Recent content by Madelyn Cole

Thank you everyone! I'll give salt a try!

Thanks everyone! Is the salt added to the lye/water? Any special kind of salt?

Thanks lenarenee! That's helpful!

Thanks!

Your soap is beautiful! Love the swirl effect on your wood grain and carubbeab escape soaps. Next, post a tutorial on how you achieved these beautiful effects!

Hello! Most store bought bar soaps are hard to the touch, meaning there is no give. I personally like this quality, but I'm unsure how to achieve this in CP soap. I've read a lot about the various soap properties - hardness, cleansing, bubbly etc. and have learned that solid oils greatly...

Great, great advice, thank you all! :thumbs:

Thanks, I relied on the the soap calculator to calculate the lye/water ratio for me. Is there something else I need to consider when entering the ingredients? But I checked on it a couple hours ago and noticed some gelling. It was fairly light though. And, yes, I covered it with a towel. I...

Is it possible the temperature of the oils and lye was too cool? I waited until the temperatures cooled to around 100 degrees (F). I've seen some tutorials that recommend that temperature, others I've seen recommend room temperature. Still a little unsure what the perfect temperature for both...

Made my first batch in years today and it's been several hours and it does not appear to have gone through gel phase. Below is the recipe. Used SoapCalc.net's calculator. Total water: 190 g/ 6.7 oz Total lye: 70 g/2.47 oz Total Oils: 500 g/17 oz Eucalyptus Spearmint FO from MMS...

Thank you! I will check out those websites. I just found a website that does a good job explaining the difference between the types of colorants for CP soap if anyone is interested: https://www.diynatural.com/soap-colorants-pigments-oxides-micas/ Ooh, just found another great site with...

Oh my! What causes these things to happen? o_O

Just getting back into CP soap making after many years and trying to learn about all the different colorants appropriate for CP soap. Of all the choices - micas, oxides, FD&C, D&C, pigments, liquid lab colors - I don't know how to choose. Many sites that sell these products just don't provide...