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Okay, it's late and I'm tired, but I'll try to make this as coherent as possible. :) I've made CP soap for about 23 years, and have recently decided, after numerous requests, to try to formulate a shaving soap. Here's what I've formulated so far; Stearic acid 45% Palm...

When I looked into it, it wasn't a concern of the FDA. I live in Colorado, and contacted my local Division of Wildlife, and they told me no, I could not sell soap made with tallow from wild animals. The nice thing is, there are people across the country who ranch a lot of these animals. I...

Was he expecting to use the bark as an exfoliant? Anita

My experience with silicone molds and fragrance is that although the mold retains the scent of the last soap made, it doesn't transfer. If I make peppermint soap in a silicone mold, even after washing the mold with hot, soapy water, the mold smells like peppermint. However, if I next make...

Maybe they were saying that all of their nasties were out in the open? Anita

I've been making soap for nearly 20 years, and from time to time, I'll use my freezer to assist with getting soap out of plastic or silicone molds, unscathed. Nothing half-assed about it. If you know what you are doing, you can make quite high quality soap using lard or tallow, as well as...

I had an entertaining conversation with a young lady who made MP soap at a craft show in the fall of 2012. (First, though, I want to say that for the entire time of the show in question, a Saturday/Sunday show, not once did I hear her say to a customer, "My soap is made without lye".) At...

"You mixed my drinks, with a can of Red Devil lye." Sounds like Wolf's woman was a soapmaker who'd heard one too many snarky remarks about her soap. :lol: Anita

Hazel, if someone tells you you're the coolest, the proper response is merely "Thank You" :mrgreen: Anita

I use plastic molds all the tine. The trick is to have the soap frozen solid when you try to take it out. I put my plastic molds in the freezer for a minimum of 24 hours. Just 10 minutes isn't sufficient, I don't think. If I have one that is really stubborn, after I've left it in the...

If I found the right one, they are a grocery store chain based in Germany. Anita

I can't list a preference, because I do use both. I just dragged out my recipe for my 100% veggie soap. I use 10% each of both avocado and sweet almond, and my soaps lather like crazy. The actual numbers I get are 24 for Bubbly and 27 for creamy. If you use both, what other oils do you...

Maybe if you really have your heart set on that 12% superfat, make a teensy batch that you can use up before it goes rancid. Something you can use up in three months? (I think that's how long it took the last batch.) Anita

And there's the sugar in the milk the yogurt was made from, even if no extra sugar was added. Anit

I'm a little late to this party, but for whatever it's worth, my 2 cents: (Keep in mind this is only my opinion, and other folks may interpret this differently. ;) ) This line, which is from her class description, kinda set my teeth on edge: "Access to my exclusive resource list of...

You can also change to percentages. Anita

Bodhi, there is some concern that the ash could be an irritant to some people. I'm not willing to take the risk of having a customer have a bad reaction to one of my soaps, so I take the ash off. (I've never been much good at preventing it.:smile: ) Anita

First things first: unless your recipe is really, really wrong, that's not lye on your soap. There's much discussion among soap makers about what it is, but it's probably not lye. I usually trim mine (paper thin slices, which Don't impact my colors) just before I package mine. That's a...

I think the lather with coconut and palm kernel is a bit different that just coconut. Seems thicker and richer to me. I also use coconut/palm kernel/babassu together. Again, produces lovely lather and no one has ever complained about irritation, even though my hard lathering oils are at...

And what's your superfat percentage? Anita