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I sure that this has come up recently I just can find the thread. Has any one else not been able to use soapcalc in the last week?

Hi all! To say I’m new to the art of cold pressed soaping would be an understatement. My husband decided out of nowhere that he thought we should get into soap making and start a small side hussle at the local market for fun. Being the DIY, craft crazy nut I am, I jumped right on board. That...

Hello, a couple of days ago I tried to make a beer soap. Now after 4 days it doesn't smell the way it should. I added a lot of cedarwood and blood orange essential oil, but the smell just went away. Can anyone tell me why is that so? This is my recipe: 87g lye 174g flat boiled beer (dark...

Hey guys I’m new here... Found your forums when searching for ways to replace coconut oil in solid soap recipes because of allergies in our home... I have been looking at and thinking about making my own soaps since roughly 2004/2005 but just haven’t yet due to the expense factor... Recently...

Hello, Questions about the pine tar soap I attempted to make, I think it worked, but we will see. Here is the recipe i used, Olive Oil 17 oz Palm oil 16 oz Fractionated coconut oil 8 oz Lard 2 oz Sweet Almond Oil 4 oz Beeswax 4 oz Cocoa Butter 7 oz Pine Tar 4.5 oz My water and lye was...

Hi! I'm very new to this and just tested my first batch which was a peppermint and pine scented cold process. I used coconut oil, olive oil, and lard for this soap. The soap smells wonderful until it gets wet. Once wet it smells like fish. My husband says I don't smells like fish but the bar...

Hi all, I run a small shop on Etsy selling my handmade bath products. All has been going well so far and my bombs have gotten great feedback, but the only problem/complaint is that they’re sometimes too soft and don’t hold together well during shipping, even though I pack them very well. I’d...

I have made couple of batches of soaps already but all of them dries my skin. 1 was cured for 6 weeks The others 4 weeks. They are not lye heavy. I used soap calc and brambleberry calculators. These are unscented soaps. These are also a coMbination of gelled and ungelled soaps. My skin doesn’t...

Hello, I've just made the three cold process soaps so far, and the last one seems a bit weird. The other two were internet recipes and they came out fine (except in No.2 I experienced what I now know to be almost 'seize'). But this last batch seems really, really soft. For this I used a recipe...

Hi everyone, I would like to make a gobstopper soap, meaning a soap that’s round and has many layers just like a gobstopper. How do I make this happen? Every feedback is appreciated as this is quite important to me! (Its for a school project)

Hello guys. Im new to the forum and first post here :). Im somewhat of a newbie and I am planning on making a very m̶o̶i̶s̶t̶u̶r̶i̶z̶i̶n̶g̶ conditioning and luxurious bar trying to use exclusively avocado oil, coconut oil and cocoa butter in HP and would like your opinions on the matter. The...

Greetings from Ireland! I’m an Aussie American who is trying to make some soap while I’m here in Ireland and well.... after three failures under my belt, I wanted to ask for some advice. I want to steer clear from palm oil, but I’ve got coconut, olive and sunflower oil in the house. Do you...

I am very interested in making my own soap, both for my own personal use as well as for gifting. I've been very happy with purchased (supposedly) homemade goat's milk soap. I'm not particular as for ingredients; I don't have any concerns or restrictions regarding homeopathic, vegan, etc...

I am new to soap making and thought I would start off easy. I made some salt scrubs that my daughter absolutely loves. Ok. Doing good. Next I made some foaming liquid soap. It turned out great. Need to do some minor tweaks , but that's part of the learning curve. Here's my problem. I washed...

Hey, I am new in this forum, but I came here to hopefully get help with our conditioner bar problem. They are melting ! We live in the Philippines, so it is very humid and hot, but our shampoo bars have no problem with that . But for some reason our conditioner bars are kinda soft and keep on...

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just about gave up last night after I made my third batch of soap ever. However, this morning what I'm really hoping is that this is my beginner soaping story that I will be able to tell years...

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MY "SOAP" SINCE I USED THE WRONG LYE (POTASSIUM). WILL IT BE USEABLE? WHAT DO I DO WITH THE UNUSED LYE FLAKES?

ok guys i need help with a couple of problems ive been trying to get these right for a while now i have now got my scent mastered depending on the scent. but my problems now are as follows 1. I'm using mica in my wax melts and when they melt the mica seems to sink to the bottom. 2. when my melt...

So i'm obsessed with olay's white strawberry and mint soaps, but I'd rather just make my own since it's drying to me, plus I want to make things besides soap with a similar fragrance. If anyone knows what i'm talking about it's like that sweet, artificial 90's strawberry scent you'd see in a lot...

Hello all! I have recently discovered soap making and I would love to learn how to do it. I have done lots of research into the craft. I have decided to start with MP just to get a general idea but would eventually like to dive into CP. I’m just looking for general tips, tricks and...