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Well I have been making some more soap. After my Liquid Glycerin Castile Soap disaster, I felt like I had to make some successful batches of soap so that I didn't feel so bad. So the other day I made just some regular soap, nothing special, but I experimented with color using Titanium Dioxide...

So I am looking to makes some gift soap for my little nephews. Just so happens they are deep into this whole "Zombie Apocalypse" stuff. It also just so happens that is one of the themes I am using for one of my soaps. Anyways, I am looking for a red colorant and I'm not sure what one would be...

So i have watched all Soaping101 videos, and some I have watched multiple times. I decided to try an make the liquid castile soap. I followed the directions to a T since I have never made it and something went horrifically wrong. I started at about 10:00 pm last night and was up until 4:00 am...

I was thinking the other day (oh oh). I made an aftershave with coconut, witch hazel, and an FO. Of course over time, the coconut oil and witch hazel separate. It just so happens I have a large amount of xanthan gum from my hot sauce making days. So I was wondering, can you or do people use...

Being, what I call, a pretentious shaver, I thought I would try to make a couple quick-n-easy things I could use. Well only one pertains to shaving. So I made an after shave which is only Coconut Oil, Witch Hazel, and some Armani FO. I combined these three ingredients as per the instructions and...

So I have been making some soap when I can. My latest is a facial soap. The two highlights with this recipe is that I superfatted for the first time and I used silk. This stuff is only 1 week into curing and the leftovers sample I made feels amazing and seems to work great. Cant wait to see how...

Well, funny thing happened to me a few nights ago. I was working on the computer and was thinking it was to early to go to bed and thought "what should I do now"? Well all of the sudden a new label idea hit me in the head. Funny thing is I had no clue what it would turn into. What you see is the...

Over the short period of time of being a soaper, I have come across recipes that have beeswax in them. I thought I had some that I saved but it seems I don't. So I of course did some online searching and as you would expect, I am just not finding what I had seen in the past. I guess now I am...

Well I have put together my "Batch #3" recipe which has not been made as of yet. I thought I would post it on here and get some input on it to see if it looks good, seems like it should end up OK, if I have everything kind of set up correctly, etc. Since I don't have any of the really nice oils...

I am wanting to try the Tussah silk in a recipe or two and I have been looking all over the interwebs and I am a bit confused. I thought it was bought still as a silk sack but all I can find is strands of it. I would assume that you wouldn't want dyed stuff. So as my title suggests, where...

Im just curious how much you guys add when you put vitamin E into your soaps? I am thinking of using it more in my soaps and started adding about 20 or so drops in a 2 pound batch. I had a feeling that wasn't enough but not knowing how much to put in, I figured a little was better than nothing...

I have been wondering are their soaps that people make for clearing up skin and fighting against acne? I have a niece who gets "chest acne" and being a girl I cant imagine its something she likes, but with me getting into the soap thing now I thought maybe that was worth looking into. I also...

So I have a problem and I don't know if its a good one to have or not. All I know is I don't like it. I have so many ideas on how I want to package my soaps and I cant decide on one. One part of me thinks "come up with a label/design that is the same for all soaps and distinguishes you from...

So I have finally made my shaving soap with the correctly measured amounts of KOH and NaOH this time. Everything seems to have come out ok and I even tried the Pringles cans this time. With all of that said, there is a minor issue that I may be having. It has been a little more than 24 hours...

Well I did it. My first attempt at a shampoo bar (cp). As of last night it was only two days old and my wife told me to try it. Well I tried it and it...was...awesome. it lathered up really good and smelled good. I think I need to add a little something for conditioning though. I like having...

So since becoming a soaping addict, I have many many ideas. More than I know what to do with. I haven't decided if this is a bad problem or a good problem to have yet. Ill get back to you all on that. But with deer season coming REAL soon I want to make my "Hunters Bar" soap idea. I thought I...

Well so far I think all is going well here is the recipe I used... 16oz. batch Tallow 30%4.8oz Coconut oil 10%1.6oz Caster Oil14%2.24oz Stearic Acid 46%7.36oz NaOH40% of oil weight6.4oz KOH60% of oil weight 11.2oz Shave & A Hair Cut FO1oz. 2tsp of clay/pound of oils Is there a...

So as many of you know, I am working on making some soaps for men. One of the ideas I had was to do a bacon soap. I was given an idea in another one of my threads to maybe try cooking up some bacon and use the oil from it to incorporate into the recipe. Well of course this got me thinking. So...

Well as some of you may know, I have made my first somewhat real batch of soap. The soap I made is a coffee soap, which turned out great. It looks good enough to eat, literally, I gave it to my dad and hadn't told him it was soap yet and he tried to take a little tiny piece of it to eat it. I...

I have been in much debate on if I want to do my first small (2 pounds of less) batch of shaving soap using the CP or HP method. As I have mentiond in another post, I have a 1/2oz sample of wonderful smelling FO "Shave & A Haircut". I have done some reading and it seems that the scent can be...