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to mix water and eo's together I use Polysorbate 20 or coconut emulsifier. Both turn the clear liquid opaque, but everything mixes together perfectly! Good luck!

Check out MMS, they have fantastic little plastic clamshells that hold the lotion bars perfectly. The are pliable enough that you just push on the bottom a little and they pop right out. They also have a hinged lid so the bars stay fresher a little longer. If they happen to melt a bit, just...

my husband swears that my sea salt soap works wonders with his psoriasis. I also make a shea butter balm (unrefined shea) that he puts on after his showers. Both seem to have some effect, and although it isn't completely healed and gone, he is having relief from the itching and the breakouts...

I am desperately looking for a (semi) local place to buy palm kernel oil. I live near Calgary, anyone know of anywhere I can get it??? Thanks so much!!!

I just went to UFA (United Farmers of Alberta) and bought a 25 kg bag for $36.99!!! WOW! I was paying $23 for 3 kg at Home Hardware! And I had the same problems with my soaps being crumbly and hard to cut. I'm going to leave my last (crappy lye) batch in a log for a week or so because the...

Thank you for sharing this info! I also get my lye at HH and my last container has ruined 3 batches of soap!!! At first I thought it was a new recipe I was trying, then after the third failure I realized it had to be the lye. ARGH!! And this with 3 shows coming up in the next 2 months! I'll...

thank you everyone! It's already starting to smell less ammonia-y, so hopefully in a few days the stink will be loooong gone!

Today I made a batch of my most popular soap, a mix of spearmint and peppermint essential oils colored with blue ultramarine. Today, I thought I'd add the ultramarine to the oils BEFORE I added the lye (usually I add it after I cook it a while). It made such a nice, smooth color...but then...

We live in a very dry area, but lately we've been getting more rain than normal...so that is probably the case! Thanks! Can I still use/sell the bars? The store I sell in isn't as humid as my soaping room so I don't think they'd sweat there, but I'd hate to have them all moist when...

I'm just wondering why my salt bars are sweating...anyone care to comment?? It's not oil leaking out but just water. Thanks for any help that anyone can give me!

Can I HP goat's milk soap!?!?!?! I just poured my Lavender Goat's Milk soap into the mold....MINUS THE LAVENDER!!! And it's layered with purple, so I can't even just call it Goat's Milk Soap because it looks just like my Lavender Goat's Milk soap. ACK!!!! Any advice is GREATLY appreciated!!

can you HP this type of soap?? I know that cooking yogurt in a recipe can sometimes cause it to curdle...

what lye discount do you use? i usually use around 6%, will that work okay for this type of soap? thanks!

thanks for your reply...i realize that GSE isn't a preservative so I was wondering what benefit it would have in a pumpkin soap?!?! seemed a bit of a waste to me! thanks!

can you whip it in a food processor with a paddle attachment? i'm assuming it's too much whipping for a handheld mixer.

I've been reading about yogurt soap and I have one simple question....do you need to use a preservative in the soap so the yogurt doesn't go rotten/rancid? I've read about using GSE with pumpkin soap, but is it really required or just another additive? thanks!

there you go...my two cents worth too~

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: To heck with bug spray...somedays I think I need a spray on SEDATIVE to calm the little munsters down!!

I'm totally excited to hear your results! What was your recipe (if you don't mind me asking!)?? I think my next project is going to be laundry soap...hmmm....I need more hours in the day! :shock:

Laurie...where are you? I'm only 1 1/2 hrs south of Calgary...I think I might give that a try and see how it is to make soap before my hubby and I go all gung-ho into the biodiesel. Not that we would only make biodiesel for the glycerin! :roll: Always neat to try something new!! :D