html

Hi friends, I am thinking of using synthetic fragrance fixative with my natural essential oils in my soap.It is actually a fixative for fragrance oils (FO) but I am not sure if it can work with EOs too. It is a local company making fragrance oils as well.(I live in Turkey.) I am not sure if it...

thanks a lot galaxyMLP.that was very helpful of you.

another thing, is it ok if I add that oil seperated while rebatching?thanks

thanks a lot for replies.Well,I took out like one liter of oil.Can I use that soap?I mean will the lye hurt?thanks

Hi all, Today I made some honey soap,however,after a few hours I noticed to much oil on the surface,actually I am not sure if it is oil or not.I have had that problem before too.I manually picked the oil but today it was much more than usual. Let me give you some more details:I mixed lye with...

Thanks a lot to :TheOneWhoSoaps for your great idea.That's really very clever. Also thanks a lot to Luckyone80 for great info. The Efficacious Gentleman; thank you for your input too...

Thanks a lot for all the great inputs and ideas.

Hi all, I have just made a batch of turmeric and honey soap. I have poured some soap into small silikone molds but when I take them out and let dry I noticed a white layer form on just one side.I wonder why that happened.Does alcohol spray help if applief just after pouring into molds?or what...

Thanks a lot for all your replies.I took the cover off and in the morning it was hard again.I noticed that the colour turned darker.I am learning new things.I think after gelling the soap changes colour.

Hi all, I've just made a batch of honey soap with turmeric. I have made a mistake by covering it and later tonight I wanted to check and to my surprise I saw that it became kind of liquid(not totally) and became a different colour.It has also water drops on it.I have pured the same soup...

Thanks a lot for your answer and time Hazel.I appreciate that a lot and I learnt that I need to use it as an essential oil in small quantities.Again thanks so much.

Hi all, I want to make a soap with storax (Liquiadambar Orientalis sap).Here we have that endemic sap and it has great properties for skin. I wonder if anyone has any idea about what is the saponification value for Liqudambar Orientalis Sap (Storax) ? Any input will be highly appreciated...

thanks a lot. yes,I used soap calc. if I rebatch it,should I add extra oil(olive oil perhaps) or just heat it? Thanks again

Hi everyone, Today I made Evening Primrose oil soap,but after that I felt a bit suspicious of my formula.I wonder if it will harden&cure in short time?Will it be a very soft soap?Did I use too much evening primrose oil? Here is the formula: Coconut Oil: 10% Evening Primrose Oil: 12% Castor...