Recent content by starlightsteward

Just pondering whether to do a 100% Coconut oil salt bar for my first attempt, or do 5% castor

After my very first 4 batches of CP soap went well -- had a soap night from Hell. I had purchased some ivory shea butter from amazon, and only realized after melting it and adding it to my other base oils that there was so much lint and blue plastic specks. I had to filter all my oils through...

I have a 4 oz bottle of Lavender Marshmallow FO with 5% Vanillin, and plan to use it in my 2,000 g oils recipe -- this comes to about 5.6% of fragrance. This FO discolors to a light brown according to some websites. I'd like to color a portion of my soap batter purple, so if I split my batter...

I am racing the clock to have all my soap gifts made before the 6 week cure takes us past Christmas! My spreadsheet is made, and what I did was block out some cells with colors of my soap & yield, so I have an idea of how many I have, and what might look nice paired today as gifts of 3 or so...