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Okay, I started soaping in October and I think I have now made my first ugly, possibly failed batch! Luckily, a small one! I didn't get my oils melted enough. As I was using my lye mixed with frozen goat's milk, I didn't want my oils too hot because I didn't want to wait so long for them to...

Thanks everyone!

I've read many comments about spritzing the top of soap with rubbing alcohol to prevent ash. Is this just regular rubbing alcohol purchased over the counter or is different? Do you use it full strength or water it down? Are there other reasons for the use of rubbing alcohol? Thank you for...

Okay, now I'm getting excited to try both goats milk and also to try salt bars! Are they ever made together? A salt bar made with goats milk? Or does the salt soap get too hot? I don't have the pleasure of having my own goats and have seen that fresh goats milk is very expensive - does...

BTW - I didn't mention that I am giving this to my friend for her baby! I wouldn't think of someone else using it - seems too personal! Thank you, Krissy for responding - I hadn't thought of doing a search on the topic! Still getting in the groove!

Just made the "Mommy and Me" soap recipe found in The Everything Soap making Book for a friend of mine who is a nursing mommy! I'm very excited about it and wanted to tell share the joy! She had saved up some breastmilk in the freezer and when she had 6 oz she gave it to me to make her some...

It's so nice to know I'm not alone! My husband probably thinks I've gone nuts since last October when I made my first batch of soap! My excuse for the first five or six batches which I made in rapid succession was that they'd be great Christmas gifts - and it was so fun to give people five...

Valentine soaps Thank you Dragonkaz for your reply. We did look at the preview of the post but couldn't seem to see the pictures. We finally gave up so I'm glad you were able to see them! I was a bit worried about those white spots but they are not on the front of the soaps. I haven't seen...

It looks like I still cannot post these picts. I clicked on the image shack pictures and will try this again. Original Soap picture: Picture of back white spots. Spots are not flash glare:

Hopefully these pictures worked so here they are. Here is the original picture: Here is the back image. The white spot on the top of the soap is NOT a camera flash: [/img]

Well, so I couln't figure out how to post the pictures so will have to play around with it! Hopefully I can post pics soon!

I tried my first batch with a mold for Valentine's Day! I also used cocoa butter for the first time. Made a 2 lb. batch with 1/2 oz. peppermint EO and 1 oz. Spellbound Woods FO (this was the only thing I had on hand and didn't think the EO was enough!). I loved the way it turned out...

What kind of olive oil is used? Can it be the extra virgin olive oil used in cooking? or does it need to be something else? Thanks!!

I am new at soap making. As I was making my fourth batch of soap I made the mistake of not measuring out my lye beforehand to see how much I had left. When I finally had it measured out I had already combined my coconut oil, castor oil, sweet almond oil and jojoba oil. I realized that I...

I am so excited about soap-making!! I have made one HP batch and three CP. Tomorrow my sister-in-law is coming over and I'm going to show her!! I'm anxious to find some good conditioning soap recipes here! I'll probably have lots of questions to post and learn!! :D