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here are the soaps I have done this past week with some new toys, I mean tools. Wife did the pictures so I hope they are fine. First is just a pic of all of them. Second is a soap with deer tallow instead of lard. First time soaping with deer. I used the Santa spruce FO mixed with some...

I got some Lemon powder from WSp to try in my cp soap. The information states it is water soluble. Do I add it to the water before adding the sodium hydroxide, or do I still go ahead and add it at trace. I am using it for a natural colorant and hopefully the smell. First time doing something...

made my first batch, well three batches of lotion, and I think it went well. 66.5% water, 3% glycerin, 7.5% SAO, 7.5% avocado oil, 3% cetyl alcohol, 6% polawax, 0.5% preservative, 1% FO, and 5% butter. One batch was Shea, one was mango, and the last was cocoa butter. They all felt nice, but I...

I am placing an order for some oils for soaping. I also want to try my hand at lotion making. Suggestions for good oils to start with? I will have OO, Rice Bran oil, coconut 76, SAO, caster oil, and avocado oil. I don't want to get any of the high dollar exotic oils at first. Should I also look...

I am working on a deer tallow soap recipe. I would like some opinions on this one. 30% deer 30% CO 25% RBO 10% SAO 5% Castor I get this from soap calc Hardness 44 Cleansing 21 Conditioning 48 Bubbly 25 Creamy 28 Iodine 54 INS 159 Lauric 14 Myristic 6 Palmitic 15 Stearic 9...

Hi, Thought I better drop in and say hi. I am new to this board, and farily new to soap making. I have done a total of three batches, two cp and one hp. I hope to learn lots more and contribute what I know. right now the soap is for personal use, but eventually if all goes well, I want to look...