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So, having made liquid soap using the glycerin method (replacing the water with glycerin) using KOH, I have been wondering what would happen if one were to attempt to make a hard bar of soap using glycerin instead of water? I have been researching how to make my own M&P base and there are...

Firstly, thank you to all who come here and guide others. I have asked and learned so much from y'all. I was able to quickly and correctly make liquid soap (after extensive reading here)...each and every time I have tried!! Probably five or six times now without complication or confusion, so...

Ok, the last 3 times I have made CP soap, I used varying % of mango butter. I use it like I use Shea in any other recipe. The first time, I noticed a big lye crust in my lye water container after the fact, so I knew the soap would be soft bc of it. Interestingly, this soap went through gel...

I made a batch of soap last week that doesn't have enough lye in it. The container holding my lye water had the hard crust of lye left over after I poured it. Not sure what was happening, I didn't try to melt the lye and go ahead and add it to my soap mixture. The soap hardened mostly and went...

I was wanting to use the delicious smelling FO, Lemon Sugar, in a CP soap. I had already made lotion bars with it and love the smell. When I gathered my ingredients, I realized I had no way to color my soap yellow, which I really wanted to do. Well, I’d rather go ahead and make the soap so I...

A recipe I used last week got all fouled up (I’m censoring myself lol, bc y’all seem like a nice bunch!) anyway, I think my mistake was accidentally stick blending my frag oil in bc as soon as I did, it started to VERY quickly clump. I probably also added it too soon? So, I’m left w soap that...

Hello all! So far, I’ve only tried the glycerin color drops (blue) and not too happy with the results ( mostly bc my bars are more yellow than white, so nothing really turns out blue). I got some mica samples today, many different colors. Which coloring type, of the two, do you guys prefer?

Finally! Ok, everyone! Here’s my first CP soap bar! I tried a little color, but since my base recipe wasn’t really white, it turned a not so pretty color. But, I’m shocked that I made it at all!!

Does anyone have any special tips or hacks (technique?) to ensure that you get every bit of the oils or butters (or lard, etc) out of your measuring container? Or how about the soap mixture right before it goes into the mold? It seems that once I’m done, I could scrape forever, but then I’d have...

i have a bunch of beeswax leftover from other projects and I was wanting to incorporate beeswax in making cold process soap. I realize that this is a little different than a straightforward recipe. Is it that advanced? I was planning on trying it after I get a couple more soap making sessions...

Made my first batch of soap (CP)! It took a while to learn everything that I felt I needed to know about the whole process (not so much the working with oils and lye, but the equipment, best recipes for my particular needs, etc). It went too easily, so I’m hoping it’s not like my first batch of...