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Hi everyone... I tried my first liquid soap batch today. I heated the oils up to 70 or 80 degree Celcius and I prepared the lye mixture.When the lye water is hot and the oils are around 80 degree celcius I mixed them on a heater and the heater was on;though low. When I watched vids of LS making...

Hello friends; I have just bought some pine pitch,a substance made of pine tar and is really hard.Not in gel or liquid form.(I have uploaded a sample picture.)It is used by heating a little bit.I wonder if I can use it in soap making?What do you think?Has anyone tried it before?I am planning to...

Hi friends, I am thinking of using synthetic fragrance fixative with my natural essential oils in my soap.It is actually a fixative for fragrance oils (FO) but I am not sure if it can work with EOs too. It is a local company making fragrance oils as well.(I live in Turkey.) I am not sure if it...

Hi all, Today I made some honey soap,however,after a few hours I noticed to much oil on the surface,actually I am not sure if it is oil or not.I have had that problem before too.I manually picked the oil but today it was much more than usual. Let me give you some more details:I mixed lye with...

Hi all, I have just made a batch of turmeric and honey soap. I have poured some soap into small silikone molds but when I take them out and let dry I noticed a white layer form on just one side.I wonder why that happened.Does alcohol spray help if applief just after pouring into molds?or what...

Hi all, I've just made a batch of honey soap with turmeric. I have made a mistake by covering it and later tonight I wanted to check and to my surprise I saw that it became kind of liquid(not totally) and became a different colour.It has also water drops on it.I have pured the same soup...

Hi all, I want to make a soap with storax (Liquiadambar Orientalis sap).Here we have that endemic sap and it has great properties for skin. I wonder if anyone has any idea about what is the saponification value for Liqudambar Orientalis Sap (Storax) ? Any input will be highly appreciated...

Hi everyone, Today I made Evening Primrose oil soap,but after that I felt a bit suspicious of my formula.I wonder if it will harden&cure in short time?Will it be a very soft soap?Did I use too much evening primrose oil? Here is the formula: Coconut Oil: 10% Evening Primrose Oil: 12% Castor...

Hi there, Does anybody know the saponification value for stingting nettle seed oil? I just want to make some soap with it. Any help will be appreciated a lot. Thanks in advance...

Hi guys, Today I made a batch of pine tar soap.Unfortunately everything went wrong.Let me give you the details&recipe first then tell you about the problem. The recipe is: 50% Olive Oil 20%Pine Tar 20%Goat Tallow 10%Coconut Oil Total: 52.911 Ounces (1500 Grams) Water: 20.1...

Hi, I want to make soap with turpentine tree oil and bay laurel oil(kernel). However I can nowhere find the essential information about the saponification value for both.Also help with the percentage of these oils in a batch would help me a lot.Here we have a lot of these oils both and I...

I have just made some soap using bay laurel seed oil.Actually it is not essential oil,it is the oil which is produced by pressing or boiling the seeds of bay laurel.I used approximately 10% Bay Laurel Oil in the soap.Now it is not hard enough.I am waiting for it to harden.It is still very soft.I...

Hello , I have been making soaps for more than 2 years. Now I have decided to make transparent soaps;however I have no idea about how to make it.Especially the percentage of the alcohol is a big problem and the procedure while making of course... Any help will be appreciated... Thanks in...

Hello, I wonder if anyone knows the SAP value of bay laurel fruit oil.I just want to make some soap from that oil,but I cannot find the saponification value for it.Thanks in advance...

Can anyone help me with the oriental sweetgum soap recipe?I have bought some and I do not know how to make soap with that.It is quite a thick and sticky sunstance.And I do know at what percentage I should use it in a batch.And should I melt it (do not know if it is possible or not).? Any help...

Hello, My country is famous for bay laurel soaps also. Though I have been making soap for some time I have never tried bay laurel soap. Can anyone help me about that?What is the SAP value for bay Laurel?How much should I use and when ? Any idea will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance...

Hello, I would like to make some pine needle oil (turpentine) soap. Does anyone have any idea about the ratio of turpentine in a batch? Thanks...

I have just made a nice batch of black seed soap.Here is the recipe: 1000 grams Olive oil 200 grams grape seed oil 60 grams castor oil 60 grams beeswax 60 grams honey 60 grams BLACK SEED OIL I have not used any fragrances.Because I want to smell the natural aroma of the...

Hi all ! I want to use wood ash lye this time in my soaping.What must the rate be?Let's say that normally I use %30 water of total oil.Is it ok if I use wood ash lye water same amount or should I use more?Any help will be appreciated. thanks. Mehmet

Should the lye and water mixture be at the same temperature as the oils are?Can I use lye solution that has higher temps than oils?How can I balance?Any help will be appreciated... Thanks in advance...