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Thanks all for the suggestions

I have been making soap for a while now and in the beginning I was not using any fragrance in my soap but noticed off smells and decided to try using some fragrances purchased from a large online soap making company. I purchased two different sampler packs and they came out great but they...

Reinbeau, I agree with you on how effective it would be in the soap. I have used it fresh and it works great. I will give it a try and see how it comes out.

I have read many articles about making Jewel Weed soap. Every one of them start by saying take a bunch of the weed and make a tea by cooking it until it turns dark. I have a bunch of Jewel Weed growing on my property. I was wondering if instead of making a tea, using it straight by crushing...

I was wondering if I could spray some cooking oil in the molds but was thinking the lye would just eat it also. I will try the vaseline....thanks.

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } I bought a four soap mold with shells on it from Michaels (like Hobby Lobby) that I filled along with my large mold that holds sixteen bars. I have never had a problem getting soap out of it. I normally put the mold in the freezer for about...

Thanks....

When you add these to a recipe, do you need to adjust the lye or water content?