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I am keen to make some coffee soap as I have some used coffee grounds to use up. I want to do 3/4 coffee base with a 1/4 topping of plain white. If I use brewed coffee instead of water with the lye, do I have to freeze the coffee as you would milk? If yes is there any other way of getting the...

Anyone know where I can buy caustic soda from a bricks and mortar shop in the UK? Wilkos used to sell it but stopped. I saw some in the Range but it had another ingredient in so don't think it is pure enough for soap making. The soap making online suppliers charge too much for postage. I am...

I purchased some melt and pour and simply used a chunk from the tub to try it. I don't like it :( there are no bubbles at all. I live in a hard water area so will never have a natural soap with loads of bubbles but the CP I made in the past had loads compared to this. Is there anything I can...

Is it possible to make CP soap and take out just a bar or two worth to put in a slow cooker to HP? Is all soap suitable for both methods? I am impatient to wait for cure so thinking this would be a good way to test and use whilst waiting.

I got some coconut milk powder from the supermarket. I didn't notice until I got home that its not pure milk powder. The ingredients are Coconut milk solids, Maltodextrin, Milk protein (sodium cassinate), Acidity regulator (sodium phosphate) Will it be ok to use? I was planning to add it...

I have the following oils/butters I purchased for soap making olive almond castor coconut lard avocado (small amount -its expensive!) shea butter cocoa butter small amount EO and FO I also have baking soda/citric acid/cornflour for bath bombs. I like making soap but am...

using cocoa butter question So glad I found this forum so I can ask my silly newbie questions :problem: Tonight was the first time I have used cocoa butter. I was expecting it to be the same kind of consistency as coconut oil - how wrong was I! I could not get it out of the tub! trying to...

So far I am only made soap with recipes that I have followed. This is my first attempt at making up my own :shock: I was thinking 60% olive 20% cocoa butter 20% shea butter with coconut milk powder (will add to oils, I am not confident with using frozen milk yet) I am looking to make a bar...

I have made two batches of soap. Batch 1 looks good, a hard, smooth and shiny soap which came out of the mould easily. Batch 2 whist still soap (no zap) is softer, rough and has like a grainy texture, it looks awful. It was more difficult to get from the mould. Batch 1 was 50% lard, 30% olive...

free on amazon uk at the moment. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HKMN9RW/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 (sorry if this has come up before, I have just noticed it) I have ordered it but can't read it yet, my kindle is missing :( suspect a seven year old has been playing with it and left it...

I found a recipe in a book which I like the sound of. Everything I have read tells me to always run a recipe through a lye calculator to check it. I can't get the amount of lye the recipe states to match in the calculator, I tried changing the SF as the recipe does not tell me what they used...

Hi all I have finally decided to take the plunge and make my own soap :) I am looking for suggestions of what to buy to begin with, I don't want to get too much stuff but the postage is expensive so I want to get enough to last for a few different attempts. I was thinking lye pomace...