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I haven't been making much soap the past few months but have gotten back on it. There is an oil blend I found at Big Lots that I jumped on. It is a blend of 34% Virgin Olive Oil, 33% Sunflower Oil and 33% Canola Oil. $3.99 for 33.8 oz and seemed like a great premixed combination for...

Using ISG's recipe here on Soap Forums I made the attempt. More complicated than any other recipe I have tried. It's not pretty, not translucent. My fragrance died [2 oz] within one day even though I let the slurry cool to 128 degrees and when I took the bars out of the mold they were sticky...

Tried to get fancy and use aloe vera liquid [drinkable] as the water substitute plus small amounts of hemp oil and castor oil with the majority ingredients lard and coconut oil . Freaked me out when after cooking for 45 minutes there was oil on the top. Mulched it all back together with the...

After collecting all the utensils, oils, lye, fragrance, watching hours of videos on You Tube the psychic vibrations aligned and I put my first proper recipe [real measurements on a real scale] in the Crock Pot [new was only a couple $$ more than one from Goodwill] for my first Hot Process soap...

Several years ago I made a batch of cold process soap. It came out greasy and after curing I wrapped it in paper towels to soak up the grease. Today I took it out and unwrapped the stuff. It's turned a terra cotta orange [kind of nice] and smells slightly rancid. The paper towels smell a lot...