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You guys/gals are great.Everyone is very helpful.Better than all the books I've bought. :)

darnit!maybe it showed up this time....

Here's the situation,very 1st batch of soap I made was with coconut oil,castor and olive.Scented with regular lavender EO.It was actually one of the pre measured kits for newbys .I love the off white,creamy color,smell....but way too soft(ran it through soap calc and it was like below a 29 on...

Thanks for the honey tip,what is a good amount and if it does heat up then you should not insulate,right?

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Have not tried it yet,still new to making soap,but I've read a lot of info and post here and there about people adding anywhere from a tsp to a Tbsp ppo of sugar or honey to increase bubbles.

Do a google search for"How do I Calculate How Much Soap to Make to Fit My New Mold?"A really good article tutorial by David Fisher on About.com comes up.He shows you how to do ALL these calculations then how to determine the amount of each individual oil in your recipe to fit any mold.Its waaaay...

Also,insulating doesn't cause coconut milk soap to overheat or possibly scorch like animal milk?I intentionally gelled one batch of goats milk soap,and could kick myself cuz I waisted a lot of ingredients,to see how it would be.Though I much prefer the gel characteristics in general,The milk in...

AWSOME!The 3% is actually what I was thinking.Thank you for your help.Yes,I wasn't too fond of the milk in lye either,yuck!Even freezing it didn't wok for me.Thanks!

Thanks for the warm welcome.I have only been here today and already I have communicated with a few people.I am pleased :)

Me!Me!I'm a knitter!Socks on 5 DPN's!

How ironic you mention salt bars!Just the other day I came across some site on the net that briefly mentioned them,and thought"I'll look into that later"and it totally slipped my mind.So,what are they....soap with salt...or like a detox soap?and the point you brought up about the coconut milk...

IDK,but that's an AWSOME swirl!Kind of looks like air bubbles.Could some of your lye or colorant not have mixed well?

Great !Thanks.I hope to like it better than the goats milk.

All my soap even store bought does that if I don't use a rack type dish that makes it impossible for the soap rest in water.

I would wait the 4 weeks and maybe longer depending on the amount of hard fats you used.Im fairly new to making soap also,but I have noticed that although it seems hard enough on the outside,the inside of the soap is still not quite ready,it will get mushy on you really quickly(experience)But I...

Hi,I'll go by Bubli.I'm fairly new to soap making but have already realized I will be soaping life long now.I love it,but I do not enjoy the waiting at all.

By typing any one of my billions of soaping questions in to google search....this forum kept popping up with others who asked similar questions.

I meant "Do NOT seek out human milk.So,so sorry for that typo :)

I am still pretty new to soap making,but have had much success with my whopping 5batches so far.I have even tried the goats milk soap using powder,50%of my water used for the lye solution and the other water portion used for reconstituting the milk and adding at trace.which works wonderfully...