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    Hello Everyone! Newbie Here needs your Help Please!!

    Hi Jaroofdreams, Thanks for the tip. I've tried doing 50/50 but still got a slight itchy sensation after using the soap (my little one has very sensitive skin). I've been experimenting recently with the clear SLS/SLES Free base, which is very high lather. So I now make soaps with layers: one...
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    Hello Everyone! Newbie Here needs your Help Please!!

    Hello @TrueGold Thank you for the tip re. PG. I think part of the problem for me might be that I live in an area where the water is very hard, which doesn't help. That said, based on the really helpful tips and advice I received here, and having spoken to Stephensons, I knew I was doing...
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    Hello Everyone! Newbie Here needs your Help Please!!

    Hi ResolvableOwl, My water is hard (112 Ca mg/l). Maybe that’s what’s causing the problem? I’ll try distilled water to see if it makes a difference. Thank you.
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    Hello Everyone! Newbie Here needs your Help Please!!

    Hello everyone & many apologies for the delay in responding. It's been a crazy hectic week, so, unfortunately I didn't have any time for soap-making. @Babyshoes -- a big thank you for your detailed advice & kind words of encouragement. I really needed that! :) I'm in the South of England, UK...
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    Hello Everyone! Newbie Here needs your Help Please!!

    @Nona'sFarm Thank you for all the helpful tips -- they are invaluable. I shall definitely try my hand out at CP soon after I've read up about it and then take your tips into account.
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    Hello Everyone! Newbie Here needs your Help Please!!

    Thanks @Nona'sFarm & @artemis. CP & HP definitely sound better because it will give me control over the ingredients and characteristics of the soap. And given that my two boys have very sensitive skin, I think that that would be the best option. And thanks for the suggestion about the imbeds...
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    Hello Everyone! Newbie Here needs your Help Please!!

    thank you Babyshoes — very helpful info here. Yes, lack of lather doesn’t mean it’s not cleaning, but my little one complains it’s not cleaning! So I guess a little lather would encourage him to use it. the soap bar takes ages of rubbing (after adding water) to show ANY signs of lather, let...
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    Hello Everyone! Newbie Here needs your Help Please!!

    Hello Babyshoes and thank you for your reply. I didn’t realise that sugar, clay etc. only applied to CP method, so thanks for the info it’s very helpful. To answer your question, the first time I tried using the MP base on its own but it didn’t lather much. The second time, I tried adding sweet...
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    Hello Everyone! Newbie Here needs your Help Please!!

    Hello Everyone, I'm a completely new beginner to soap making & I was wondering if you could please help me with a Melt & Pour problem that I have. My son and other half have extra sensitive skin so I've decided to venture into soap making to avoid the horrible reactions they get to commercial...
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