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I purchased the silicone mold from bramble berry that has 12 round 3x1" the volume is 48 oz, according to the description from bramble berry. Each circle holds 4 oz. Please let me know if I calculated this correctly. I want to find out how much I need for my recipe which i think is...

Yesterday I was asking about bramble berry honey oatmeal, and vanilla FO. I was concerned that it might turn my soap brown. Well I have to say for my first GM soap I am really pleased. I even added my honey to the bottom layer thinking it might make it darker with FO but it is the creamiest...

I read the reviews on bramble Berry's website. They state this is one of their most popular FO. I am making my first goat milk soap, and would like to use this FO. what is everyone's experience with this?? Will it accelerate trace? Discolor my soap?? I have numerous goat milk...

I am leaving tomorrow to participate in a soaping boot camp at the Green Lotus in Jacksonville Florida. The boot camp is all weekend. So excited!!! Hope I learn a lot. More importantly I am getting to see a very good friend and she is taking the class with me.

Just made my second batch of soap. This time a calendula soap for my friends with skin problems. I infused olive oil and made tea and used dried petals in my soap. I colored the soap with red palm oil. I think it looks good...

What does everyone think of this recipe. Since I have my own bee hives I have been trying to find a recipe that incorporates both my honey and beeswax. I found some very pretty recipes on pinterest and wonder what every one thought. When I run it through the soap calc the numbers seem odd...

And it's gelling I think.... I followed the recipe from "the nerdy farm wife". It was her honey and oatmeal soap. I only used a Tbsp of honey and I think it is gelling. It was a beautiful creamy white and now it is dark in the center. Help! What do I do?

Today I made lip balm from y honey and beeswax. I think it turned out pretty good. Here is my recipe: 20% beeswax 25% solid oil. (Shea) 15% brittle oil (cocoa butter) 40% liquid oil (sweet almond oil) You can use any you want. Fragrance of choice. I used peppermint. I also put one...

So I have been getting all my equipment ready to make my first batch of soap. I went to big lots today and they didn't have any lg stainless steel pots but the did have graniteware l2qt pot. Is this ok for using for soap making process? Practiced lining one of my boxes tonight. My neighbor...

Ok I need help with the soap calc. I have watched videos but still having difficulty adjusting a recipe. I downloaded a kindle book " how to make wooden soap molds". By M. Bear. My neighbor built two very nice and exact wooden 5 lbs molds. I chose to make her higher box to do fluffy tops...

.....Using my own beeswax, and honey. I am a hobby beekeeper in miami and have 5 TBH which is a horizontal way of beekeeping. I love using the honey and wax to make different things. I have been wanting to make soap for awhile. I recently made mead (honey wine) using my honey and last year...

Hi I am new to the forum. I have been wanting to make soap for awhile. I have many hobbies such as gardening, especially to help the pollinators, which led me to start keeping bees. I have been beekeeping for almost two years and tried making lip balm with my wax and would love to try and...