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  1. J

    Superfatting liquid soap

    Hello everyone. I will be making liquid soap soon and I was wondering if someone could clarify something. I have Catherine Failor's Making Liquid Soaps book. In the book, she specifies that all her recipes have a lye excess to make it clear and then you have to neutralize the soap with borax...
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    Pine Tar recipe?

    Thanks a lot!! :D
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    Pine Tar recipe?

    I search the forums but couldn't find one. Does anyone have a Pine Tar CP soap recipe they would like to share? Thanks!
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    HARD bar recipes?

    I have been working with oils and numbers on the soap calc and I have some ideas but I wanted opinions, suggestions and inspiration from others that have made harder bars. The soap calc doesn't give me that. It doesn't matter what I have on hand because if someone is nice enough to post a...
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    HARD bar recipes?

    I'm looking for more inspriation on a soap recipe. I would like to make a harder bar. Like 41 - 48 on the hardness scale but I don't want it to be too cleansing because I have dry skin. Does anyone have a favorite recipe they would like to share? Thanks!
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    Difference between Dove and my soap?

    Re: soap film Yes, I used distilled water and not milk. But I'm thinking of doing goats milk so I'll look into the borax idea.
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    Difference between Dove and my soap?

    Okay, yes, I'm using that one and that's what I did then. So I guess if you want to super fat more, you just increase the %.
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    Difference between Dove and my soap?

    Well, I'm still a newbie. I've only made two batches of CP. I'm just now learning about superfatting. Is there supposed to be a minimum? I used the Soap Calc 9 that is so popular to figure my recipe. How exactly do you super fat a recipe?
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    Difference between Dove and my soap?

    Oh, and actually, this recipe wasn't superfatted at all. But I'm thinking I might do that with the next batch. Just a little tho.
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    Difference between Dove and my soap?

    Thanks for the all the useful info everyone!! I don't know if I'll want to use the tetrasodium in my soap but I'll look into it. I went back to the soap I made that I was unhappy with because it's been cureing for almost 2 months now. I used it after a couple weeks and it gave me that waxy...
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    Winter lip balm

    http://www.snowdriftfarm.com/form_lipbalms.html
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    In search of a moisturizing soap recipe

    Source for silk: http://www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/ProductDetail.aspx?CatalogID=1&GroupID=505&CategoryID=1806&ProductID=1627&ProductName=Crafters+Choice%E2%84%A2+Silk+Amino+Acids
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    Difference between Dove and my soap?

    I can't for the life of me find my recipe but from memory, it was something very similar to this: Coconut oil: 30% jojoba oil: 3% olive oil: 60% shea butter: 7%
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    Liquid Soap anyone?

    This company has lots of info on liquid soap. I plan on using them when I go to make some. http://www.snowdriftfarm.com/ They have potassium hydroxide here: http://www.snowdriftfarm.com/dry.html And here is the how to on liquid soap: http://www.snowdriftfarm.com/form_liquidsoap.html
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    Difference between Dove and my soap?

    Okay, so I usually would buy Dove soap if I buy store soap. Even the bars of their soap are great. The reason is because when I use their soap, there isn't a "waxy" feeling left on my skin after I use it. I have dry skin and very hard water. Dove liquid shower soap and bar soap all lathers good...
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