Recent content by csculley

Hello! I've been making soap as a hobby for a little over a year and sell to friends, family, and referrals only. I've been wanting to sell on Etsy or at local fairs/farmers markets, but I've read that I should have liability insurance. I live in Connecticut and I'm aware that these things...

Thanks! Thank you everyone for your reply... This customer has never bought from me and I figured that if she was asking for a special order she would want to purchase a lot, but she only wants two bars. I'm a rather small operation and sell to family, friends and referrals. I think that I...

I typically make all of my soaps with a base of coconut, olive oil, and palm oil. I have a client that approached me and asked me to make a coconut and coconut derivative free soap. I only have one set of equipment and clean it after each use with soap, water, and white vinegar. Do you think...

whats the lowest temperature you should cure your soap at? I currently have some in the garage, but I'm not sure if 50 degrees is too cold.

thank you!

Do you think its ok to keep soap that is curing in my garage? I live in Connecticut so is a bit cold, I think its about 58-60 in the garage currently. It is sitting on a rack with parchment paper over it so it doesn't get any dust on it and I'll turn it every so often to keep the air...

thank you everyone for the input. I'm going to try again this weekend. Have you found that it matters if I use raw or pasteurized goats milk? I can only find pasteurized since its winter I guess.

I ended up throwing away the mixture since i didn't want to waste all of the oils. The milk was slushy. It didn't seem like it was milk fat at all, but then again Ive never made milk soap but i would be very surprised if it were milk fat. The top 1/3 of the mixture (about 10 oz) was floating...

Oil(s) Selected Amount % Castor Oil 3.75oz 5.00% Coconut Oil (76 Degrees) 22.50oz 30.00% Olive Oil 37.50oz 50.00% Palm Oil 7.50oz 10.00% Shea Butter (Unrefined) 3.75oz 5.00% 5% Lye (Sodium Hydroxide) Amount 10.541oz Ounces of liquid recommended 24.75oz Yields 110.29oz

might i add its not a small amount like the entire 10 oz of lye is floating to the top if i let it sit for a minute

Im currently trying to make my first batch of GM soap and the lye is not dissolving into it at all. I froze the GM first (store bought real goats milk) and gradually stirred the lye into it and its not dissolving at all. Ive been going for almost 30 min and its not dissolving. I used all GM and...

I just made my third batch of CP soap and I did 65% OO, 25% Coconut, 5 % avocado, 5% jojoba with a 2 % superfat and also with raw honey. I did almost all of the batch in a loaf mold, but the left over soap I had I used a silicone mold and it turned out just fine. The silicone mold bar did not go...

when you say a while, do you mean more than 4-6 weeks?

Thanks so much for your reply! I appreciate your tips.

Thank you. I did not add any water to the honey, I was not aware that I should do this. I couldn't find a recipe I liked so I made my own using a lye calculator and then just looked on other websites how much honey/essential oil to use. If I did use honey in the future, would you suggest I do...