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Since you can't determine which oil(s) will not get saponified when you superfat, has anyone tried adding the superfat oil to CPHP after the cook? Will that work? My recipe calls for a bit of sweet almond oil for superfatting, but of course there is no way of knowing whether or not that oil...

I've had a pretty rough summer, and haven't had the chance to soap for about three months. Haven't been on the board much either. Anyway, I finally got the chance to do some soaping the past two days. Nothing fancy, just a couple of batches of my go to shower soap recipe, and a batch of salt...

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I'm cleaning out my soap supply cabinets, and have several samples of FO's that I don't need anymore. There is about an ounce to an ounce and half each of the following FO's: Monkey Farts Raspberry Sorbet Tropical Blast Champaka Pineapple Orchid Mystic Orange Moonstone Sangria Palm...

Made soap end-of-the-year gifts for my students, who got to request what type of soap they got. They had a choice of four: a "ball of dirt" soap scented with dirt FO (and a rubber earthworm for good measure), a popsicle scented with Monkey Farts FO, a soap tart soap scented with pomegranate...

When packaging your soap to sell (mostly at craft fairs, farmer's markets, etc.), what are the pros and cons of wrapping the soap completely versus just a band around the soap, leaving the side edges open? Besides the ease of wrapping factor, I mean.

Just this morning I tried my mango butter soap experiment (as a substitute for a lard bar - I wrote about it on my blog), and loved it. I think a lot of lard bar lovers would really like the lather. The problem is, now I have a whole slew of recipes I really like. But how many different soaps...

Since clay is used to absorb oil on the skin when used as a mask, does using pink or green clay affect the properties of the soap any? Does is become more drying? Will the superfat seem lower? Does it affect the lather? I love the color those clays turn soap, but I don't want to use it if it...

I've been looking at a lot of different soap cutters online, and there are so many options out there I was wondering which ones you all like best.

I made a couple of batches of soap last weekend, and I used the brownie bite mold I bought for sugar scrub cubes to use up the left over "batter". When I took them out, I thought they would make great samples. Small, but not so small they are useless, and the chunky shape makes them easy to...

Since I do mostly CP and CPHP, I thought it would be appropriate to post the link to my new blog, Real. Honest. Soap., here. The name of the blog will be my soap business name should I decide to sell. I plan on posting, in one place, lots of information that I wish were more easily found...

Has anyone here read or have the book, Soap Craft by Diana Sutton? There are no CP recipes, but lots of bath and body recipes and melt and pour. It looks interesting on Amazon, but was wondering if anyone on here has seen it, and what you think of it.

I made some soap for to make laundry detergent with, and I used CO and Crisco. Crisco is high in linoleic acid, which is prone to DOS. Well, most of the batch fit in a larger mold and it gelled. The rest of the batch I put in individual molds and they did not gel. About a month later, the...

Anyone here use flax seed oil in their soap? It is high in linolenic acid, which should result in a mild soap.

I tried my first lard soap this morning, and while the bar is nice and hard, and the lather was really creamy, it left my skin feeling like there was a film on it, much like commercial soap. The same thing happened when I tried my cream shaving soap. I figured the hardness of the lard bar was...

Just wondering what everyone likes to use to make a scrubby type soap. From reading the forum it seems like poppy seeds and oatmeal are popular. Any other suggestions?

I put my container of cream soap in the fridge thinking I'd let it relax for a day or so and rewhip it. Well, things got busy and I just took it out today, after almost two weeks. What a difference! The soap is all soft and creamy, very white. I didn't rewhip it, just put some in a bowl...

I did a bunch of FO tests over my spring break, and it was amazing how many different colors the same soap batch turned, from no change at all (nearly pure white), to dark brown. I didn't stir all the cups completely, which got me to thinking.... Has anyone done a swirl that results from...

The soapers from Northern Virginia can't have all the fun. Anyone interested in getting together in Eastern PA? (Philly area generally)

Okay, I managed to find the information I needed about how much Optiphen to use. For anyone who might need to know, it is 0.5% of the weight of the soap when it is finished. I weighed an empty container that matched the one I was using, then weighed my soap and container, then subtracted the...