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Okay, question. What exactly is Ciaglia? I thought it was simply soap made from repurposing soap scraps. Is it layers or ..? I went down the internet rabbit hole trying to get a specific answer, but no joy!

I finally felt brave enough to try using micas! I wanted to make a 2-color swirl soap for Halloween. I thought I could put a thin layer of green in my loaf mold, then layer it with orange, and create a swirl using a chopstick as I've seen so many others do. Unfortunately, my batter came to...

I was thinking about subbing aloe vera juice for the distilled water in my lye solution for my next batch and had a question. I like to add a little sugar to my recipes. Is it possible to make an aloe simple syrup? Or how best to add sugar to the aloe and then sub-out for the distilled water...

Thursday my dau came over and we made a new batch of soap! I noticed it came to trace very quickly, so the ones we poured into molds didn't turn out quite as well as I hoped. I'm looking for a recipe that doesn't solidify so quickly. I would really like to start being more artistic! Swirls...

I got a whoopsie! I thought I read somewhere you can replace up to 50% of your solid fats with hydrogenated soybean oil to keep costs down while still creating a nice bar of soap. What I did: same recipes I made before, but used hydrog soybean. TEST BATCH #1 is still soft; I will wait to...

Hello everyone, My name is Wendy. I'm new to soapmaking and to SoapMakingForum. I've been making body butter at home for a couple years and have really enjoyed it. I use only essential oils as much as possible, and tend to steer away from synthetic fragrances. My goal is to make everything...