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Made this on Sunday, had a bad case of soda ash on top, but I like the final result after cut. It had a strange smell when I mixed the coffee and coconut oil with the lye, like the one when I made my honey soap. Something like cooked bean? No FO in it, so hopefully it will fade. I also added...

If all going according to plan, I'm going to Brazil to see the World Cup either in June or July. I didn't have the exact date yet. I'm not really familiar with the country, and even though I'm only there for a short while (3-4 days) and in a tour, I'll like a recommendation on local food...

I was going to make the in the pot swirl soap with peppermint tea as colorant, didn't end up quite according to plan. My sandalwood FO was the culprit, but I still kinda like the final result even with all the imperfection. The surface is actually very smooth and waxy, unlike the picture.

I made EVOO castille soap on Sunday with this recipe: 500 gr EVOO 63 gr lye 132 gr water (7% SF) I soap around 50C initially. I didn't have SB so I use whisk. It emulsify but I couldn't quite managed to get to trace even after 3 hours. I was trying to raise the temp. Unfortunately, my gas run...

Castor Oil 10% Cocoa Butter 10% Coconut Oil, 76 deg 26% EVOO 44% Pine Tar 10% I run it though the soap calc for 5% SF and has this as result: Hardness 29 - 54 34 Cleansing 12 - 22 17 Conditioning 44 - 69 52 Bubbly 14 - 46 26 Creamy 16 - 48 26 Iodine...

Made this on Sunday. I used makgoelli (Korean rice wine) as water substitute. I also use activated charcoal and green tea polyphenol tablets (dissolved in water) as colorants. It traced so fast I couldn't do the drop swirl that I originally plan. It ended up a bit like camouflage, so I don't...

I check my soap (that's been curing for a while) this morning and found out that some of them have bite marks on them. This is my 100% rice bran oil with manuka honey, no fragrance: This is my salt bar with rice bran oil and coconut oil, with lavender eo: screenshot utility These are the...

Does anyone know what's the benefit for using tea as your liquid in CP soap? They changes the soap's color, but is it only for that? Is there an extra benefit like maybe extra cleanliness, moisturizing effect, etc? I know that green tea contains a lot polyphenol, and all the good stuff in...

Hi there, I wanted to make a gentle soap, so I made an experimental 100% rice bran oil with manuka honey on saturday, this is the recipe: 300 gr rice bran oil 35.9 gr lye 60 gr water (to be mixed with lye) 3/4 tablespoon Manuka Honey 22 gr water (to be mixed with honey) I mixed the water &...