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Does using high% of hard oils and butters ( I know it won't be a transparent LS ) lessen the cooking time of LS ? Thanks

Hi friends, Am still a newbie in lotion making, I have made 3-4batches of lotion. My skin feels dry after an hour or so of applying my lotion. My recipe is quite basic Water, oils, small%of butter, ewax, preservative. What more should I add? Will adding glycerin or sodium lactate help??

Hello The other day I got a mask from a soap maker locally. The ingredients were kaolin clay, zinc oxide and glycerin. She said there is no preservatives in the mask and mask shelf life is 6 months if kept in refrigerator. Is it possible.? Should I use it for 6months or throw it of after...

Hi. Made my first emulsified sugar scrub. It turned out runny. My recipe 10% ewax 10% stearic acid 10% cocoa butter 68% sunflower oil 1% eo 1% preservative. Added150 g sugar. It is sort of runny. I live in a tropical climate. I really don't want to sound dumb but could the climate be the reason...

How does this recipe looks. water 75% stearic 3% cocoa butter 3% sunflower oil 12% Ewax 4% fragrance 1% Preservative 1% Am new to lotion making. I have to bottle my lotion. Does this recipe looks fine Thanks

Hello everyone.. I plan to make my first batch of lip balm. I ve beewax and olive oil. So is the ratio 1:4 sounds good? I would like a medium consistency.. Thanks :-)

well my soaps traces quick very quick.. let me gv more details... i soap at room temp. i usually dont use olive oil... the oils are palm, coconut, castor, sunflower and rice bran.. hard : soft oils ratio s 60: 40 i end up nt using stick blender still it trace soon.. and i usually make one...

My last two batches, dunno what went wrong with them.. It all looked fine.. But When i demolded d soap.. Found air bubbles on d soap, jus pushed it with my finger.. Some liquid started to come out.. What could be my mistake?

Is it ok for pregnant woman to use soaps containing essential oils.. Am sure many of u should be selling soaps which contains eos .. Do you write on labels- consult ur physician or something like that?

Hello everyone.. Ok this might be a silly question but plz i do need u guys help. Does lemon grass essential oil colors the soap? If yes what color? Thanks

Hello folks, its been almost a year since i started making soaps. And i am loving it. I have gifted, sold ( just for the cost price though ) and still have tons of soap at home. Now to the points.. I wanna learn swirling. Can u guys please help me how to start with.. the basic swirling...

Hello! I was wondering how to prepare activated charcoal? Is it just burning a piece of wood till its completely burned and grinding it into fine powder.?

Hello all, i ve this very weird questions.. Ok now i live in a hot place. It either hot or hotter here. Do we have to select oils based on our climates. Does high conditioning and low cleansing soap make one feel oily. Lets consider the person has normal skin. Thanks.

I have been making soaps from past 6 months. First time i'm going to try shampoo bars. My recipe for the shampoo bar will be 20 percent each of coconut, palm, olive, rice bran and sunflower oils. So guys what do think of the oils? Do i have to increase or decrease any oil? And what should be SF...

I want to know- after keeping a lye discount or SF Of 6 or 7 percent on a lye calculator. Can we also add an extra oil at the time of tracing?

Hi all, i made a soap with 45% palm oil, 17% coconut oil, 20% rice bran oil, 10% sunflower oil and 8% castor oil. Sf at 7 %. My hands feel so dry with this soap though the conditioning no. on soapcalc was 54 and cleansing jus 14. Any suggestions. Thanx.

i would want to make a soap with coconut, palm, sunflower, rice bran and castor oils. can anyone tell the best percentage of each oils to make a hard as well as moisturizing soaps. thnxxxxxxxxxxx