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Well, I can say that I've lived through my first near soap on a stick experience. My regular recipe (65% olive oil), low temps.... but new UNTESTED FO. Not quite sure what got into me to decide to just throw the FO directly into the oils before adding lye (normally only do that with proven...

I'd love to find a ginger EO (or even an FO) that smells like fresh grated ginger. Unfortunately, the one I bought smells a lot closer to dirt than ginger, and reviews on a few others give me the same scent. I even picked up a white tea and ginger FO that had the 'dirt' smell like the ginger EO...

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, it's summer. I've had higher than normal humidity (nothing unusual for part of the time in the summer) and I'm finding it harder to measure out my lye in these conditions. Higher humidity = more static electricity (since the water in the air makes the...

I have a very hard time measuring fragrance. Part of the issue is my scale, part of it is the sheer nature of small volumes of liquid for pouring. I have a starfrit scale that reads 1g - 0.5oz increaments (fairly inexpensive, but good quality for the price... hasn't steered me wrong yet). It...

Has anyone else gotten brown bubbles from a fragrance with lots of vanilla? I was rather surprised that a no colorant added soap gave me very brown lather. I used a white soap recipe (made it a few times before so I know it stays nice), with only a maple fragrance (which turned out to be high...

I've used cocoa butter in a few recipes and have been pleased with the results, but I find that measuring this butter is mor akward than other ingredients. The butter I bought was unrefined and came in solid chunks and smells a bit like white chocolate. Other than taking a knife to some of the...

I'm very new at soaping and I love the look of a swirl. I use a log mold and decided to try coloring using cocoa powder. Used a Honey & Nut FO and added in some ground oats. I attempted a swirl but I got a more layered look so I'll just have to keep practicing. I'll be interested to see how...

I have a few questions related to the softness of soap and stickiness of soap based on my third and fourth batches. My third batch was formulated as follows for a total of 20 oz: 10% coconut 25% lard 50% olive il 5% grapeseed oil 10% cocoa butter 8% superfat with a 5% water discount...

I'll be soaping a 20oz batch when I get home from work and adding a scent (ginger papaya FO from new directions aromatics) The recipe will be as follows: coconut oil 2oz lard 5 oz olive oil 10 oz grapeseed soil 1oz cocoa butter 2 oz superfat to 8% One reviewer said it takes a fair...

I was wondering what you all consider to be the best type of EO/FO measuring container. So far both my batches have been unscented but my next one with have FO as there's a lovely box filled with lovely scents waiting for me on my doorstop when I get home from work tonight. Would a regular...

I thought I'd share my second soap and update it again once the soap has cured. My first soap I used the following tutorial with the recipe involving coconut oil, olive oil and lard http://www.smftutorials.com/beginners-guide-tutorial.html This second recipe, I wanted to add in Sunflower oil...

Hello everyone! I'm Jennifer from Quebec and am new to soaping. I made my first batch last weekend using the 200F for 2-3h oven method (seem to remember I saw a version of this method on here also). I'd looked into making soap for the last 2 years but had not found the lye locally. I...