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If you're interested in natural soaps, I would check out Jo Haslauer's online posts/books as well as the 100% soap-making experiment: http://curious-soapmaker.com/big-test-100-one-oil-soaps-part-i.html She talks a bit about which base oils impart a color or fragrance in the resulting soap. I'm...

I've had a couple soapmaking disasters but nothing like this, usually I've screwed up the ingredients somehow (wrong oil mix, or too much water). But so far I've only been using small silicon molds. I'm wanting to move into bigger molds, especially on days like today -- poured a batch last night...

I made a batch of cocoa soap (in the lye water) last night. I'm pretty certain it won't discolor since I was working with a recipe provided in one of Jo Haslauer's books, who makes all her soaps with natural colorants and sells them commercially. Not sure about scent as I used a fragrance oil...

Where I live, there is a certain amount of "wear and tear" that is expected to happen to a rental property over time (and landlords are not supposed to withhold from the deposit for this, only for damage above and beyond). But painted tiles and broken windows are just. :confused: I thought you...

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I tried CPOPing it last night because my molds are oven-safe, but it didn't have much effect, so I am trying to rebatch it by doing up a recipe with 2:1 water:lye and 2lb of fat (1lb of what's in my existing soap, 1lb of lard) and only added the extra lard...

Yeah you guys are right on all counts. My mistake was, I accidentally swapped the percentages initially in the recipe, measured out the water and lye separately, realized the oil amounts were completely messed up, fixed the recipe, took out the extra lye from the container, forgot to change the...

Is it the same if you're using colored lye water (like tomato and carrot juice) or is this mostly for powdered natural colorants? I am really interested in using natural fragrances and colorants but maybe not if they're going to stain me and my towels (especially if not all of it comes out in...

So I made a batch of (please leave cringe to the end) 86% canola oil and 14% coconut oil soap. I have a container of each and want to experiment cheaply with color/fragrance, so I just picked a mix that would let me use the same percentage of oils until I run out of both. I have no expectations...

It looks like one of those funky 70's scifi landscapes to me so I thought Martian Sunset. I don't think it is that ugly honestly. (link to artist)

Is "Honey I Washed The Kids" at Nurture the same one (or dupe) of the Lush one? That was one of my favorite bars from them, when I bought soap from them, but I agree it doesn't smell (or feel, though I think that's not the FO) very clean. I tried making a soap with blackcurrant FO because I...