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So I found this site a few months ago and got super excited about making my own soap and adding fancy ingredients and then I got a fancy idea that I would sell fancy soaps as well. I did a lot of reading and excitedly shopped for soaping supplies. I even bought a nice cabinet because soaping...

Yesterday someone mentioned the single oil swap at zensoaps so of course I had to pay a visit. http://www.zensoaps.com/singleoil.htm The soaps in the swap were graded 1 to 5 with 5 being the best. I decided to run some of these oils through soapcalc.net and the results do not seem to match the...

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone here uses this machine? I got excited about it and even contacted the company but the approximately $1500 price point is a bit much for me as a start up but then I am also wondering if it saves much in manual labor? What do you all think?The second video is the...

But I like to just hoo and haa sometimes...sharing with you guys: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/26/4-year-old-paper-dresses-fashion-by-mayhem_n_4855545.html :smile:

I was considering using the Great Value shortening from Walmart but could not find the ingredient list on the container. I've read here that a few people like it because it's a blend of palm/tallow. I'm wondering why there isn't a list so we know how much of what is in there. I'm linking...

I hope you guys don't mind...I did search but could not find anything addressing this concern. From what I understand, this soap is known to help with eczema etc. I watched a youtube video and the author suggests using the Creosote free type, but when I searched Wikipedia for Creosote, it shows...

So, this idea of selling soap is very new to me. I know I'll enjoy making the soaps, just the selling part that will be a challenge. My intended first batch was going to be for my friend who has problem skin, (facial), but then I thought, why not make enough so you can have folks try them and...

Still trying to make my first batch. Should this be ok? olive oil 50% palm oil 25% beef tallow 15% castor 10% super fat 5% This is for problem skin that breaks out easily so no color or fragrance. I'm using the palm oil because I have it here a...

Hi All, I;m a little scared but pretty anxious to start my soap making.I am trying to stay as low cost as possible until I know for sure where I want to take it. I understand I need to use plastic to mix my lye...bowl and stirrer and on some videos I've watched I've seen them add the lye water...

Hi Lovely Soapers! Is 'Soapers' a proper name? he he. I hope so! I can't believe I'm about to start making soaps. Life has a way of taking us full circle I believe. Anyone here who hated homemade soap as a kid, where your grand parents made the soap with no fragrance or color? While...