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It's been 5 years of soap making, and I finally forgot to put in an oil. I guess I am getting careless. I forgot to put in the coconut oil. I realized it after putting it in the mold when it didn't look like it should. Well, I didn't have time to pull it out and put it back in the pan. It...

I make a soap for my daughter and brother in law who have eczema. I use goats milk full strength for my liquids and a low percentage of coconut, but I always have the coconut in there. Coconut is drying and that helps weeping of skin, but percentage is key because you always need that...

Some people are allergic to coconut oil. I can use it on my body, but if I wash my face with it I break out in itchy bumps that take a week to go away. My soap was being sold by someone else and a potential customer read the ingredients and said that the coconut oil in it would definitely...

Thanks for posting. There are a lot of very wonderful essential oils; however, a lot of them will irritate sensitive skin. I have tried to get around that in soap making for years, and i have come to find that only the most gentle essential oils work best in soap for people with sensitive skin...

cHaHa! Very Funny! You don't know my kids then. I can put it up and store it away and still they find it!!!! I have been making soap since they were born. They love my soap and they get into it all. We keep a cabinet of soap in the bathroom and they get on the toilet and reach it somehow. I...

There is no replacement for true experience. I have been there where I thought I could just make a bunch of soap and go out there an sell, sell, sell! Oh, and I did sell A Lot of soap because It was awesome, but..... I must say, my inexperience caught up with me when I ventured away from some...

Ok. The lather looks wow! I would love a shaving soap like that. It almost looks like cream, so what are you trying to improve upon? I also don't understand why everyone is suddently condoning the use of stearic acid! Is it natural? Is the product still going to be superior to the skin? I...

There is an interesting article about infants skin barrier at www.hindawi.com/journals/dep/.../19878[/url].

My son is 20 months old and I didn't know I was not supposed to use my soap on him. When he was a newborn I just sponged him off with water. But by 2 months I was using my goatmilk soap on him with oatmeal and honey! Also if he became excessively fussy I would use 1 drop lavender mixed with...

I wash my hair with yucca juice glycerin and nettle and use apple cider vineyar infused with rosemary, lavender and tyme and if I need a conditioner I use aloe Vera gel.juice, gelatin and lemons. Works great as long as I remember to make it.

Thanks. I do like creamy and bubbly, conditioning and hard soap, and I constantly strive for that even if I am hanging on the edge. I prefer not to use a 25% coconut because anything over 20 dries my skin. Sounds good though, so I am going to keep the Shea and use 20% coconut. I'm ready to...

I always wait 2 months for hard bars and much longer for soft bars made without palm. I can tell when my soap has shrunk some and becomes harder. It just looks ready and seems to say "use me."

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I read somewhere that tallow and lard do not give off the exact same qualities and that tallow produces a harder soap than lard but that lard is more conditioning to the skin and still produces a hard bar? Anyone ever made soap with both? Or is that unnecessary? I like olive oil too, but it...

I will give it a try. Would it be okay to substitute sunflower for the olive if it is cheaper?

Hello all! I am switching from palm oil and Pko to tallow/lard. I am looking for a good recipe that is super hard but also super conditioning. My kids love to dissolve it in the bath, lol. I have a lot of cocoa butter on hand as well and want to use it up. Does this recipe sound lime it...

Hello all. I just sign on with this forum. I've been making soap for a while and am looking for a great tallow/lard recipe that include Co Oo castor and cocoa and Shea. I have one in mind that uses around 40% tallow/lard. I am using up the last bit of palm lethal and am going palm free...