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I tried to make conditioner with beer (flattened and boiled), not so good idea? I have made only one lotion before that and it turned out good... My recipe was: 1: 300g water 40g beer 2: 60g coconut oil 60g jojoba oil 16g emulsifier 14g cetyl alcohol 3: 4g preservative When...

Can I? Will it stay good? I use preservative of course. And what else I can put to lotions?

I wonder how much I can put Jojoba oil/Grapeseed oil/etc to lotions? I have read somewhere at grapeseed will not last long and in soap it's good to use 5-10%? O.o Is it same with lotions?

I really need some recipes how to make hair conditioner and lotion! :) I want to use preservatives and emulsifiers and cetyl alcohol. I have read one tutorial, but if you know good one tell me. :) And I tried google, but I didn't find good recipes, all was without preservatives and...

I have red pigment (liquid) and black iron oxide, can I mix them together? Will that work? I want darker red. :o

This first smells so delicious! I used summer pudding fragrance, it smells like berries. I wanna eat whole soap! This next doesn't look very good, FO boosted trace... But it's supposed to be shaving soap. And this is apple soap:

Can I replace stearic acid? On what? :o And is this glycerin suitable to creams and lotions etc? http://www.justasoap.co.uk/catalog/vege ... 1924f5716d Sorry, I'm bit confused! I have never made any lotions or creams... So I need HELP! =D

I have never before made lotions, creams etc, but now I'm interested to make some. I already know at I need sterile all, and use emulsifiers and preservatives. But how? I need recipes and tutorials. :/ How long will those lotions last good and usable? (if make correctly with preservatives.)

I made CP soap yesterday, today I zap tested it and It didn't give any "zaps" =O (I used lemon juice about 100g to 600g batch. I haven't used lemon before) So? =O I think I will cure it more than few days anyway.

Yes, I really need inspiration now to CP soaps. Suggests? I have wine soap in my to-do list, but I don't have good fragrance yet... :/

I already know this: http://soapmakingforum.com/forum/viewto ... highlight= But is anywhere more information? :o

How long e-vitamin preserved things (scrubs, deos, etc...) will last good? O.o I just made body scrub with it...

I made a batch and I put it in few different moulds, 2 without salt and 1 with dead sea salt, today I took them off of mould and salt bar had water all around? Others was just fine.

Does anyone know good sites in Europe where I can find cheap supplies? 'cos I live in Finland, and postages are expensive from USA. :(

I wanna try lot of nice recipes and different things, but I'm out of LYE! :x I ordered it more, but because of Easter, it haven't arrived yet! What should I do! I wanna make soaaaap! :D

I'm interested to put buttermilk in my soap, is it possible add buttermilk to trace and how much? I don't want mix it with lye. Do I need less water then? Heelp! And does anyone know good recipe already?

I'm so happy! It's very good and keeps my armpits kinda dry and smell away! And it's first deodorant I have ever made! (My last soap batch failed...) So this is very good thing! :D

I used color today at first time. Now soap looks..interesting... Color is very ugly, like puke. Color was powder (not mica, but almost like it), first I added it 1/4 teaspoon with no result, then I added it more and more (like 1-2 tablespoonful!) but color was still very plain and now it...

I just made soap with coconut milk, I'm beginner and now I don't know did I put enough liquid to my soap? My recipe had 87g lye and 219g coconut milk, oils and butters 630g. What do you think, did I messed up? :cry: I also added 2 different brown sugars to it. I added lye to coconut milk...

Here's few photos of my soaps (these are the first ones I have ever made): Olive oil soap: Beer and honey soap (my own recipe): Coffee soap: Rose salt soap: