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Hope everyone is Covid safe and doing well I am fairly new to soaping. This is the first time that my soap turned rock hard after only 2 Days I have used this recipe before (cp) . Only difference was that I added a bit of titanium dioxide and mixed at a slightly higher temp ( 125 degrees) ...

Thank you. Will take your advice on the butters. No sense in waisting them. I just thought a little might bring something to the soap. Rather expensive in my area.

Yes, shiny side is towards the soap. Soap is no longer oily. I probably unmolded too soon. Thanks

I know- too early in my soap making journey to try, but I couldn’t help myself. It was calling my name. I’ve only made simple recipes so far. Saw a video with a soap maker pouring alternating colours over an inverted glass ( sorry, don’t know what the technique is called) My mixing temp...

The mica I ordered online said it was for cosmetics and soap making. I just mixed the mica with a little oil and plopped that onto the batter- didn’t mix it with any batter. My thinking was that it would have a more intense color. Since I used less titanium than required, would that cause...

Let me beginning by saying thank you to all of you who generously took the time out of your schedule to answer my first post. As a beginning soaper, your advice, suggestions and comments were of great help. Seeing all the pics of beautifully coloured soap on this forum, I thought that I would...

Thank you so much to everyone for your suggestions. I will definitely lower the CO or eliminate it. I think I’ll also add lard. My granddaughter has no skin sensitivity but I will tell mom to use the soap sparingly. My granddaughter has been pestering me to make her some soap! One final...

Thank you for the advise recipe has 5% superfat Guess I’ll throw out my ph strips😀 was wondering why they always turned out at the same level/ colour for all the different batches of soaps that I have made. I think I will try the lard recipe first, thank you simple enough for me to handle

Good Day everyone, Wondering if I could get some guidance ? I am fairly new at soap making. ( cold pressed) I want to make a gentle , safe soap for my 3 year old granddaughter. My anxiety level goes up when I think that I might make a soap that is too harsh for little ones. I do check with ph...