cp soap

Hi everyone! I am fairly new here and have been making soap for about 4 months now, both bar and liquid, so I am no where near a expert! I have been reading some recipes where they are using beer as the liquid. My question is; what benefits are there from using beer in your soap? I am in need...

Hi everyone, I've been making cp soap for a while, and each time when I cut the bar I notice the small spots. It shows especially when I use color. The soaps are great to use, and after a rinse the spots disappear, but it doesn't look good. Help?

One more for today...I find it so inspiring to look at all of the soap pictures everyone posts! It's fun to share as well. Here is my Bay Rum with Sea Clay soap. I made it in a slab mold and HATED it when it was first unmolded...it was cut unevenly and it had serious ash in the first few...

Finally!!!! I have a moment to post a pic or two of my latest projects. Here is one I have called Desert Sunset. It is scented with Sandalwood FO and Patchouli EO. Trying out my new photo box too!

I used "Terra Pozzuoli" clay, FeO and Titanium dioxide to make these tiger stripes. Coconut oil, lard, castor oil, salt, sugar, soy cream FO: Madagascar Spice

I made this CP soap on a grey German winter morning. It made my day! Contains: coconut oil, lard, castor oil, soy cream, salt, sugar, pigments, mica Smells of "White gardenia"

this one is papaya-coconut milk combo. the orange one is obviously papaya. i cheated a bit by adding just a dash of color coz i dont want this part to go brown. the white one is coconut milk. did the hanger swirl, and scented with toasted coconut mixed with a dash of coconut lime verbena...

I have a recipe I want to try for CP soap that uses Spirulina to color the soap. Spirulina is so expensive! Even the capsules are around $10 a bottle. Before I buy a bottle of capsules (they are much cheaper than the powder), can I break them open and use the contents to color the soap? Has...

hello, today I've met with a problem which never happened before. I made a potato soap, it was perfect in every respect before I poured it into the mold. But soon after it is in the mold, it turned to jelly, and then liquefied. oil seems to be separated in the middle of the mold while on the...

Hi Everyone! I lurk here, A LOT! Decided I'd make my first post. I've been soaping for a long while now. Started by making soaps just for home because I have sensitive skin, hubby has acne, and the littlest one is just too sweet to use the stuff from the store. I make cp, hp, whipped, and...

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone can explain what the iodine and INS numbers mean in soapcalc? I did a little googling and it seems that, generally, higher iodine = faster spoiling and INS closer to 160 = better soap. Are these numbers very important when designing a recipe? I'm new to...

I am new to soapmaking and have been an avid organic urban gardener for years. I'm looking for ways to incorporate fresh, herbs, flowers , and maybe veggies, into CP soaps. Can anyone direct me to a resource that might be helpul? I have: chamomile, calendula mint thyme borage...

Hello, I'm a brand new to soap making. I completed my first batch a week ago, using a slight variation on Soap Queen's basic recipe using coconut, palm, olive oil, cocoa butter and shea butter. I ran it through the soap calculator and it seemed to come out really well. It has cured for a...

So I made cp soap and after 24 hrs the soap was still soft ,I tested it by putting my tongue to it and I burned it bad. :( Anyways I let it sit another 2 days and today I saw small crystals forming on the top and lots of liquid on the bottom and a bit on top. What happened to it? Can I...

Oh my I'm so embarrassed but I'm so horrible @ math and I have researched & researched but just do not get it so here it goes... OK so I have a few questions that I'm sure you all know.....OK so I have to measure my Lye that has to be measured in weight & I do have a scale but I'm so...

This smells so delicious!:-P 1st soap I've made in yrs >.<

...if dried dandelion petals stay yellow in CP soap like calendula petals or do they turn brown like rose petals?

Has anyone done tea in soap? Meaning instead of just plain old water you would brew your tea and use that instead with the lye mix. Any tips or comments would be helpful ty :)

I'm new ...to this forum.... and would really like to know if anyone has tried using lavender hydrosol (in replace of all the water) in cp soap? Not for added scent but more for the skin conditioning qualities of the hydrosol. Thanks in advance for your help