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How does powder sugar work vs granulated is it just easier to dissolve into the soap or is there another reason you use it? And at what step do you add it before or after the lye?

Thanks! That one is a pine tar soap with a citrus and cedarwood scent it’s got activated charcoal, oats, and a little pumice for exfoliation. I will give the sugar a try on my next batch, but how does the aloe Vera affect the soap? Is that something I need to punch into soap calc?

Thank you! I do use glyercin to add my color so I’m thinking that will add a bit of super fat or conditioning to my bars, I’m not sure if I need to include that in the calculation?

Thank you very much! That one is a bay rum scent. I tried to make it look like a wave crashing on the beach

Hehe thank you very much, that was my very first bar and I’ve been trying to repeat it every time without being able to get the same result lol I think it’s in the saponification and when it went into gel phase it really made the colors pop, but I got a bit of the glycerin rivers which I think...

Thank you thank you, I think I’ll give sugar a go on my next batch forgot to add it on this last one. Hopefully I still get the suds with the 20 percent coconut I’ll have to look into the olive oil pomace if it is a cheaper alternative with the same outcome

Thanks I’ll keep the castor at 5%, I really am aiming for a harder bar that lathers well not a sticky one lol. I just made a new batch today dropped coconut down from 25 to 20 and threw the extra 5% into the lard, so we will see! I’ll have to check out the prices again the next time I’m in Costco

Thanks! I’m running 5% superfat, I usually keep it in the 20-25% range for the coconut oil, I’m not sure if I drop it any lower than that would it sud enough. Could I increase the castor oil to increase the sud production? Or would this make my soap too soft I’ll give that a go! It seems like...

Hello everyone, I just got into soap making and I’ve been trial and error testing with a few recipes and I’ve gotten to a point I believe i have a decent soap, but I would like some outside input. My recipe is 25% coconut oil, 25% extra virgin olive oil, 20% lard, 15% palm oil, 10% shea...