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Last day for soap contest Hi everyone today is the last day for newbie soap contest. So far we have 3 contestants. Enter at [email protected], you can visit the contest page at https://gypsyhomesteadblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/04/contest-october-2017-calling-all-newbie-soapers/ Winner...

Aren't they though!! I am glad they have entered

We have contestants!! Need more please Hi everyone we have our first 2 contestants!!!! Come see what they have entered, then enter your own! :) https://gypsyhomesteadblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/04/contest-october-2017-calling-all-newbie-soapers/

Hello everyone, today is Friday the 13th, what better day to enter the Newbie Soap Contest with it's winner being announced Halloween night. Come one, come all, maybe I should of called it the Halloween Soapers Ball. :)

That is so cool! Might have to copy the idea

Hi, I'm sorry seemed to have hijacked the thread :/ First of all thank you everyone for getting me set straight. :) I learn so much here. Ok I understand about the calculator, however you just said "it will be less stripping, because homemade soap will not strip your skin of the natural oils...

This is interesting, I see that according to both recipes the difference ends up being 5% and 6% superfat according to the chart on the bottom one. Not sure if that is anything important. (Newbie here too) So the calculators are kind of averaging things out a bit to cover batch variances? The...

I never thought of taking pictures...I can already tell I am going to have to make a run for more notebooks. I am jostlingb1 for everything.

Thank you, that is great advice! I have been doing that with the first two batches I have made, and both are different on the time it is taking to cure, two different recipes. So this to me is a good experiment. I think that I will do it with each batch and keep a record of it. So far I am on...

ABSOLUTELY wow ya'll are amazing. any label will be fine, I suppose I should of specified. By labeling I meant give your soap a name so that when I post them I know what to call each entry. So That being said, to label with a physical label it optional. Questions are a great thing, they force...

That's funny :)

Wow!! That sounds fabulous!! I will most certainly check it out. AS for the HP, sorry for the misunderstanding on it. It seems like most of the material I have seen said good after 24hr, but best after several weeks.......Definite point taken. Thank you for the wealth of information IrishLass...

Hi, Yeah it is pretty high in Olive oil, but I am ok with that as long as I didn't over superfat it. Being pretty limited with my oils currently I call all these practice batches "Work with what you have recipes" :) I have found though that the original recipe with a pretty high amount of...

Hi all well a little about me. First of all I am really stepping out of my comfort zone, I am a pretty reclusive hermit I suppose. Not that I have always been this way, sort of life happened, and I am working my way back to being more social. Ok enough about that. I love soaping, it has been...

Hi SunRiseArts, Thank you for your reply, the sign up is through email [email protected]. Frankly I didn't know how else to do it. My blog is a free one so it does not allow for bells and whistles :/ As for the soap it does not matter what kind of soap you make, I will address that hiccup on...

Thank you :) I think I may have been reading her post the wrong way an being hyper sensitive.....I will address the about me in another post, thanks for the tip. I have participated, only a little at this point. I need to make time to actively be involved here. My schedule is insane lately :/

Hi, No I am not selling at this time, I have not had my blog for very long and it has been pretty much based on homesteading and other related matters. I do love soaping, and thought it would be nice to connect with other newbie soapers, on something other than FB. Besides it gives me something...

Hi all, I decided to have a contest for newbie soapers like myself. Just trying to get the word out. Winner receives $25 gift card from Bramble Berry.com CONTEST INFORMATION can be found at my blog...

Thank you, guess I will have to zap it, blah no ph strips. Bummer thought we could use the soap 24 hr after, but it does make sense. Thank you for your advice. :) UGH!!! ITS NOT HEAVY!, I guess I was just impatient.......and got a soapy tongue for my efforts! Man just saw on news Tom Petty...

Hi all, I am really new to HP soap. I have a question I have made a few batches now but this last batch is quite soft, made 2 days ago and it feels very drying on my hands. My recipe for 1lb batch 2.1o oz lye 6.08 oz water 1,28 oz castor oil 4 oz coconut oil 2.72 Crisco 8 oz olive oil...