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Both bottles have the same LS! I've made it dozens of times and always just yellow like the right one using various EOs. The only difference between the 2 bottles are their EOs. The yellow one has lemongrass EO and Eucalyptys EO. The pink one has Parsley herb EO, lavender EO, lemongrass EO. Isnt...

I just noticed today that one of my jars of LS has a thin film at the bottom of what looks like blackish mold! It is Carrie's LS recipe (from IrishLass) I made in early May, only 3 months ago. It was made from scratch and diluted right away, kept in mason jars under my sink since. It has only...

Does anyone know how much poly 80 should be added when superfatting or adding EO after LS is made? The recipe had 3% SF built into it then I followed these instructions for adding extra SF and EO at the end. Meadowfoam oil (MO) at 3% of LS Poly 80 at 3% of meadowfoam oil (why only 3%??) EO...

Dearest Soapers, I just wanted to share my recent LS experience and ask if anyone has any input on thickening and dilution, and CO LS uses in general. So here's my volcano. I'm pretty sure everything was just too hot. I returned the spilled paste back into the crock pot to try to cook it a...

Dearest Soapers! I'm seeking advise regarding dishwashing soap. I'm not sure if this LS I made is good for dishwashing or not. I think its original purpose was more a hand soap? So now that I succeeded in making this LS (thanks to IrishLass!), my questions are: Can I use this as dishwashing...

Dearest Soapers, I'm so happy it's summer, for it is my soaping season! I want to tackle my long pending project of making my own shampoo. From all the reading and video watching (I can not access Craftmonkey) it seems that making any liquid shampoo involves a LS base like Bronners, or any...

I succeeded in making IrishLass's Creamy Shea/Cocoa recipe! I've failed making LS several times in the past and have since had a phobia towards LS. I came upon her recipe on this forum and it gave me courage to give it another shot! Her directions are wonderfully detailed with plenty of photos...

I looked up digital scale recommendations on this forum and the main one that shows up is the KD8000 which only weighs to the gram. I'd love to get a scale that measures to the centigram (0.01g) but it really isn't necessary no matter what I'm measuring, but I think decigram (0.1g) accuracy is...

Here's my recipe and picture of my resulting failure. I was so proud of my swirl-in-the-pot technique I tried too. What a bummer. So I've read I can't re-batch brine soap. Someone suggested shaving it up and putting it in a shaker bottle for washing hands, but I have my lovely proudly handmade...

I've already learned from reading other posts that I can not use EDTA Disodium in place of Tetradisodium EDTA. I'm going to order Tetrasodium EDTA and return the Disodium EDTA. But I noticed it comes in dry form. The recipe I'm using calls for "Tetra EDTA in 39% solution". I just wanted to make...

Dear Soapers, I learned several years ago that many brands of olive oils out there are in fact fraudulently labeled "extra-virgin" or not even all olive oil, often cut with cheaper oils. The fraud spreads through domestic and imported Italian olive oils too. If you don't already know about it...

Dearest Soapers, I'm wanting to try making a sea sponge soap which would require a slow trace recipe. I've done some reading including Modern Soap Making's "How to control trace in CP Soapmaking" and learned that if I create a recipe with higher unsaturated oils ratio and soap cool, I have a...

Dear Soapers, I made a huge mistake and used KOH instead of regular lye for my HP soap. It had been a year or so since I made any soap and completely confused needing KOH for liquid soap, not HP hard bar soap! So there I was, so confused as to why my batch was complete gel the next morning. I...

Now that I made myself a good liquid soap, I'm going to attempt an emulsified scrub that has liquid soap in it for my face. I was told to try AHA/BHA instead of scrubby exfoliants like walnut shells I've been apparently damaging my face with all these years! But I love my scrubbies so thought...

So, I made a soap using a high amount of cocoa butter, (and as some of you know) I am experimenting to see how it behaves as a sub for palm and animal fats. I ended up with this thin ring around the rim. I put it in a cube mold and all 6 surfaced had a solid cream color. But when I cut into it...

Oh what a disaster!! I became too confident with the success of my previous simple soaps and tried several new attempts all at once in the last batch I made, which was only my 4th batch so far, and every new thing I tried went very wrong, or unexpected outcomes at best. But I learned a lot...

I've been using the mild original cetaphil on my face since I was a teen, and then use a scrub about twice a week. It's been St Ives apricot scrub for many years now which works for me just fine. I'd like to try to replace these products with my own recipes eventually, so I started trying...

I am new to soap making and am interested in knowing more about combining oils to create new ones. I bought a set of I think it was 10 different essential oils, but I"m a little paralyzed as to what to mix with what. I also am very much wanting to create or mimic the smell of a particular soap...

I am a beginner and have made 3 batches so far in the last month. The 3rd batch was made 9 days ago on April 1st. I've been curing it and when I checked it today I noticed that it was quite soft. When I press firmly it dents in. Like a slightly ripe avocado. I checked all my oils and their...