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I was asked by a friend to make a saddle soap to sell in their new boutique adventure. It would be a soap meant for the cleansing of leather and biothane products, probably small scale and mostly local to regional exposure. There is no retail location, it's online (mostly facebook right now...

I'm nervous about this one. I have Babassu being delivered tomorrow, and I have some self rendered Tallow sitting in the freezer. I have not used either in soap before. I was playing with SoapCalc and really paying attention to my fatty acid property numbers. I like the numbers I have come up...

How long do you cure soap for that is not intended for hand or body use, but intended for cleansing products like laundry or leather soap? I've recently bought a handmade soap, meant to be a low foam, no residue cleansing saddle soap. After reading the company blog, I'm under the impression...

Calendula tea steeped overnight for full water replacement. Calendula infused Olive Oil. At trace: 1 tspn honey, 1 tspn turmeric powder (for color), and Wildflower Honey FO from BB. Calendula infused Olive Oil: Oils and lye tea infusion combined: Turmeric, honey, and FO added at...

I found somewhere (can't remember now, it was weeks ago lol) a recipe with 75% tallow, 20% coconut, 5% castor oil. Let's say 5% super fat, maybe some sugar thrown in for lather as I haven't tried it before. Looking for a great lathering bar. Lots of fluffy bubbles. I've been playing with palm...

Probably an oddball question. Does carrageenan, found in some canned liquid coconut milk (and almond milk, soy milk, etc), have any effect on soap? It is a seaweed derived product usually used as a thickener and stabilizer in food and other products. And on the off chance, I know usually food...

It's like every time I make a new batch, I'm more excited about it than the last. First time trying a milk soap recipe! Olive Oil 53.57% Coconut Oil 28.57% Shea Butter 13.57% Avocado Oil 4.29% (because I ran out of SB! :() 3 tbsp chopped (in absence of grinding tools, finely chopped)...

I took a trip down to Florida in October and stopped in a local owned soap shop while I was there. I was very pleased to find hand made soaps and found two that smelled so delectable I could eat them. But what really peaked my interest was the idea that the soaper used sea sponges in their...

I have some sunflower oil I want to play with. General recommendations say don't use more than 15 to 20% because it leads to a soft bar. So my question is, can sunflower be used as a majority oil with additions of coconut and shea to make it harder? For example: SO 30%, OO 30%, CO 30%, Shea...

I'm not selling, and I'm not comfortable yet to just give them away. My first batch is finally usable, and I'm pleased with the result considering I didn't know what I would get. No eruptions, no burning, no DOS (yet), and the foam is silky, but a tiny bubbled lather. I'm unsure if I want to...

I forgot to take pictures while I was mixing! But here is the end result of my first salt bar! :mrgreen: I pre-measured and mixed my oils last night, weighed out my salt, and this morning I weighed and mixed my distilled water and lye. When everything went together, it seemed really watery at...

Alright, second batch, preparation of (minimally) modified recipe for salt bars. I'm looking at 4.4 oz lye (15% super fat) and 11 oz distilled water. Oils are as follows: 24 oz Coconut Oil (80%) 3 oz Shea Butter (10%) 1.5 oz Sunflower Oil (5%) 1.5 oz Castor Oil (5%) 30 oz Himalayan...

Okay, so batch #1 is curing. Supplies for batch #2 are in the mail. Have an inkling for oils for batch #3 and plan on checking out a local store tomorrow to see if they're available. What do you do in the mean time?

Does any one make just light weight body oils to go on after lotions? I currently buy my body oils. I use one that is a mixture of jojoba, ginger, cardamom, coriander, eucalyptus, etc. and I use the sunscreen oil spf 50+ (I know it has meadowfoam, and a list of chemical sunscreens, which...

I tried searching the forum and failed miserably. :problem: So where do you guys buy your oils? Olive, canola, coconut and sunflower are pretty quick finds in the grocery store. But what about palm, castor, rice bran, etc? I would much rather try to find a local source than going online. I'm...

Hi,I'm Jessica, Oscar is my dog. ^_^ Extra newbie here. Picked up a book a week ago about cold process soap making (Soap Crafting by Anne-Marie Faiola, The Soap Queen). I haven't even made my first batch yet, but I did pick up a pound of lye today, and I will be picking up oils and a loaf mold...