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What would be considered the ideal percentage of castor oil in a CP/HP recipe. Is there point where it becomes too much and results in a too sticky bar ?

Has anyone has success making a truly black soap ? And if so can you give recommedations as to the colourant used ? I'm wondering if you can use too much and have colour come out of the soap ? Does the lather stay white etc. ?

Does anyone know whether pine tar is actually saponifiable ? or is it just added for it's own properties ? If it does saponify, does it lose anything ?

Does a 'cup' measurement convert into an actual amount in say ounces ?

I came a cross a recipe for a whipped shea butter which included Rice powder, Silica Powder, Boron Nitride and Mica powder, I have also seen the recommendation of adding cornstarch. My question is this - are these powders at all pore clogging ? I can't find much info about this so if anyone has...

Are recipes for HP different to CP recipes or can you use a CP recipe and HP it ?

Are body butters, by virtue of their ingredients (Cocoa/Shea butter etc and oils) meant to be kinda oily when they melt on your skin ? Is there a way to make them less 'oily' yet keep the creaminess ? Sorry for the noobness :)

If you need to convert your ounces to grams or your mls to fluid ounces here's a handy conversion chart. http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm

Is there an optimum percentage of cocoa butter, shea butter etc to add to your soaps ? I'm thinking you could add too much and get a greasy bar ?

It seems that the cold process is favoured over the hot process, is there a reason for this ? (Apologies if I missed this covered elswhere - I've read so much on here already :) )