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Well, my way too-interesting HP batch last night ended up pretty much okay, I think. The bars are a bit greasy on the outside but most of my last minute fragrance and superfat did absorb, whew! I HPOPd it because the batter was acting so wonky that I'm not sure I got a 'full cook' on it, and...

So, since Zany's original thread has been closed, I thought about starting this one to discuss what some of us have done to her recipe. :eek: This can include non-bastille's where you used the faux seawater. I think it might be fun and also instructive to see how we have picked apart or even...

Just finished watching this, and had to share because I kept saying "that's amazing" over and over! Talk about a relaxing and very Zen activity. The Japanese are in a league of their own. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media...

I haz HP swirls!! :thumbs: A modest success, but pretty thrilling regardless. They might have come out better if the mold wasn't just half full, right? Assuming that had an impact, but I definitely could be wrong! Anyhoo ... here are my henna and indigo colored soaps (fragrance free). :D

I have wanted to make LS for about 3 weeks now, and would like to get this done today. I have a VERY small window of time left (about 4 hours) to do it today, though, and realized that I am "hopelessly mired" in all the conflicting information I've read. Here's a small sample, in the interests...

In @IrishLass 's wonderfully detailed LS tutorial (including greatly helpful pictures!), she is dissolving the KOH by boiling it with water on the stove. I have about -0-, ziltch, ventilation in my kitchen (stove exhaust broken), so I am wondering (and hoping) if KOH can be dissolved as for...

Year of the Pig (Boar) 2019

I used mango butter yesterday for the first time, and my 24 hour old soap is still too soft to cut (dents easily), and the bottom is a little sticky-ish. Does mango butter take longer to 'dry' and unmold/cut than, say, palm? Second, I have been assuming that i've been getting gel because my...

Say, just noticing that @Dennis and @Alfa_Lazcares haven't been around for several days ... over a week ... I'm sure people come and go on forums all the time, but if you guys see this, I MISS YOU!!!!

Holy crap, someone needs to shut her pie hole for a while!!!

Hey friends, just saw a 20% off sale on FOs that ends tomorrow (now today -- posted this in the wrong spot yesterday) http://www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/soap-making-supplies.aspx

In 2013, a member @judymoody (appears not to be here any longer) wrote: "The high pH of CP soap will tend to roughen the hair cuticle unless you follow with something acidic." Unfortunately, my Scientific Soapmaking book hasn't arrived yet, so can someone please tell me if this would also be...

Back on the Beginner Forum to ask about my first soap issue that developed on my 2nd batch. Was adding some soaps to my cure box and rotating the soaps when I saw that 2 of the soleseife bars have developed a 'chip' where the piece could be removed straight off, without effort. One chip was...

Congratulations!!! :hippo: :tub: My first one was only 4 days ago, and made my second today & getting ready for a 3rd now, before I getting everything all cleaned up and put away... So I know JUST what you mean about the time it takes to get everything out, set up, made, cleaned up... if you...

Greetings all you tremendously wonderful new soaper friends!!! (Is it still called "buttering-up" if every word is true???) I just created a soap recipe for tomorrow and wonder what experienced soapers would think of it? If you have time and the inclination, any feedback would be greatly...

Just wanted you all to know that I'm being a bad girl right now, reading the Forum, because I got diagnosed with a concussion yesterday (happened wee hours of Saturday aka Friday night) and have been ordered: Rest, NO screen time (computers, tv, etc), and not even to read a book!! Through the...

I'm wondering about stick blenders (what wattage is minimum needed?) and scales (sounds like weighing [and doing so accurately] is a necessity), too.

Here's a newb question: Do people tend to do CP OR HP but not both, or do some of you switch back and forth? What might be some reasons to do both or to stick to just one process? I ask as more than an intellectual exercise -- I'm trying to decide where to start, and if there is a wisdom in...

Greetings! I am Meena, and soaping has been on my bucket list for 5 or 10 years (time flies). In a bookstore with my SO pre-Christmas, I saw an illustrated soap-making book and suggested it as a gift idea for me. Being the smart and clever SO that he is, what do you think Santa delivered...