Search results

I use a lot of lard. I am able to get it from a local meat packager and it has no additives in it at a great price. For just a basic simple bar I only use 4 ingredients, lard, lye, water and coconut oil. I use 75% lard, 25% coconut oil and get a hard pure white bar with great lather.

Can I repeat it?? That is a good question! I believe I can and will try as soon as I get more of the chai FO. Bramble berry doesn't get in any hurry on shipping and I used the last I had in this batch. I made a home made thingy swirler ka bob that I used on this batch so we shall see if it...

Darker or not, it still has the desired effect in my mind, looks great

I was looking for a way to do multiple tests in a mold, I simply added a couple dividers in and set them at 4 inches each so I was able to do 4 test pours in the same mold. Here I am testing a couple fragrance oils and as you can see they are in various stages and some are behaving better than...

Skatergirl, I love the BB almond FO, It has fabulous scent to it and it doesn't take a whole lot of it to get great scent. I used 10ml to this batch which was a 5.5lb batch and it has great scent to it, it didn't accelerate any that I really noticed nor did it run into any heating problems for...

Or to make it simple, use powdered goats milk. I figure the amount of powder recommended for the amount of water in my lye mixture then add that powder to my oils with a stick blender before adding the lye/water mixture then proceed as normal. I use a recipe of olive oil, lard, coconut oil for...

I use a coffee that is a finer grind that is marketed for espresso then make it 2 or 3 times stronger than recommended. As has been recommended by lsg already, I then freeze it in ice cube trays and add the lye to the cubes. I then save the grinds from the coffee maker as well and will add...

Well it is actually Chai Tea soap that I colored with cinnamon and nutmeg and the technique didn't give me the appearance I was looking for but I've been told by several it looks like bacon. I'm thinking new marketing technique, the ladies buy it for the great scent, the guys for the look, it's...

I did a chai tea soap tonight and wanted some color in it so I used cinnamon and nutmeg, the combination of the two gave me a very nice warm brown

Kazmi, I scented it with almond fragrance oil from bramble berry along with what little the coffee brings to it. I can't wait to try it as it has a fabulous scent

I'm far from an expert but 15% Shea sounds really high to me. I was reading something a week or so ago talking about how Shea isn't converted to soap by the lye?? Could this be part of the problem??

I really like this idea, thanks for sharing!

I actually made two separate batches and blended them, one coffee, one almond so I would have the contrasting color. For the coffee I used an espresso grind and brewed a very strong batch, approximately 2-3 times the strength I would brew for drinking. I then measured out the amount I would...

This attempt turned out much better than my first attempt at an almond and coffee soap.

I made this mold out of a piece of 1x4 pine and have just a bit over $5 in it. It is adjustable and I can do a loaf from 18" down to a sample as small as I desire. I make all my batches by weight in grams as grams are more precise than ounces. To make a long story short with this design I...