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Carebear, I used an electric mixer and sort of circled and figured eighted it around the bowl for about 40 minutes. After a while the weight of the mixer and the repetitive shoulder movement gave me a strain. I didn't realize that I'd done anything to my shoulder until early this morning...

Thanks everyone for your help. I did end up adding the lye and whipping it some more, this helped and the hard bits of oil finally disappeared. I think next time I won't put all of the hard and soft oils in at once, I wonder if that's what caused the problem? Today I have "whippers...

Thanks for the quick replies! Just to answer your questions: I am using the Nizzy recipe. The only difference is that I put all of my hard oils and soft oils together and started to whip instead of whipping the hard oils first and then adding the soft oils. I don't know if this made a...

Hi there! I need some advice about my whipped soap I'm currently in the process of making. I'm using: palm oil 65% coconut oil 22% castor oil 1.7% olive oil 11.3% I haven't added the lye, fragrance or colors yet. I've been whipping this darn soap for about 30 minutes now and...

Thanks for the instructions Judymoody! I'm going to give it a try when I get some spare time! It sounds very straightforward. I'll let you know how it turns out. ToniD, according to SoapCalc the sap value for pig tallow is 0.141 so that is what I will work with. Thanks everyone for your...

Thank you IrishLass! I was given a free bag of pig fat that is straight off of the pig! I didn't know if I could use it for soap or not. Now I think I'll hold off. Perhaps I'll try rendering myself. I've never used animal fat before but thought it would be nice to try and see how the soap...

I have a question about pig fat. Is it the same as lard or does it have to be rendered to become lard? If it is not rendered and just plain pig fat straight off of the pig, is it still usable for making soap? Thanks!

:shock: Wow! Beautiful soap, I aspire to make something this beautiful one day!! Great job!

Thank you everyone!

My first batch was a lemon scented soap that looks like dessert! By surile at 2011-01-02

Wow, beautiful soaps! I love the stained glass soap!

:oops: In the pot?

What does ITP mean? I'm new to soaping and I don't know all the lingo yet. I checked the abbreviations and couldn't find it. Thanks, Anne

Thanks everyone for your help! I finally cut the soap and it doesn't look too bad. It's hard to tell that it's gelled at all. By surile at 2011-01-02 Thank you Bubbles and Newbie for your advice. I like the look of the whipped soap so I will try some of your methods. thanks...

Hi everyone, I need some input on my newest Lemon soap. I just un-molded it and it is partially gelled in the middle. Normally I wrap my soaps but this one had a whipped top and I didnt' want to wreck the fragile whipped top by covering it. Here's a picture. Do you think it is still...

This batch has only been curing for about 10 days so far, I'm hoping the smell will mellow and change a little and the lavender will come through more. Thanks for the advice about the green clay, I will buy some and try it! Happy New Year everyone!

Thanks Hazel! I used stevia because that's the only thing I had on hand to make a green color with. I didn't know how it would turn out since I'd never tried it before. I also wanted to try using a natural colorant. At this point everything I'm doing is still an experiment but I'm getting...

Here is my last batch of whipped soap! Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Here is a picture of my last batch of soap, it was the first time I tried whipping soap. I like the way it turned out except for the dark grey smudges in it. This was supposed to be a green color and I used stevia mixed with titanium dioxide but it came out greyish instead. It's not horrible but...

Thank you all for the warm welcome! I am trying to figure out how to post pictures and as soon as I do I'll post pictures of my first soap batches. :D Happy New Year everyone!