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  1. leahjo534

    making harder soap methods; adjusting water to oil ratio?

    a few months ago, I was once again doing research on ways I could make a harder, longer-lasting bar of soap. I had tried water reduction without a significant difference in the end product. in my depths of research, I found that someone had advised a method I hadn't heard of before. the end...
  2. leahjo534

    cold process soap not coming to trace even after half an hour

    I made this recipe. I took out 2.5 oz. from the water amount and then added the rosehip oil and rose water when it started becoming opaque. also I used up some extra virgin olive oil that I had and then used pomace olive oil for the rest of the olive oil amount. I need help... I stick blended...
  3. leahjo534

    Cp soap that smells like lye?

    I made my first batch of scent-free, sensitive skin, oats, milk, and honey soap. But- it smells like lye. I'm wondering if that's normal and if I've just never noticed my soap smelling that way before I added the EOs?? I just made it yesterday and so maybe the smell will go away? It's very...
  4. leahjo534

    Testing out creating recipes; need advice

    I created a recipe on Soapee packed full of the most common oils and butters. This is my first time creating a recipe amd I need some experienced opinions on it.
  5. leahjo534

    Crystals on outside of cp soap???

    Last night I stayed up till 2 making soap Christmas soap. I used cinnamon, lemongrass, and ginger EO. While measuring out the EOs to use, I noticed the ginger EO was extremely overwhelmed and decidedly hated the smell and it made me wanna vomit. I decided to press onward tho. First bad sign was...
  6. leahjo534

    Tobacco leaf infused water in CP soap??

    I didn’t know where to put this but... My uncle wanted me to make him some Tobacco Bay Leaf soap. But me, with my little non-FO user self, wanted to use only EOs instead. So I found out what oils were used in the Tobacco Bay Leaf soap and the only one that wasn't an EO was the tobacco part. So...
  7. leahjo534

    Hello from South Texas!

    So here's how my soapy addiction started... every since I was really young(around 9) I tried to make soap. Then about 8 months ago I decided to wing it and bought abunch of supplies. And now I can't stop! 😝 my goal is to put my soap in local gifty stores around my small town in addition to the...
  8. leahjo534

    Lye-based soap vs. synthetic detergent for dogs

    In my original thread, I didnt know really what castor soap was and definitely not synthetic detergent. Since then, I have spent days(and nights) doing TONS of research. @Zany_in_CO recommended I start a whole new thread so here we are😉 Before we get started having a friendly discussion, I'd...
  9. leahjo534

    How does one go about making castile dog soap?

    After making dog bar soap and deeming it unconvenient(due to having to create a lather with my hands before transferring it to my large, not-short-coated rottie), I decided to try to make a liquid form. I wanted to buy pure castile soap online instead of making it from scratch. Then want to add...
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