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Anyone willing to share a fabulous BB recipe that floats and has lots of bubbles? I am attempting my first BB and am confused about which ingredients are best to use...LAL vs SLSA and polysorbate 80. Any help greatly appreciated!

Clarification Needed LAL vs SLSA vs Polysorbate 80 I am trying to make my first bath bomb and was confused about whether or not to use LAL or SLSA? Should I also add polysorbate 80? Found so many confusing posts and hoping someone can clarify. Thanks for any help!

Great Idea! I have been looking for a listing and instructions on all of the swirling techniques. If anyone knows of any other resources I'd really appreciate it. How do you access the most current sheet? Thanks.

I will not know if the black color will show up in the shower bubbles until I use it in a few weeks, but I will let you know. Sorry for my lack of knowledge but generally are micas best to use with dark colors? When are oxides used or are they basically similar?

Thank you WyvernWench and SunRiseArts! I just poured 2/3 of the original melted soap into a loaf mold then added black oxide to the remaining soap mixture to darken up the color. Still a novice and looking to learn lots on this forum!

My 1st Rebatch CP Soap I have a few cp soaps under my belt now and decided to rebatch all of the soaps that did not turn out so well. Here is what I came up with.

Hi msveecee. Where have they offered soap making classes in Quakertown? I'm a newbie soaper too and am close to that area and looking for local classes.

Thank you everyone!

Just did the zap test and I didn't get a shock...so guess I'm good to go.

Thank you all for your help. I will definitely do the zap test.

When I took it out of the oven it was hard on top and cream colored and lighter brown underneath. I think I should have stirred it more during baking. When I took it out of the oven I stirred it a lot until the color became more of an even brown with only a little hint of cream spots. It was...

I did not do the "tongue test". I wanted to pick up some ph test strips because I read they would be a better way to test. What do you think and how do you test?

Hello, My name is Jan and I am a newbie soaper. Last night I made my first batch of HP soap that I baked in the oven. Anxious to learn from others!

Thank you for your response BrewerGeorge. I did not put the solids from the tea bag into the soap. The soap texture is firm but I will let is cure for a few weeks. Just wondering if the oven temp was too high or was it the that the lye was too hot when I added it to the rest of the ingredients?

Yesterday I made my first batch of HP soap via the oven method. I tried to make Lavender Soap. I used 10% apricot kernal oil, 28% coconut oil, 10% meadowfoam oil, and 52% olive oil. After running through the lye calculator I used 11.5 oz distilled water and 5.19 oz lye. Instead of heating the...