Recent content by SoapNewbie01

Absolutely, You all have been really encouraging and helpful. I am definitely tweak my recipe and try new things. I want to use palm oil instead of avocado and maybe try Shea butter. Eventually I would like to do colorants as well.

Ok awesome, so it does add moisture but gives a little wiggle room in the recipe. So with my current recipe, you think it was to much at 10% super fat. It leaves your skin really soft. Also here is my soap calculator results and everything seems to be in check. Not sure if it's necessary to us...

Thank you 😃. What is the zap test? I haven't come across that in my research yet. Thank you very much, i'll try 5% on the next batch. Will that help make the bar harder quicker? Superstars help with moisturizing correct? It auto corrected :/

Here are the results after cutting. I got nine bars 3x2.5inches . it looks like it's still in gel phase? Or does it just need to dry for the 4weeks or so? Also I tried a tiny piece and it lathers and bubbles nicely, should I have done that?

Hi everyone I'm really excited about learning and making my own soap. I made my first batch today wtih 10% superfat, and everything seemed to go really well. My batch saponified nicely and traced pretty quickly, I added some essential oil for scent and had to mix more to achieve trace again...