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thank you all for your information! I am doing my experiments for myself trying to find what I like. I made a small batch with a bunch of stuff and it just seemed complicated. It did have 5% of some oils I wanted. I can't use the bars yet, but around 15% of the recipe was 3 oils at 5%/ea, and I...

Hello everyone! As I try to formulate some of my own formulas and play around, there is something I am wondering. What percentage should something be to actually have an effect on the final bar? For example, if I wanted Shea butter in my bar to help out, would 10% of the total be...

well this explains the purple looking color I was seeing in the middle of my bars. Thanks!

I notice no additional odor from the bar. As for crappy stainless, I did use a butter knife I purchased for around $0.50 or so from Target. I've used it in other batches I made and I didn't notice any issues with them, but I will keep it out next time. and yeah, I am very confused about it...

Purple in my Lard soap? Hello all! Figured I would add here instead of starting my own thread. I semi-recently (Nov 30th) made a lard-based bar of soap and like many, I didn't wait until the full 4 - 6 weeks to test it out. Was going fine for a few days, when I noticed there was some...

Thank you all! So far it has only been fragrances. I like the look of colors, but not really the effort. lol. I may do simple swirls that don't involve much more than 2 colors being poured in at the same time. What I would really like is a white bar with a single solid color on one side...

Hello everyone! As my alias says, noob here. I've been making soap for a few months now, but I feel I will always be a newbie. Got interested when I was up at 2am thinking "wonder how soap is made." Seemed simple enough, and I was looking for a hobby where I make something I find useful, and...