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I made soap yesterday! One Ace in town carried lye (shipping just kills, I was holdin' out til I found lye locally) The recipe I used was this: Castor Oil 2 oz Coconut Oil 30 oz Olive Oil 8 oz Lye 6.2 oz (superfat of 10%) Water 12 fluid ounces Orange EO .5 ounces Jasmine EO .5...

Does anyone use boxes to store their soaps in? If my batch turns out, I'd also like to mail them to a few family members :) Is a box a good solution? I was thinking something like this? soap box It's obviously made for soap, just wondering if it actually works well. Thanks :) Cara

I was trying to read the back of the packages at Home Depot, and didn't find a drain opener that said it was 100% lye. It said it contained lye... but no other info. Does anyone know if Zep 10 minute drain opener is okay? Any good brand names? Thanks, Cara

Someone mentioned in my 'intro thread' that there are quite a few recipes that use low cost ingredients. I'd love to learn more about these! A friend just gave me soap and the recipe that goes along with it, I found it to be a little drying but I'm not sure how to fix that. Here's the...

Hello, Back about 2 years ago I did a couple soaps with lard and no other fat, just really small batches. I didn't have much money to start then, and I don't have much now but I'm looking into it again anyway :) I use Burt's Bees for my daughter right now, but I'd like to learn how to...