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Hey there! I haven't made soap in over a year and when I did make soap, I was making CP bar soap! I'm now interested in making some liquid soap for Christmas gifts and have a few questions.. 1. Can I use soapcalc to determine the properties of a liquid soap? Or is there a liquid soap...

I think my combination of base oils might stink a bit.. and I was wondering if those smells fade away during curing?

I made this really nice Guinness soap.. And I made my own EO blend (don't even ask) and it smells SO FREAKIN' DISGUSTING!!! I just wanted to share.. Okay the EO blend had Vetiver, Clove, Lavender, Patchouli in it.. lol. This soap smells like a wet dog (maybe it's the coffee grinds, maybe it's...

I did all the calculations to determine my lye/water ratio for this new soap twice.. 907.18g oils, 5% superfatted Castor Oil: 5% Coconut Oil: 11% Babassu Oil: 11% Sal Butter: 12% Shea Butter: 5% Olive Oil: 56% Hand calculated, my lye/water ratio should be: 139.54g lye/302.21g water...

I made a bar of soap that cut and did not crumble! I probably cut a bit too soon.. But I prefer too soon over too late! And it's such a cute colour because of the honey I added to the lye water. Adding honey to lye water does crazy things! It turned bright orange and then dark brown (the same...

Hey, So I have a recipe that I'm trying tonight.. 453.59g CO: 20% OO: 60% Cocoa Butter: 10% Shea Butter: 10% I did the hand calculations @ 5% superfatting... 62.09g lye/151.10g water.. Brambleberry says.. 61.4g lye/149.7g water My guess is more lye/water = less...

All right.. I made up this recipe for 1 pound (453.59g) Olive Oil: 45% Coconut Oil: 30% Canola Oil: 5% Cocoa Butter: 5% Shea Butter: 10% Apricot Kernel Oil: 5% I did the water/lye calculation with 5% Superfat: 151.1g water/64.18g NaOH The values: Hardness: 39 Cleansing: 20 Conditioning: 56...

All right, perhaps someone here is a mathematician (or at least more mathy than me!).. I'm trying to figure out the actual value of an oil based on the % in my soap.. For example.. Coconut Oil has the following characteristics: Hardness: 79 Cleansing: 67 Conditioning: 10 Bubbly...

Hello, I've made two batches of cp soap now that crumble when I cut them. I followed a ready-made recipe for the first batch and created my own recipe for the second. I'm wondering if anyone can advise me on what to do! If I did something wrong or what.. Here's everything I did (including the...