Recent content by annashelt

You guys have some great advice, it's too bad I didn't read a little more about Avocado Butter before buying 2 lbs of the stuff! You live and learn, maybe I'll try a bar with it anyways, but I'l also look into Mango Butter!

For the first time, I've decided to try avocado butter in a bar soap recipe. This stuff is SOFT. It feels like any basic lotion at room temperature, it's not "hard" like shea butter is at room temp. Is there any special process for adding a particularly soft butter to bar soap, or am I...

Hey @AliOop that is some great information- I think I am going to get some good label appeal out of this, so I'm hoping it's a successful recipe :) I really appreciate your wisdom!

Hi there, I am planning to make a new bar soap using Cacay Cut Oil, and it's not on the ingredients list in soapcalc.net. Does anyone have any advice on how to calculate my recipe if my ingredient is not in the calculator? I was thinking I could try to find the most similar oil to it that IS in...

This is after its been heated too much/too long? I have yet to let this batch sit for a while, but I've had similar batches that never left this consistency and were never good for soap. 😩 It's very 'gel'-y and has almost no harder chunks. This is the thing that frustrates me most and the last...

Thank you SO MUCH for your wealth of knowledge everyone, I have a new batch that looks (fingers crossed) pretty good and looked good when I diluted a bit of it in some water so I'm hoping this one will be better!!!

Hi there! I am desperate for some insight... I have made liquid soap several times from existing recipes and they've usually turned out beautiful. I am hoping to make my own recipe so I did some research and made a recipe I am almost certain is sound but it keeps separating during the cook...