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This past weekend I taught my wife how to make soap! We went over CP and CPHP. She deceided to try CPHP and she loved it. Here are my soaps and her soaps from this past week. I made a CP - Almond soap with almond Fo and real almonds. I also made a CPHP - cocolate mint soap My...

My first soap of the weekend was my orange EO soap The next was a Heather and Hyacinth and my third was a Almond soap with crushed almonds

I'm confused on what to add with tea tree oil and how much to use. My mother in-law wants me to make her a soap with tea tree and I was looking for some help?? Do you add as much just like FO's or EO's? I think the stuff stinks but my wife and mother-in-law love the stuff Any one have...

I've been working my crock pot alot this past several weeks and here are the results Bonsai Country Clothes Line Iced Orange and Pineapple African Wild Gardenia Cherry and Vanilla I also a couple CP soaps also but they are on the cure racks

Well I did it. Real coconut juice with real toasted coconut. First thing was getting the coconuts out of the shell.... :? Then I drilled holes in the coconut to get the juice out. Both coconuts together gave me 27 oz of juice I then cracked open the coconuts...

Living in South Florida I have unlimited access to coconuts growing on trees. Has any one used real coconut milk from the coconut and not the cans? I just cut 4 coconuts down from my tree and now have to shuck from the shell then get the milk out. I figured the soap will have natural sugar...

I'm so excited that I tried CPHP soap :D I was very confused about the process so I reached out to Mamabird1953 who was my insperation to try this process!! I also read several threads and several tutorials each had a different way of doing things so I combined them and made up my own...

My wife and I have been selling lots of stuff from our house on e-bay instead of having a yard sale. With the money we made, I placed my very first soap order through Oregon Trail and got a ton of stuff....tell me what you think Vanilla FO Bonsai FO Amande Cherry Vanilla FO Amande Amere...

When I made my first soap I did not fully understand the Soapcalc and made a very strong soap. I want to tone it down and dont quite understand on how to do it. My question is can I rebatch the soap adding oils to make it useable or do I have to throw the batch out. When I do the tongue...

This week I found consentrated GM at a local store :D :D I decided to try my hand at the much talked about soap so this is how it went... :lol: Goats Milk Honey and Lemon Soap Lard 50% Coconut 25% Olive 10% GrapeSeed 6% Beeswax 5% Castrol 4% Superfat 5% Lye Concentration 35%...

I ordered a kit from E-bay to get started...fun and easy to make!!! Now that I have the concept I can start to order the citric acid to make more! The blue I used Ylang Ylang EO that I had here and the white I used Sweet Orange EO that came with the kit. The instructions said to spary water...

Does anyone have a CP recipe that will cure before X-mas? I have made several soaps for the family and wanted to add one more to the mix. I been reading about cure times and been very confused…So I figured I’d ask the experts about a soap recipe with a quick cure time…and also what would be a...

My second soap this weekend was a Peanut Butter Cup Soap !! :P I learned this weekend I was mixing my Lye and Oils a little on the high side at 125 degrees. I let this batch cool a little more to about 115 degrees and found the marble effect works better when cooler! I'm a slow...

This past weekend I was a soaping fool !!!! I made 2 new soaps and tried a few different things. Some worked well and some did not..... My first soap this weekend was a Lavender and Oatmeal Soap ***Please tell me what you think***** Lard 45% Coconut 25% Castor Oil 8% Olive Oil 21%...

Today I made a new smaller batch of soap. I bought a used smaller pot at a yard sale and I tried a new mold I had at the house. The soap I made was a Olive Oil and Cedarwood and heres how it went. Olive oil 68.75% Coconut 25% Beeswax 6.25% Super fat 5% Hardness 30 Cleansing 17...

My 2nd batch is a chocolate mint. Crisco 62.5% Coconut 25% Olive 12.5% Super fat 5% Hardness 38% Cleansing 17% Condition 57% Bubbly 17% Creamy 21% Iodine 71% INS 150% At trace mint and unsweet cocoa powder

My wife and I made our first batch of soap :D :D I used the soap calc and it worked out great !!!! Thanks Soapmaker Man!! I learned it on your walmart thread!! Well here what I did and please let me know what you think good or bad stuff I also need to know how to improve also! 4...

Is there a formula on how much EO's you would add to a batch of 1 pound soap. Been trying to figure out how much I should add. Thanks

I'm looking to purchase supplies to start making CP soaps. Any ideas on where to buy lye local or internet? Should I order liquid dyes or powders? also any ideas on fragrance oils I should get or a sample pack? I read the book The Handmade Soap Book by Melinda Coss. Should I pick out 5...

Hello My wife and I are new to soap making... infact we are so new we havent made any yet..... :lol: We decided we want to make our own soap and I've been doing research. I find the best information is not in books so I wanted to find some experts and I think I found them HERE !!! I wanted to...