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I haven’t soaped for a while, but I rarely put color in my soaps. A bit of scent with EO. If the EO added some color, then that was great. 😊

When I was at the salon, the stylist put a lavender/mint product in n my hair, and that’s the first time I experienced the scents together. Interesting. I made some lav/mint lotion that I used for a while.

Thank you! My first batch (different method) turned out just fine. I will adjust the water:lye ratio.

I can no longer locate the video...arrghhh!... I used a hot process, cooked in a crock pot. I didn't use glycerin, just distilled water. Basically cooked it until it gelled and then diluted it. It feels like I still have a sheen of oil on my skin. I have soft water, and I wonder if that...

Hello, I made a batch of liquid hand soap, and it seemed to turn out fine. It's a nice clear color, and it lathers nicely. However, it feels quite oily when I use it, even after varying levels of dilution. I used a recipe that I found online, as I'm fairly new to liquid soap making (cold process...

Thank you earlene. I did. I made three different consistencies... really none would work in the foamer. Could it be because it's castille? It turned out really nice, lathers well, cleans well, feels good.

Hi All, My cold process liquid soap won't work with a foaming pump bottle, but seems ok with a regular pump. (It was made with olive oil, sodium lactate was added). What's the deal?

Hi Zany in CO - have you tried this method yet? I'm giving it a second go today.

Here you go:

It's been a few days and the Phenol still shows pink. The pH tests about 8. I still have skin on my hands from using it several times. :-) It doesn't burn and actually is a pleasant hand soap. I know I didn't mismeasure, but I did cut the recipe in half.

I found a video by Jackie Thompson showing how to make hot process no paste liquid soap. It seemed pretty straightforward, so I attempted it. During much of the process, my soap didn't look or act like her soap in the video... I considered it an entire failure, and then suddenly it cleared up...

Thank you Zany! Yes, there is an overload of info out there.

Hi All, I've been making CP soap for many years and I'm quite comfortable with the process. I would like to make some liquid soap, but everything I read makes me feel it's quite intimidating! Does anyone have a very basic recipe, not one that makes a huge amount (so as to minimize the risk of...

I use only a laser printer. I used a laser printer when I had a wine labeling business, and it's the only thing that doesn't run.

...and unofficially, it is good for your skin. Every where you turn, there is something good for your skin; aloe, vitamin c, vitamin a, collagen, glycerin... on and on and on... You can't make that claim with your soap though, unless you want to get into the FDA rules.

Even though goat milk may not add any special properties, it's still fun to use liquids other than water. I like to use beer, coffee, goat milk...whatever. It's fun, makes fun labeling and people seem to like them.

Looks great!!

No, but they don't like or understand 'lye' or 'sodium hydroxide' either.

Susie, you get a cutter instead of using scissors, office supply stores have them. You could create your own stick on label with a Xyron. You could buy Avery stick on labels and use their on line program for labels. Incredibly inexpensive options.

Huh, this is an entirely new concept to me. I use room temperature process using the heat of the newly mixed lye added to solid oils, then mixing in liquid oils. It doesn't take long and works fine. Of course I don't make more than a 5 lb batch.