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I hope this is an OK section to use. First up, are there differences besides the adding sugar, glycerin, and alcohol? What changes in the soap does this make outside of translucence and higher glycerin content? Especially physiologically and in use. Glycerin soap was the original saddle soap...

There have been some interesting food/cooking threads recently. Does anyone make cheese? I'm interested in starting to make my own cheese, and starting off with cream cheese. I'm trying to determine how much of a difference there is in taste and texture between using the acid methods (lemon...

Ok, so I asked my dad to make me a soap planer and sent him loads of loads of information, various plans, youtube videos, and photos. Then the other day I got an email where he jokingly said he'd finished the planer, and attached an amazon invoice for a soap planer being sent to me. I super...

I was wondering who uses cottonseed oil? Does it add to the lather of the soap? Do you use pure cottonseed oil, or are you using it in the form of shortening mixed with soy? Pluses or negatives of using it alone or in shortening form with soy? I have a recipe I'm ALMOST satisfied with for...

I hope the title isn't too confusing, trying to explain my question in as few words as possible. I'm a new-er soaper, but have mostly always done my own recipes. I keep notes on my recipes and have bars from them all, but none are a full year old. I'm going to be doing a fundraiser to help...

I'm wondering how many people have used a stand mixer for making soap. I'm going to do another thread soon specifically about my bf deciding he hated making soap, after investing a ton of money and purchasing TWO doman names (he changed his mind once) so that the domain name he wanted was...

These are pretty much my first colored soaps. I used celery infusion and cocoa powder for a christmas soap, but these are oxides and my first swirls. Its funny, I didn't even have an interest in colors or swirls very much before joining this forum. But now I want tons of oxides and mica and to...

I was wondering if anyone has ever had this happen before. My bf ordered 3 lbs of cocoa butter online. There was some sort of problem and so he had to wait and the seller sent nearly 3.5 lbs to make up for it. So last night, we went to temper and break it down for easy use. I've done this...

I was wondering what the largest amount of liquid (water alternative) amount in soap should be. Ideally in percentage of weight in oils so as to easily plug in the amount to soap calc. I've always left it at 38%, and most of my batches have had something swapped for the water. Can the amount...

This happened Thursday, but I'm just now getting around to sharing my story here lol. I was making some castile soaps to cure for a full year and give away next christmas. One I subbed out the water with pumpkin, the other greek yogurt. In addition to the soaps themselves I was using a bit of...

I thought some of you might be interested in how food coloring works in CP soap. When researching, most say to not use it due to morphing. Well here are my results of basic food coloring in a CP bastile recipe in the batter and then after the full cure period. Its a basic 4 color food coloring...

I made some castile soap this morning. I was wondering about when should I unmold and cut it? I placed it in the freezer to avoid gel. With my previous recipes since they were soft soaps they needed 2-3 days before they could be cut. Will it be about the same for the castile, or even longer?

I was wondering who uses crisco in soap? What percentages of the crisco do you use? Any issues with rancidity or DOS due to the soybean oil? Good things to combine with crisco in soap? I had to buy some crisco for a (food) recipe I was doing, I wanted to follow it to the T. Unfortunately this...

Hey guys, I'm new here. I started out with a thread asking for advice on my holiday soap because I did quite a few things I've never done before. I'm really happy with how everything turned out, despite a few mishaps. I posted a couple pictures at the end of the question thread but I think it...

Hi all, I'm new. I've been reading quite a few threads though that I've found with google search. I'm very new to soap making! I've been making my own body products for a while now though due to skin issues and purchasing homemade CP soap. Now I'm venturing into making my own, plus hoping to...