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for Liquid Soap ingredients, I used: 10oz Olive oil 6 oz Coconut oil 3 oz Shea butter 1 oz Castor oil 13.20 oz Distilled water 4.16 oz Potassium Hydroxide 5% SF I had it cooking in my slow cooker with Heat temperature HIGH for almost 5 hours. Zap test it and no zap so I know it's...

Good to know... when I dilute my Liquid soap, they are cloudy. I do my zap test on the LQ paste and ph level after diluting them. I am happy with the result even if it's cloudy. I would like to know if it can be transparent after diluting the LQ paste but I don't want to use Borax, any idea what...

Hi All! May I ask how will you categorize liquid soap to use for hand and liquid soap to use for the whole body? Is there's difference on amount and oils and butter combination you need to use for hand liquid soap and for whole body use? I use 5 % superfatting for my liquid soap. Thank you...

Hi all! Been awhile, will make multiple batch of these combinations: Olive, coconut, castor oils and shea butter with Oat and honey. Let's see how it goes.. Exciting!

All the recipes I found on line calls for 80-90% olive oil and either combo of castor and coconut or coconut and other oils. So far, the batch that I mentioned soft and slimy works well with my daughter.. Just need to keep that soap dry so it won't melt on me.. Do you guys use the Lye Calculator...

My daughter is 2 years old and make a lot of mess..

Hi Jules92207 Hi Jules92207, may I ask if the recipe you posted here is gentle to use for baby with sensitive skin and eczema? Do you use 5% or 8% superfat? The one I made 4 weeks ago was modified due to lower weight for desire mold I have to use. By doing so, I didn't realize that I up the...

Hi everyone! Yes, I do think I should decrease the amount of olive oil on my recipe and I should make sure the bar of soap I'm using for shower will have time to dry in between use. I shall tweak my recipe tomorrow and make a batch! So exciting! Thanks everyone for all your suggestions!

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for responding to my question. I would like to concentrate on vegan soap. I started already with few batches. For starter, I made a batch of olive, coconut, jojoba oils with lavender essential oil soap that I've seen online. The recipe was gentle enough to use for...

Hi everyone! I'm in a quest to find a great oil and fat combination to make hard soap. I saw a chart on line on what percentage of oils and fats to use to create hard or soft soap but it can be confusing. Please advise..

Hello There! Hello there! New to this forum and soap making which I am addicted now. Seen lots of friendly posts and helpful advice. Hope to have chats with all of you. So excited...