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So I've been getting into Asian skin care, and one of the things that they stress is using a low-pH cleanser as your second cleansing step. Well, one of the most famous high-end products is a solid cleansing stick with the following ingredients: "Glycerol, Water, Orange Peel Oil, Lime Peel...

I should have gotten a picture of this, but I didn't think about it. About 2 months ago, I made a Winnie-the-Pooh themed soap for a play I'm in. It's 80% lard, 20% coconut oil, 5% superfat, used distilled aloe vera as the liquid, soaped with full water, 0.5oz NG Honey Bunny FO ppo, and added...

I soaped today with the NG Fresh Cut Roses FO I bought last week. I used my 80% lard, 20% CO recipe that I used for my first batch since I know both that the batch behaves itself and that the soap itself is nice to use. The only other change I made was to use aloe vera juice in place of the...

So I my first batch of soap was 80% lard, 20% CO with no additives, just fat, distilled water, and lye. It's been curing about 4 weeks now (officially, tomorrow is 4 weeks since I unmolded it), so I decided to give it a try in the shower today. First, I lathered it in the sink to make sure I...

When I first started out, I bought a 1-lb. jar of Pure Lye off Amazon, and I've just pretty much finished it off. I certainly don't have enough for a 1-lb. batch of soap left, so I'm calling it done. I've made 4 batches of soap using 5 lbs. of fat/oil. And I only had to throw out two batches...

Hey, all. I was wondering if anyone had ever tried using fractionally distilled aloe vera juice in their soaps? I bought this by mistake when I was getting ingredients for a hair rinse and I've never opened it because the consensus I got around the internet is that most of the good aloe stuff is...

I unmolded my first batch and took some pictures! Here's the whole batch: And here's a close-up glamour shot: They came out of the molds really easily (it had been about 22 hours), and I love how creamy and white they are. They look like little flans!

I just wrapped up my first batch of cold process soap and put it to sleep in my "soaping" room! I did 80% lard, 20% coconut oil, with 5% superfat/lye discount. It was really fun. I actually mixed my lye water outside to avoid fumes because it's a nice day. I melted the oils in a water bath...

So I'm getting ready to make my first batch this week, using 50% tallow, 30% olive oil, and 20% coconut oil, with a 5% superfat/lye discount and no fragrance/color. But when I got home from the store, I discovered that what the store labeled "Beef Lard" (I know, right?), the farm had labeled...

Hi! I'm Elizabeth, a new soaper about to begin her first batch this week. I love vintage crafts, especially homebrew and crochet, and I'm an amateur herbalist. My hope is to add soap to the list of things I can make for myself at home, controlling what I put into it. I have a lovely local source...