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Hello everyone, I have a friend whose son works in a fish market. She asked if I could make a strong soap for him. He comes home, showers and still smells. I have no clue. Anyone have a suggestion?

Hello everyone. I thought I saw this recipe here on the forum. Now, I’m thinking I may have left out the coconut oil. I want to make a high conditioning soap for my Mother. Does it look familiar to anyone? Also, why would the Lauric value be 0? I thought lard made a hard bar. Thanks for any help.

There are so many talented soapers on Instagram. Instagram started as a visual platform. Nothing like what it’s evolved into. This is before Zuck. I will follow an account that is esthetically pleasing. I very rarely read the captions. How disappointing to find soapers making claims to cure...

Hello everyone, I’m 2 years in with soaping and I am still enjoying it. Experimenting and making my share of ugly bars. I love them all. Even the ugly ones. This is my first experience with a fragrance oil changing the color of my bars. I’m quite happy with this accident. However, the top has...

Hello soapers and knitters. Happy worldwide knit in public day! I have an olive oil question. I buy my olive, canola, coconut and avocado oils at Costco. Yesterday I noticed that the kirkland brand of oo states 15% evoo. I didn’t buy it because I wasn’t sure if that little bit might make a...

Hey everybody, I made my second attempt at a brine soap today. My first try, I totally forgot the fragrance. (face palm) The soap was fine, just not what I intended. Today, I forgot to add the salt to the lye water. I did the hot transfer method and added the salt as soon as I remembered. The...

Hello Everybody, I hope everyone is healthy. Whew boy, these past few months have been difficult. I’m soaping, knitting and bread baking myself silly. I knitted up some wonderful face cloths in Pima cotton to gift along with a bar of soap. I want to try a new recipe today. I have yet to use...

I have white spots all over this soap. They have olive, coconut, sweet almond and castor oils. I added sea salt and they are unscented. They’ve been curing for six weeks. Are they safe to use? Not pretty, but I tested the lather on one and it was nice. I figured I should ask before I continue to...

Hello all, I’m continuing my soap making journey and trying as many recipes as I can. I started wanting to make gentle, unscented soaps for my family members that have skin issues. That didn’t last long. The creative outlet is a strong pull! I have a recipe using canola oil. I went to Costco and...

Hello everyone, I’ve been trying to consistently soap once a week. I’m trying different recipes, additives etc. I was going to make a salt bar on Friday, but work got in the way and I had to put it off. The recipe I have is from soaping 101 80% coconut oil 15% olive, pomace 5% Shea butter The...

Hello knitters & soapers, I made my 2nd batch of CP soap and realized that I suck at stick blending. Both batches were so thick, they poured like HP soap. I have to find that sweet spot. Any tips? I don’t seem to see the trails everyone else sees when they drizzle on top. I’ll keep practicing

Hello everyone, last evening as I was writing plans in my bullet journal, I wrote “ ask the soapmaking forum”. Today, I have no idea what I wanted to ask. This shelter in place has me all upside down. I usually write very clear and very specific notes and I always know what day of the week it...

Happy leap day, everyone. I picked this soap saver up today. There’s 2 in a pack. Has anyone tried it? What does everyone use as a holder for their soaps?

Hello everyone, I’ve only ever made hp soap and each time while stick blending, I get a lot of suds action happening. The soap comes out fine. Just wondering if I’m doing something wrong. Thank you in advance.

(This is my 5th batch. I think I’ll stick with the simpler recipes for a bit.) The recipe has olive, coconut, sweet almond and castor oils. In addition there’s coco butter, beeswax and I added 5 % shea butter after the cook. The essential oils are cardamom, ginger, orange and a touch of black...

I made an oatmeal milk and honey soap yesterday. The recipe had olive oil, coconut oil, castor oil, beeswax and coco butter. Also the shea butter, oatmeal, milk and honey. Let’s see how I like it. I think I forgot about keeping it simple. Lol

I find myself going from topic to topic...lol. It’s all so interesting and inspiring. I want to make all the soaps. But, I do know it’s all in good time. Today I’m trying a goat’s milk soap with honey. I may add some oats on top for interest. I don’t hve any fragrance oils, just EO. Maybe...

Good morning from Long Island, NY! Hey everybody, I have taken the advice given and limited myself to simple soap recipes and one soaping process. I started with hot process at the end of May (I waited for the Mercury retrograde to be over) and have 4 batches under my belt. I’ve been handing...

I made my 3rd hot processed soap this week. I just love it! I started wanting to help my family with skin issues and fragrance sensitivities and now I want to make all the soap. It’s so satisfying to see the transformation. I’m still keeping it simple and will continue to experiment with small...

Hey all, I did it. Thanks to all of your encouragement and advice, I went full steam ahead. I have to post a photo of myself with am my gear. I cracked myself up. A few things so far. The smell of lard was sickening. It went pretty quick, I’m guessing because it was just one pound? It got glossy...