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  1. Sapwn

    Aftershave Balsam, too oily!

    I have made dozens of small batches and attempts but still cannot figure this out. I make my own aftershave balsam using the oils that I want, however I always get the same result. A cream that leaves the skin too greasy. I cannot understand what I should (or shouldn’t) use in order to...
  2. Sapwn

    Lanolin: Wet-shaver-soapers, please help!

    There is no wet shaver that doesn't know about Mitchell's Wool Fat shaving soap. I am trying to reproduce the benefits of lanolin in a recipe completely different from MWF. The problem is I cannot guess the right percentage of lanolin. I made some experiments but it turns out that the addition...
  3. Sapwn

    Please, be prepared for the stupidest question you ever heard

    A couple of weeks ago I made a soap batch and I had some complications. The electronic scale was almost out of battery and measurements were wrong. I figured it out and I corrected the proportions the best I could, but the final result is a lye heavy soap. I planned to make this batch at 7%...
  4. Sapwn

    FO and burning sensation

    During my experimentation period on shaving soaps I made a batch that produces excellent lather but I leaves a burning sensation when applied on the face. The major difference that I noticed compared to other batches with no burning is that in that particular I exaggerated with the...
  5. Sapwn

    Microwave Hot Process. Oh yes!!!

      I have a medium size pot dedicated to double-pot hot-process soap making. I prepared my oils and the lye and mixed them in a bowl. Hand mixer and trace as usual. Added the soap in the pot to cook it and I realize that it fills up to the top. In the first 5 minutes of cooking the soap was...
  6. Sapwn

    Experience with lanolin anyone?

    I am using lanolin in my shaving soap and I like it a lot. Last time I added very little, half a tea spoon in 1kgr of soap. This because I am afraid it may cut down the lather. How much could I raise lanolin percentage without affecting seriously the lather? What is approximatelly the...
  7. Sapwn

    Liquid soap separation

      I am very new to liquid soap. I made two batches until now. The first bottle is my second batch, but the first successful. It is 2/3 extra virgin OO and 1/3 coconut oil with 5% superfat. I followed a recipe that I found in youtube for castile soap making and I changed it a bit.   The second...
  8. Sapwn

    Show your soap holders

      Actually I am using two soap holders. This is metallic and very light. It comes with this saucer and it has holes for drainage. I rarely use the saucer because without it dries better. And this is the second one. Classic porcelain with no holes for...
  9. Sapwn

    Water %

    I see that web soap calculators calculate water at 38% In some of them the percentage of water can be changed by the user. I have seen that some of the members here follow a water discount. I recently saw someone’s recipe with 28% water. Is 38% the right percentage of water for any soap, no...
  10. Sapwn

    Natural Deodorant (No soda - No beeswax)

    I see that all natural deodorant recipes in the net contain baking soda or beeswax. However, none of these two ingredients should be present in a deodorant. Baking soda is very irritating to the skin and causes light to severe rush in the armpits of most people. If used, it should be 1% at...
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    Lye quality question

    I used to buy lye for 3.40euros a kgr from the same shop every time. A few days ago I found it in another shop for 2.20 euros a kgr. In the first shop yhey describr it as 99% pure while in the second they say nothing. Are all lyes yhe same? The answer should be "yes" because soap...
  12. Sapwn

    Ridicules mold

    Ridicules stamp   I bought this cheap but cute stamp from ebay and I received it today. I am sure you have seen it around. It is sold as a “soap stamp”. I tested it on two different bars. The first one is made some days ago but it is still soft, and the second one is made 12 hours...
  13. Sapwn

    Anti-Itch cream

    Taking advantage of the information and the answers I got in this forum I made a natural anti-itching cream. The ingredients used for their anti-itching properties are the following: Almond oil Mango Butter Calendula Rosemary Lavender German chamomile     I had already...
  14. Sapwn

    Lotion Calculator?

    Does anybody know if there is an “emulsifying calculator” in the net? Something like soap calculators that calculate the amount of water and lye for the soap but for the use on creams and lotions. An internet tool that provided the amount of oils and water it calculates the amount of...
  15. Sapwn

    The Shave of the day

    Straight Razor: SPARTACUS, Thiers-Issard. 5/8, full hollow Brush: Custom made with Horse mane hair and Deer horn Scuttle: Schwarzweisskeramik Shaving soap: Cream/soap made by me 8-) with stearic acid, coconut oil, shea butter, lanolin. Cherry and Almond scent Aftershave balm...
  16. Sapwn

    Hunting soap

    As the hunting season approaches, I thought to make a soap bar for the hunt. Some times in winter, being on the mountains I have to do some dirty work with the prey (you really don’t want to know the details). In that case I find myself having to wash my very dirty hands in a water source with...
  17. Sapwn

    Emergency! Please help!

      I decided to make the Shampoo Bar today with the only difference of using Sunflower seed oil instead of soya been oil. I added one spoon of sugar in the water, then added the lye, diluted everything, then added the lye to the oils. I reached trace easily with a hand mixer as always when...
  18. Sapwn

    Tallow recipe needed. Thank you.

    Finally I found tallow! It was not easy to find hear. I bought 10Kgr that rendered 7.5Kg of oil. I keep it in the freezer at -24oC. Since I am new at soap making and have no experience with tallow, I would like to ask senior members that have used tallow to...
  19. Sapwn

    Sapwn's Soaps

    Thank you Hazel and AngelMomma! Thank you Relle for your comments. I post here some picks of the unwrapped soaps. The reason I wrapped many of them is that I don’t have enough space to store them unwrapped. Wrapping them helps me store them better. Since I made a lot of bars...
  20. Sapwn

    Hello everybody

    Hello ladies and gentlemen! I love soaps since I was a kid. I adore them! I remember myself some empty Saturdays having nothing to do, going to malls and other shops just to buy some new soaps. I love both cheap and expensive ones. I even like fake soaps and with fake I mean the glycerin-based...
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