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Thank you all for the advise! This leads me to a follow up question... the mix that I currently have (whatever you want to call it) is currently hardened in my mixing bowl... am I able to red-melt it and pour it into soap molds...essentially making usable soap out of it (the recipe I followed...

I'm trying to learn how to make edible lace for my parents 50th anniversary cake. I've decided to learn to make it rather then buy and one recipe I found uses glycerine. I then found out I can make my own glycerine and use the soap that it seperates from... win win! However, I tried using the...

Thank you all for your input and insight. I think I'll use the lovely flowers for something else.

Ù That's beautiful. How do you attach them to the top? Good idea to turn the block on it's side!

Hello everyone. I want to add lavender buds to my lavender/ lemon soap but read that they turn brown over time. What is the best way to incorporate them into my soap? I also have rose petals that I'd like to incorporate into my soap in the future. Thanks for the feedback. 🥰

Thank you!

I bought a scale to start soap making. As I was making my first batch I realized it only went to three 10th place not the hundredth so I bought one one that says it went to the 100th place. As I was getting my water ready today I realized it doesn't exactly measure to thr 100th place. For...

Does she have to use a ph balanced rinse or conditioner after the use of her shampoo bar? After so much research online (including this forum) I think it's about 50/50, some say it's bad for you're hair and others love it.

As I stated before, I know there were errors in making my first batch and lessons learned. Among other things my EO's made the batch go haywire and I didn't know what to do so I mixed it a bit (but apparently not enough) and put it in my mold. I used what I already had on hand which was a...

Yes, you are correct. My first post was of a complicated "shampoo bar" recipe that I found online. After input from this group I decided to go with a less complicated recipe aka the second one, but maybe I took the wrong screenshot so the amount of fats didn't show. I did 30% palm, 30% olive...

It's an attachment. It shows on my screen.

Based on all your wonderful advice here's what it looks like from the calculator. The "longevity" is in the low side (not sure how much that matters nor how to increase it) but I look forward to giving it a try.

Thank you so much for your time and suggestions. I do have avocado oil so I'll play around in the calculator with coconut, palm, olive, and avocado.

Thank you... should I then remove the ones with only 1% and increase the others or just remove them all together and recalculate everything in the lye calculator? Do you have a recipe you'd recommend? I really wanted to start with a shampoo bar, so that's what i spent most of my time...

Thanks for the input, I've never made soap before, I was waiting for the last ingredients to arrive and was looking forward to starting over the next few days. I was planning to use Lemon and Clary Sage as the EOs. The recipe put me at essentially .6 oz per EO.

I found a recipe that was labeled as a shampoo bar for thinning hair. After reading many posts here in the forum regarding CP shampoo bars not being good for the hair I've decided to switch gears, however I already have all the ingredients for this recipe. Can I also use it for a regular hand/...

Thank you! I will work on that while I "patiently" wait for my ingredients.

If I'm using someone else's recipe and the measurements are already broken down do I still need to use a soap calculator? I would have assumed it's like a baking recipe... just follow the directions.

Absolutely gorgeous!

My name is Cynthia and I've not yet begun to make soap. I've done lots of research, found a recipe I want to start with and finally ordered all of the ingredients... now to wait for them to arrive before finally tring to make soap. It's a hurry up and wait game. I'll be honest, I don't want to...