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Had a young friend over just getting into soapmaking. Taught her how to make CPLS and lotion. Simple recipe: 80% Olive Oil 20% Palm Kernel Flakes 10% Castor Oil Lye solution: 1:1:2 KOH:Water:Glycerin with Sodium Lactate 3% of oils A little more than an hour after trace...

I haven't been this excited about making soap in well over a decade! I've been reading posts here and on the FB group CPLS, pouring over files, recipes and watching videos for 3 weeks. I'm not one to just grab someone else's recipe and go with it (what fun is there in that?) My recipe: I...

It's been years (literally) since I've been on SMF so I thought a re-introduction might be in order. What a relief to recognize some screen names! I've been soaping since 1999, exclusively milk bar soaps since 2002 using raw Jersey milk at a 33% lye saturation. This year I want to try my hand...

Hey :) My name is Cyndi, my husband & I live on a little homestead in NW Illinois (aka Ill-Annoy) :lol: I've been soaping since 1999, exclusively milk soaps since 2001 using fresh goat's milk when I could, but mostly canned GM. In 2002, we bought a Jersey milk cow (because, my DH...