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I was thinking of making a non lauric acid soap using mango seed butter and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this. I also plan on using neem and lard to help firm it up. My question is that of course leaving out LA oils it leaves the recipe with almost 0 bubbly and...

So it's spring again which means the obnoxious soapwort is starting to pop up again. Luckily this year I have a use for it now that I am soaping. So can anyone clear up how I use the stuff. Should I use the root or the leaves? Should I dry the plant matter or use it fresh? Should I make it into...

So I'm going to be making a batch of soap today and I wanted to play around with additives.I wanted to add a tsp of sugar, salt and corn starch but I'm worried I'm adding too many things. I also plan on using a brewed cocoa instead of water to dissolve the lye and adding the grounds to the soap...

I have a few bottles of flavors left over from my E-vapor making days and I was wondering if anyone knew how it would work to scent soap. Well since I searched the forums and no answer could be found I thought I would try it and update my post with the results. The colors came through which was...

Coconut oil 2.25oz Olive oil .5oz Soybean oil 2.5oz Lard 2.5oz Super fat at 5% Coconut oil was colored with beta carotene which produced a butter yellow color in the final product. A couple things I noticed about my soap I had questions about. First is it did not have a solid color and had...

I decided to get into soap making because I had a gallon of coconut oil I had to figure out how to get rid of. I made my first batch of soap and it was interesting enough to drive me to learn more.