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This is it, I finally found a local supply of lye, so I'm ready to make something. So far, everything I have picked up has been found here in Houston. YAAY, no shipping charges! So, I want a basic recipe to start with, something that will give me a hard, bubbly bar that isn't drying, but...

I haven't made any soap yet... that being said, I can't vouch for recipes or ratios in the soaps I have been buying. My husband is breaking out with pimples, the owie red ones. He is swearing off handmade soap and going back to Irish Spring (blech!) What could it be? He has great skin...

The recipes talking about browning vanilla got me wondering... Does anyone have any 'discolored' soap bars that show just HOW brown the vanilla turns soap? Is it an ugly brown? Does the brown bleed to untinted soap, say for instance, an uncolored imbedded design?

... and bought some soap.... (Stop me if you've heard this before :wink: ) There were 2 vendors with soap, and I bought some from both. One was a classic look and scents, nice beveled edges, all natural ingredients. Second was EO and FO's, bright colors, kind of gaudy, not something I...

IanT posted about "soapnuts" .. I Googled it, thinking I would find a forum or an informative site on soapmaking, but found the actual soapnut, a fruit from the Sapindus detergens tree. Out of curiosity, could the ground soapnut be used in CP soap? Has anyone tried it, or heard about using it?

I am new to all of this, and right now, only messing around with M&P due to space limitations. I want to try out different scents, but don't know where to start. Here are the EO's that I have: tea tree oil, peppermint, clary sage, bergamot, lemongrass, lavander and spearmint. I...

I have a question about olive oil... what KIND do you use? Pomace? Cold Pressed? Extra Virgin? How does the quality of olive oil, or any oil for that matter, affect the finished soap?

I have yet to make a bar of soap, but have ordered the supplies for my first batch. I am making Christmas gifts for my family, but after researching these past few weeks, I am sold, and KNOW I will be making CP soap one of these days. That being said... I have been reading up on the...

My name is Tina, and I have taken on the obsession that is soapmaking. I have ordered my first supply list for M&P soap, 10 lbs total of a mix of clear, white and goatsmilk. I wanted to make some soap for my family for Christmas, and thought it would be a really fun project to do with my...