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So I am totally lost on how to go about making soap that is green. I wanted to go the natural route and not use dyes or micas so I was thinking of using either alfalfa, kale, chlorophyll, or kelp powder. But how in the world do I go about this, how do I know how much to use and when? For...

Today I took someone advice, switched around some of the recipe ratios and made "Shea Butter" soap: Castor Oil: 68g Canola Oil: 272g Coconut Oil: 340g Lard: 408g Shea Butter: 272g Water: 516g Lye: 189g The soapcalc.net site is AMAZING! I just google around for recipe ideas now...

So a while back I posted in regards to how some of my soap making was going. Well I'm here to say that I am quite pleased with all the results. I made four different kinds of soap: Tea Tree Oil, Old-Fashioned Lard, Shea Butter, and "Baby Soap". The only issue I have with what I've made is...

So I made my second and third batches of soap (ever) and I think they came out pretty well. I took some of the advice given to me on here and went with a smaller batch size, used a plain lard recipe, used a simple avocado recipe, and just paid more attention all around. By the way in the...

So I am brand new to this whole soap making thing and thought today I would give it a try. I followed the recipe of "The King's Roost" off of YouTube, and well.....I don't think mine turned out to well. (it just started setting, will check on it in 24hours). First of all the recipe was...