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Thanks for the replies. My husband and I just make soap for our family's enjoyment. Our son has eczemia so we don't want to irritate his skin. We think it smells really good . . Christmas-like. The soap is still curing but right now it seems to be enough cinnamon EO - our room smells like...

My recipe has 40 oz of oils in them, how much cinnamon eo is safe to use? Also is nutmeg eo safe on the skin?

Hope it isn't too late for this question since we already made the soap. I understand cinnamon eo can be an irritant. We used half and ounce in 14 oz. crisco, 12 oz. olive oil, 12 oz. coconut oil, 2oz. castor. Is this a reasonable amount, we also had half ounce of nutmeg in the batch. We also...

First off, Thanks to all who have been so kind to answer our newbie questions. We were amazed how quickly the vegetable shortening soap traced and how hard the bars are, hope there good soap. Which leads to our next question how long does this soap need to cure before use? We used 75% veg...

My son has eczema and lye soap does help him after we bought some at the Ozark Family Center in Arkansas. We made some basic soap using all lard, it's in the 2nd week of curing. My son would like something that lathers better and doesn't smell quite so "hoggy". What we have is 48oz. of...

What would you guys recommend?

I have canned coconut milk 13.5 oz. can. I was thinking of mixing 6 oz. water with lye then 6 oz. of canned milk at trace with above recipe. What do you think?

Can someone give me an idea of how and when and how much of the coconut milk to use with the recipe I listed?

I'm new to soapmaking. I have one batch of traditional lard cp soap that has been curing for a week. After reading your forum I'm ready to move on. Does anyone know if Coconut Milk can be used in a recipe that is 3lbs. Crisco, 6oz. lye and 12oz water. I've read that goats milk can be a replacer...