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I made the Coconut milk soap yesterday and unmolded it today. When I mixed the milk into the oils as you suggested that helped tremendously from my milk scorching and I have a beautiful soap. The fo separated so the log was an oil slick. But the Peak Coconut fo seems to be ok. I ended up...

I have a quick question. Can you sub coconut milk for GM using the same recipe if the milk fat of both are equal? The GM I normally use is 7 grams of fat, the canned coconut milk I bought is also 7 grams fat. This is the recipe I ran thru soap calc. CO 7.5 oz PO 5.5 oz OO 7.5 oz Soy Oil...

I purchased this beeswax pastilles (white) from columbus foods a while ago thinking I would use it in soap. I have not used them in soap making at all. I am wondering if I could use this particular beeswax in candles instead? I have done a lot of searching online, including this site for...

Hi! I found this on you tube and wanted to share. I know a lot of M&P soapers would like to learn how to make base from home. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nw4CBN_RC0 Personally I have not tried this recipe. I was actually wondering if she had gotten the idea from a book recently...

I have been searching online for 2 days on Google, Yahoo, Bing. I can't take it anymore; so I have to ask here. I am looking for a store in or around Pittsburgh, PA that I can literally walk into that sells F/O's & E/O's Does anyone know of such a place? Online search has made me batty...

Hello, I have a couple of questions. I recently started making bath bombs using gel colors from Wilsons (this is used for cake frosting). It works real well in bath bombs. Has anyone tried to use this colorant in cp soap too? If so what was the outcome? Thank you for you help in...

I have only made gm soap once and lost the recipe, but love using the soap I made. I found a gm recipe on these forums and tweeked it a bit according to what I have on hand and ran it thru soap calc. I plan on using GM that I bought in dairy case of grocery store & it's pasteurized (don't...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMhKAlJE8mY I have stumbled upon this video a few times. I know this is not essential oil, but can it be used in soap as a F/O? Just wondering cause I have a lavender plant and love lavender soap. If you could DIY lavender oil, what kind of carrier oil...

I was wondering if you add a little bit of TD to a clear M&P base, would it change the M&P white, as it does with CP soap? I only have a little bit left of M&P base and I don't wanna waste it and find out it won't work. In CP I add 1 teaspoon for 2 lbs of soap If I can add td to M&P...

I was making a batch of soap. My normal 2lb recipe 7 co 7 oo 4 po 4 shea butter used 6.2 lye masterbatch 2.1 extra water My first batch came out wonderfully (strawberry); as I was trying out 2 new fo's from Cierra Candles Very Cherry Strawberry TDK colors used pearl pink as a...

Has anyone ever tried mixing lye/water in a gal. bottle and storing it for future use? Does this work? or will it lose something in the chemistry? If you were to do this and your recipe calls for28 oz. water and 12 oz. lye, would you use it in the recipe at 28 oz. or use it at 40 oz in a...

My husband was asking me if it was possible to make a cp mold from copper? I have never heard of suck a thing, and 1st thing that comes to mind with copper molds are those old copper jello type molds. Has anyone ever tried a copper mold before in cp soap? If so what was the outcome? I...

Hi, Can anyone recommend a bright purple color from tkb that woks well in cp and doesn't lose it's color? I tried one, Amethyst and it turned my batch orange, and most of the reviews that are there are ppl using for makeup use. I have tried to get rainbow mica from BCN but they have been...

If you make a castile soap to sell would you call the soap "All natural" ? If not what would you call it? Reason I am asking, is because technically the lye is not natural. I have seen a lot of ppl selling soap that call it all natural.

Hello, I have recently purchased some of mica colors from TKB, including: 6 Pearls Collection & SAMPLER Colored Micas (which they chose the colors. I discovered after trying some of these colors in cp that some of them do not work well. Like the purple colors which turns orange. I have...

I have never used this before and I am kind of scared that I will mess this up. When using TD, do you have to use anything else to achieve a white soap? Like perhaps a white or pearl white Mica? Do you use water based or oil based in CP? If oil based do you add it to the oil before or...

I am a little confused here. I have made 3 batches of CP soap. 1st was castile soap no FO or color 2nd Chocolate brownie FO and cocoa powder (turned out awesome) 3rd Strawberry FO and fresh cut up strawberry with liquid red colorant from a company called “Soapy Love” which I purchased from...

Hi everyone! I recently discovered this web site and ordered from them and I wanted to share it with my fellow soapers. The company sells bulk oils for all kinds of soap making and M&P bases as well. These are by far the lowest prices I have found online. Enjoy :)...

Hello! I am trying to get some insight from actual soap makers. I have gone thru 2 stick blenders now, and I have only just begun making soap. I am getting a little tired of buying them. I was wondering if anyone has ever used a regular hand mixer instead like this one...

I have recently seen at Walmart (in the candle and reed area) that they now carry FO's. They are pretty cheap $3.00 for 2 oz. and $5.00 for 5 oz. I was wondering if anyone has seen these and tried using them in either M&P or in CP soap? or even if anyone knows if they can be used in soap...