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Oliveoil did you ever try the poppyseed oil?

Nobody knows!?! I can't find anything searching online because there are so many lemon poppy seed recipes for soap which use just poppy seeds but not the oil so they are all that come up.

I found poppy seed oil at a middle eastern store today and I know it is in the lye calculator I use but I cannot find out what percentage I should use? Has anyone used it before? Thank you!

Thank you for all of the ideas!!! I have never heard of vetiver. I will have to look into this. El Granado Loco, is cedar so different from cedarwood or is it the same thing? I have a lot of it with no ideas for it.

Hi, I want to try a soap with patchouli because I like the smell and a friend has recently asked for one. She thought it would go well with musk but I only use essential oils so I was wondering what your favourite blends are? I read that labdanum has a musky smell but I've never used it.

This reminded me of something I've been meaning to ask. I've been grating soap scraps and older soap that has lost scent and adding baking soda (adding borax as well would be better but I just keep forgetting to buy it). I use this just for my family's laundry. I superfat my soap at 5% and I...

I saw that! It was one of the reasons I asked. She doesn't say which brands she tried though. I've been buying grocery store olive oil because I'm not sure that with shipping it would be any cheaper to get it online. I get 3L for about 17.00 Canadian.

Hi, has anyone made 100% olive oil soap using Gallo brand olive oil (not extra virgin)? I've used their oil before but probably never more than 50% of the batch and I know most store bought olive oils are not pure so I was wondering if anyone has tried this one for the whole batch and how it...

Hi, I have made 2 batches of soap recently that turned out fine but there was a little liquid around the part of the soap in the mould. The top hardened within 24 hours like normal but the rest of it was wet but dried up pretty quickly once it was out. I was wondering why this happened? They...

Thanks everyone, you were really helpful. I have another question about the lye/water mix. I've never been able to get the lye to fully dissolve in the water. Is that normal?

Also, I was reading this article: http://candleandsoap.about.com/gi/o.htm ... edcp1.html In it they say "Now the important point to remember is, the amount of water is determined based on how much sodium hydroxide is needed - *not* on the weight of the oils." So is it better to go with...

I want to try making a 100% olive oil soap with a water discount. I'm using soapcalc.net for my recipes and I'm a little confused because there are 3 different fields I can use: water as % of oils, lye concentration and water:lye ratio. Is there a good webpage/article that explains how to...

I've been using this soap calculator: http://www.soapcalc.net/calc/SoapCalcWP.asp When I enter a recipe with 40% coconut oil or more, the INS is over 165 (their max recommended). I know you can make 100% coconut oil soaps and I have myself and they are easy to make and turn out really nice...

I've never checked for the gel stage before. I looked this time and thought it did?

I did a zap test and it's fine. coconut oil 76% 16 oz olive oil 10oz grapeseed oil 5oz water 11.7 oz lye 4.6 oz I added 2tbs shea butter at trace I've used the soap calculator before but I really didn't think this one through.

Lush makes products that turn the bathtub black so if it does, it cant be too bad can it?

I made some soap and used a soap calculator but was too hasty and didnt look at some of the soap quality numbers very closely. The INS was high(178) and I realized after that was probably because I used too much grapeseed oil (16%). The soap didnt harden very much and its been a week. Its...