Search results

Can anyone say what changes I would need to make to this recipe? Lye concentration and some of the 'qualities' listed look wrong to me. However, I have made this recipe successfully several times but now, two fails.

Salt Soap recipes in "Soap Calc" always come out showing very low moisturizing. I've tried many recipes in soap calc and all say very low moisturizing. My understanding has always been that salt bars are so great for skin. Surely there is something I am not understanding. Anyone have...

??!! I copied a recipe back in 2002 titled "Psoriasis Soap For Mom". I am wondering if anyone in soapland has seen this recipe or tried it?? It sounds good to me but the oil to liquid amounts seem totally crazy to me. Is it possible to use this much liquid content??!! In my soap calc, if I...

My very first experience with "cracked soap" after 20 yrs of soap making! I read several posts on the topic and think it may be the "over heated" problem. I would, however, welcome your feedback. I made a recipe according to my soap calculator, but with the following changes: I used 1/2 coconut...

I've been a soap maker for 20 years and made my first batch of coconut milk soap today. I studied tutorials, videos and blogs prior to crafting my own. I was so excited and did all the right things. Right?! Apparently Wrong! When mixing the lye milk into oils, it all separated and more mixing...

I have successfully used this recipe (Sherry’s Fantastic Soap) several times over the last couple years, however my latest use came out quite soft and provoked me to review my use of the recipe. I had taken the original recipe and put it through my soap calculator, and that is how I have used...