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is there any history of where and who was the creator of brine soap?

I have been making HP salt bars. I now want to try something new, CP. Since I never made a CP salt bars, I am wondering if it is going to make a difference. From watching and reading recipes, none have mentioned at what point is the super fat oil poured. I add my salt and super fat when the...

I made my first full batch of goat milk soap. I made a tester earlier last week, it was not as white as I thought it would be. The temp for the test was right abut 80 degrees. Was an 18 0z batch. I keep the raw milk in a bath of ice water. Used Lavender eo, nice for the first time. Tonite, I...

are they any threads for making goat milk soap?

When the new year rung in in Jan of 2017, I was making soap for the street fairs and farmer's Markets coming around. I had made lots of soap, I mean LOTS. Lavender was my fav. I had ordered some Alkanet root, and was infusing sunflower oil to add into my Lavender Haze Soap. I was not happy with...

I was wondering if a bright curing area with lots of light can cause a yellow on soaps. The area I have is bright because I just moved all my soap making things to an other room back in Jan. I thought it to be DOS. But my soaps have been getting ALL yellow with what looks to be oil oozing. Not...

So I am bad at math....how does one figure a ratio??:headbanging: Like 25% of water to oils or 38% lye concentration? Or any ratio:headbanging::headbanging:

For the past year, I have been working 6 days/week, had my niece moved in and have had to take care of my mom more. I used a spare bedroom for an office, that is now being used by my niece. All of my soaps, books and things are in the living room. I have not been on the soap forum, Facebook...

I was wondering if pipettes can become "dirty"? When I blend my eos, I have jars that I store my pipettes in. Either an empty container (glass) of that same eo, or a larger mason jar. The mason jar serves as a catch all pipettes if I don't have an empty eo jar. But I just realized that I don't...

I got a new work schedule, I work all the time now. I just got some time and decide to browse Soap Forum. On top of all this I have a farmers Markets coming this week. Hope to be up.

I was calculating the water for my LS. I using like to double check my numbers and compare to make sure I that I have entered amount correctly. My recipe is: Coconut 36% KOH .257 oo 34% KOH .19 Castor 1% KOH .18 Soy 13% KOH .191 Sweet Almond 8% KOH .195 Grapeseed 8% KOH .191 I...

I will be making my second batch of LS, since its been a long time, when do I pour my eo into the soap?:-?

I was wondering if there is a reason for DOS. I have heard all kinds of opinions, but what are they? A reaction of some kind? :-?

Last year I had flowers that dropped bee pollen and i kept the pretty yellow pollen. I was wondering if any soaper has use bee pollen in soap?

This was weird, I was making a wine soap and the batter seized before I poured the wine. That shouldn't happen. Last nite I made a 3 lb loaf with the same recipe and that loaf turned out great. Today that same recipe seized. The lye was rt, but I noticed floaties, so I stirred the lye water. I...

I have been putting this off for a year. I hate experiments. I have Alkanet Root and infused it for a couple of days with Sunflower oil. It was very dark in color, the oil was. I used 1 oz to 4 oz of oil. Here is how it worked. Should I have use more. I used one oz to 3 lb loft. At first it was...

My Eos run away when curing, especially the fruity kind. So I was reading, to keep/prolong the EO scent, some use cottonballs to place where soaps are stored. I decided to cover my soaps with cheese cloth as they cure because it would act like a blanket over them. I noticed that the cloth acts...

For whatever reason, I decided to take the castor oil that I use in my soap and mix my EO into the Castor oil. I let it sit overnight and then pour into the batch at the time I would normally add the EO. I did this because I have read that certain oils can be carrier oils and are anchors. Has...

Found these at the dollar store, I am always looking for bags.:think:

I was running out of sprayer bottles when I was cleaning, it seems I go through more sprayer bottles then anyone I know. I take my soap scraps and put them in water, and then I pour into the bottles. Well today I didn't have regular bottles, but I found (I can't even believe this happen to me) a...