Search results

Title say it all, I'm curious to know about what size batches everyone works with.....

I've lined up the last of my oils and thought I might get away with doing them all in one last batch without buying anything more ....ran the numbers through soap calc but it would have to be 25% superfat!!!! To be honest I've never really played around with superfat too much, I always...

Does whipped soap have any advantages to non whipped soap other than the floating? Does it last longer in the shower or anything like that or is mainly done just for the texture?

How long do they generally last before they start to weaken, rip or tear? With average CP soap use are we looking at the months or years time frame?

I've been a chap stick addict for ages, seriously I'd use 10 times a day and have done for YEARS! Well being the naturale type girl that I am and ever on the lookout for simple natural products I found a new lip balm that I love, which is just made of olive oil, shea butter, and beeswax...

Mine was a case where I tried to come up with something classy but the few I tried got rejected so I just picked something to get in and get started - cuckoo bananas just happened to be the first words that came to mind - probably because it was a novelty saying in my house, anything was 'cuckoo...

This is a thread for very random hints and tips ...... 1. Wear sunnies when driving in the rain - you can actually see better. 2. Natural cold sore remedy - Use your own ear wax. As soon as you feel the tingle rub your clean finger in your ear until it feels a little waxy and then apply...

So I thought I would make this thread for some advice about natural dog stuff. I recently adopted a very handsome, and very lovable little poochie, he's 8 y.o and a silky terrier and I just adore him, he's such a little champion and I seriously can't fathom how his owners parted with him...

http://pleated-jeans.com/2011/07/20/expectations-vs-reality-17-pics/ mehehe

I really can't figure it out. Of all the soap I have ever made none has ever made me itchy but this batch is. And it is very sporadic, it's not all over itchy, one time it was just a couple of itchy spots on my torso and then just now it has been my legs...weird because I am using it on a...

What's the A-Z of doing tea soap please. I would like to make a Green tea soap and also a Chamomile one. Would I just make the tea as normal one bag per one cup of water amount and then let it all cool and just sub it into the usual recipe instead of plain water? Are there any tricks to...

People said how bad the beer and lye smell was when you mixed them together, saying it is bad didn't quite prepare me for just how ghastly and putrid it was, a few times I had to step back to get away from it...ewk it was nasty! Now I have a little bit of beer left over, maybe about 1/3 of...

OK - advice and instructions needed please :) I did a little read up about it online and it says to just sub beer for your usual water in your usual recipe and to make sure the beer is flat. Can anyone give me the a-z of what to else to do, what makes a great beer soap (I'm liking the...

Just wondering what else I just have to try out for experience? I have already done: Castille Bastille Tallow (rendered from scractch - spew face) Salt bars and several things with expensive oils including avacado, wheatgerm, jojoba, shea and cocoa butters. Ive made tons of soap...

It's been decided! I need a new wooden mould...and with it a new silicone liner muhahaha (hear evil soaping laugh). I had 'decided' to give up soap making when I finished up all my oils but who am I kidding - I LOVE IT and I don't want to stop - even if I don't really have the time for it...

Somebody else mentioned beeswax here and I have a little bit kicking round so thought I'd add it into my next soap. I only have a little bit maybe 1.5oz and I usually make my batches to be 40oz of oil. I have some CO, OO, PO, cocoa butter and shea butter here. What do you think would be a...

Not an epic fail but a fail non the less :( When I tried to cut it it just started to crumble. I guess that is why everybody superfats it so high with salt bars. I just left it on the default 5% from soap calc....Will this crumbly soap still be OK if I put it in a mesh bag to wash with...

Does anyone else have scales that have an auto off to save power? I was just measuring out my lye and right in the middle they just turned off because I was measuring too slow. I was watching them as I measured so was pretty sure I knew roughly what the measurement was and when I turned them...

What's the best recipe for laundry soap? I haven't had any dodgy batches for a while to use up in the laundry so I buy laundry soap from the supermarket and grate it down with water to make soap jelly which I then use in my washing machine. It works out about $0.50 a bar for supermarket...

OK so I just have to try out a salt bar now that people have been mentioning them again! So...the oils I have on hand are OO PO CO jojoba oil, shea butter and cocoa butter. And the salt I already have is Fine Pink Himalayan Sea Salt, Table salt (has anti caking agent 554 in it) Or Rock Salt...