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I have given a couple of bars of soap to my family to try out. Yesterday I went to visit my 3 year old niece and I also dropped off some soap for my family to try out. My mom told me that the last bar of soap I dropped off did not last long at all. She told me that my niece would go into the...

It is probably the vanilla: http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/tipstricks/qt/vanilladiscolor.htm Brown soap doesn't bother me.

When my first batch of soap turned 4 weeks old I started using it everyday in the shower. While I didn't think that it was horrible soap, I didn't think it was fantastic. The past couple of days I have been noticing that it feels nicer and nicer. It is about 5 1/2 weeks old now. Am I...

This weekend I made my 5th batch of soap. It has rosemary EO in it. I also tried dropping coconut oil to 15%. My first batch of soap had 25% coconut oil in it. I don't think that it is horrible - I just think it is not conditioning enough.

If I can find some tea I might try that. Tea is something that is on my list to try in soap. I have no idea if the scent will survive though.

Oh that is too bad! A hint of vanilla might be ok, but not a strong smell of it. I wish I could remember what lemongrass smells like...I vaguely remember what it tastes like! This one might be a possibility: https://www.thesage.com/catalog/products/Lemon-Verbena-Fragrance.html Has anyone...

I have recently fallen in love with a scent. The product is described as wild verbena. The ingredients list essential oils (not fragrance oils). To me it smells like leaves from a citrus tree with a hint of mint. So I googled wild verbena essential oil and wow is it expensive! I would love...

Thanks everyone for the answers. Seifenblasen or anyone else - is this Alkali/ppt NaOH part per trillion, thousand, or per part... I am not accustomed to seeing pH described this way.

I understand that water is evaporating during cure time which makes soap harder. What I don't understand is why soap would get more mild when it cures. If I had to make a guess it would be something along the lines of glycerine being more evenly distributed as time goes on. Does anyone have...

Last night I was enjoying eating a mango. I LOVE mango. If I see mango on the label of any food or drink I will probably buy it. So of course when I was looking into making soap that was one of my first thoughts - soap with some sort of mango in it. I was delighted to find out that there...

If you are looking for part time help, you could try a local college. It might be a job that would interest chemistry majors. In theory they should have some basic lab safety knowledge and might find it fun turning fat and sodium hydroxide into soap.

I use disposable Nitrilegloves. I feel more comfortable with the thinner gloves because I can feel what I am doing so I am less likely to spill. This is nifty chart about glove selection: http://www.aps.anl.gov/Safety_and_Training/User_Safety/gloveselection.htmlIf you scroll down to the...

That is what I was afraid of. At least I did a really small batch! It was my first time adding scent and color (annatto). I probably overdid both the color and the scent but it was fun to try - and of course learn from my mistakes!

I saved those links! If only I had been as smart as LunaLion and asked this question! I spent over an hour on google trying to find recipes that used coriander seed oil to see how much people use in soap. I was unable to find any recipes with coriander seed oil - I love the smell but I...

The lentils were some sort of curried lentil thing I made without a recipe. When everything was done cooking I poured the coconut milk in and mixed. It was tasty but it probably would have been better if I had actually followed a recipe... Does the coconut water bring any different qualities...

Next time I buy coconut milk I will have to check the ingredients. I don't even remember the brand I bought. I used half of the can for lentils and the other half went in a container in the freezer. By the time I remembered I had coconut milk in the freezer several months had gone by and it...

The soap I made last week was olive oil, coconut milk (from the can) and lye. I used frozen coconut milk instead of water to mix with the lye. Yesterday I cut a tiny piece off of a bar and tried it. I was really surprised at how nice it felt. I felt squeaky clean without the drying...

I recently bought everything for making soap. I think I spent around $130. I had some gift cards left from Christmas so only $40 was out of pocket. I am sure that some of the items I could have gotten cheaper - but some of the gift cards was for a specific stores. I thought these were...

Hopefully I am not screwing this up and am posting a picture of the soap I made.

Thank you all for welcoming me! I will try to post pictures later but I promise they are not that exciting. They are pretty plain white/off white bars. Sue - if you try the coconut milk make sure to freeze it till it is slushy first. According to what I read you want to keep the temperature...