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I've been messing around with shave soap recipes for over a year. I've got a pretty good one but would like to see if anyone has any secret tips out there. Of course a shave soap has to lather like crazy and sure there are chemical alternatives to a good lather - but what oils to you use and in...

the only difference is that they don't classify pomace as olive oil, it's classified as pomace. it's not pressed from the fruit of olives, it's extracted with a chemical solvent called hexane, which is the same chemical they use to decaffinate coffee. They say it's safe, but I think if you're...

does anybody out there sell their soap? I'd like to know where I can buy soap making equipment so that I can up my production. Crockpots ain't cuttin it. Thanks!

Just wondering if anyone has tried making it and if they had any perceived benefits.

i suppose soap is completely unnatural when you think about it! thanks.

I want to to stick to making natural soap. Right now I only use essential oils. Could one use a fragrance oil and still call it natural?? THANKS .

Can you use lanolin instead of emulsifying wax?

So what I was trying to do was make a shave cream - not a soap but a cream. OK so then i had some soap that didn't turn out well so I thought why not give this a shot. I found some people online who said to make shave cream you grate some soap into a bowl add 8oz of rose water and let it soak...

Every how to i've read says you need to mix the lye with the oils when they're the same temp, what happens if the lye has cooled below the oil temp? What is the maximum acceptable variance?

well my opinion is Hope this doesn't anger anyone but I feel that it's actually pretty sad that we have to rely on the government to raise children for us and that people can't take care of their own stuff and even if they can't that people don't have families that can step in and take the...