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Can I use tap water to make soap or do I have to use distilled?

Is there a method to best preserve delicate and/or expensive ingredients in soap? I'd like to try making gamat soap that is made from sea cucumber oil (expensive, no idea how it soaps). I realize that the lye monster does not discriminate between oils during saponification so how do I maximize...

I'd like to make a gardener's soap for a neighbor who often shares his fruits and veggies with me. What makes a good gardener's soap? Here's what I was thinking - coconut oil for high cleansing (or would this be too drying on hands?) something for softening dry hands (goat milk? high...

Spring is in the air and the dandelions are blooming which of course makes me automatically think, can I soap with it? I don't know if DH would let me plant dandelions but... Do any of you grow your own botanicals for use in soap? What do you recommend planting and what do you use it for?

My son has psoriasis and I'm looking for soap recipe that might help. I've read that pine tar soap sometimes works so I've found a couple recipes online as a jump off point: Recipe #1 olive oil 60% coconut oil 25% castor oil 5% pine tar 10% 1 teaspoon salt ppo Recipe #2 5% SF 1/2 oz of...

Does anyone know what happened here? The batter looked nice and smooth when I poured, popped it in the oven for about an hour at 170F then turned it off. I peeked in several hours later and this is what I saw:

This seems like it should be so simple but I had a fine splatter that went up onto my face, including the goggles. :sad: Nothing too serious, just a couple of drops but enough to scare me. I stopped what I was doing and rinsed, rinsed, rinsed and then washed my face. Is it because I'm doing...

So I've just made my first few batches on my own (made some soap at a studio where everything was set up for me). I was a little nervous about doing it on my own so I wanted to set everything up perfectly so I wouldn't make mistakes. First mistake - forgot the distilled water, had to go get...

I purchased some titanium dioxide from Essential Depot a while ago and don't know if it is water or oil soluble. I checked the website and it's no longer available. Left a message and they haven't gotten back to me. Does anyone use their titanium dioxide? Or is there a way to tell which one I...

Hi everyone! I'm new to soapmaking and it has become my favorite hobby. I have a voracious appetite for researching whatever I'm interested in so I've been reading (lurking in) forums, watching Youtube videos, pinning tons of stuff on Pinterest and buying books all to feed my latest obsession...

I'm new to soapmaking and there are so many recipes out there that I can't possibly try them all. I'd like to be methodical about tweaking a recipe to get the exact result I'm looking for but the cure time for CP is so long. Can I use the same recipe but use the HP method (much shorter cure...