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Hi Dawni, no problem, I will. I discovered many things, one of them that many products do not have documents with the information I need. But I keep searching.

Thank you Isg. I need more oils than on that chart. But I found a way to do it myself. I am checking the suppliers' documents for each oil! yes, for each oil and butter. and wax. :)

Hello, does anyone know where to find oil properties and fatty acids charts? The soapmaker calculator offers a download of it, but it doesn't have oils I need. thank you! p.s. I am making a soap calculator

Hi Rune, sorry to hear about your problems. I believe you underestimate Ashwaganda, it's an adaptogenic herb, which will fix whatever is wrong in your body and will not harm what is good. Try to make tea with it and take it later at night for three months, no more. This herb likes a company, I...

Hello, I know it's an old thread, but for those who are looking for an answer how check lye if your lye absorbed moisture and how to use it if it did, here is a video of Kevin Dunn explaining. enjoy http://greenerlifeclub.com/the-balancing-act-part-ii-presented-by-dr-kevin-dunn/

newbie, yes, it's sits in water practically, but I bought handmade soap and it's not getting soft that much. I don't know the recipe of that soap, but it's not a drying soap! I am puzzled with it. I made my recipe in such way that it would lather and an the same time be conditioning, but...

great information, thanks the cure time actually is more than 6 months now, but I should tell you that cure time didn't change properties! when we started using my soap few weeks after cure, it was very much the same superfat is always 10% also, I added superfat after the soap was done, it...

Hi guys, thank you for replies!!!!! yes, that was a typo, here is the right %: olive 56% castor 4% coconut 54% shea butter 15% it was a hot process soap, passed the zip test, and it lathers good, but gets soft in the shower, and then breaks. lenarenee, thank you I will make your recipe...

Hello, could you please, help me. I made a soap with hot process. it's a nice soap with lather, not a drying one, but it gets too soft in shower, and after awhile it gets broken to pieces. I made this recipe myself with soapcalculator. I don't have notes about water %, but I think it's 38%...

actually I wasn't necessarily checking temperature. I was more concerned about ph, checking it few times with phenolpthalein, when it was clear, I already saw that soap is not hot, so I dipped my finger in it. lol it was warm and I added eos. maybe I had to mix eos with some oil before...

thank you all. good article

sorry, I forgot to mention, that oils were added when soap cooled down, I checked temperature with my fingers :) - the soap is for my family. I thought I will smell my soaps in my bathroom, but no, I cannot smell much even close to my nose

Hello, I am new to soap making. I had a few failures because I completely ignored recipes, but few last batches were very good. I make hot process soap. My problem is fragrance. I added about 4-6% of essential oils (palmarosa, patchouli, lavender, don't remember exact combination. One batch...