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Hello everyone, I’m trying to figure out a recipe to make a cheap well rounded durable soap. Something affordable for everyone, good for most skin types. Here we don’t have access to palm oil or lard (really! I did search A LOT), so this is quite a challenge. I’m giving prices as a reference...

Hello everyone, After reading DeeAnna’s explanation of the curing process, my husband, who had studied chemistry a while ago, came up with an idea to better this process. He told me that if we partially fill an airtight container with carbon black, rice, or both, and put the uncured soaps in...

Hello! I have just made my first batch of HP soap, and my eyes filled with desire can’t restrain themselves from staring at my fresh soaps peacefully curing in a corner of my home. I then start thinking about the process of curing... I understand that the purpose of curing HP soaps is that the...

Hello! I want to do my first soap tomorrow, and I really want to do HP over CP, so I’m planning to make a simple pure coconut one, oven HP, to practice myself with the technique. The thing is that my thermometer will only arrive in 1-2 weeks, and I can’t get myself to wait that long! So what...

Hello everyone! I am originally from Québec, the french part of Canada, but I moved to India around five years ago. I have been introduced to soap making as a child by my mom, who had a brief interest into that, but turned out to love the chemistry of essential oils much more ! When I moved to...

Hello! I am a completely newbie soap maker, but filled with enthusiasm! I will first practice with some easy soap recipes, but I’d like to soon try my own recipes. After reading for hours and hours, I came up with one recipe I’d like to try, but if any of you could give me some comments as if...