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Hi!! Haven’t been here in a while and hope everyone is doing well! I’m extatic to have SOLD OUT of soap completely this holiday season and even more extatic to make a zillion more batches... I have a gentleman customer who wants a custom batch of soap that smells like his cologne. From the...

Hello! A reeeeeally long time ago I purchased a stash of all natural soap colorants. One of these was called "red sandalwood powder" but it looked really orange... think the skin of a naval orange type-of-orange. I read briefly about sandalwood turning soap red, maroon, or purple-ish. I am...

Hello! *Finally* I have achieve a cream-colored goat milk soap. Didn't burn the lactose at all, for now at least. It only took me 2 hours to accomplish :rolleyes: but I couldn't be happier with the way it looks. I mixed they lye and milk in an ice batch this time. Mixed 71* lye with 80*...

Hello! I have been making goat milk soap for a short while now and I am getting tired of the dull-brown color I usually get from it. I have concocted a new recipe and I assume if I keep it in an ice bath (while making) and then in the fridge (while curing) I will have a much lighter color to...

Hi everyone!! I finally got around to making some goat milk soap with the correct lye! Now I can't wait to use it but I am getting mixed information about curing and what the pH would be. I read that it must cure for 3-4 weeks (mine has been curing for 1) and another source says it must...

Hi everyone! I have been hoping to make some goat milk soap for ages now and finally have some milk set aside for it. The milk I froze is from newly freshened goats (at least a week after kidding) and I know it has some colostrum in it. I'm wondering if this milk will react differently...

Hi! I'm new to soapmaking and have been trying to make raw goat milk soap. A while back I ordered the wrong lye (potassium hydroxide) instead of the one that works goat milk soap. I am not really interested in using it for liquid soap... does anyone have any ideas as to how I can get rid of...