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Thanks, Genny I will reduce ewax to 5% and see what happens then:)

Hi, Genny Thank you for answer. I forgot to write that recipe includes 1% preservative and 1% essential oil. I order my Ewax from gracefruit.com. For cream they reccomend to use it 5-7 %.

Hi I am pretty new in lotion making. I would like to make very moizturising and rich shea butter cream. I came up with this recipe: 60% water 20% shea butter 8% olive oil 3% cetryl alcohol 7% emulsyfing wax NF The cream came out good and very moizturising but the problem is that...

Thanks for all answers. My last recipe was: coconut oil 25,56% palm oil 25,56% olive oil 26,67% sunflower oil 18.89 % almond oil 3,33 % Maybe I really am allergic to some componet:S But in case I am allergic does it make my skin dry? Maybe I should try to use cocoa butter and shea...

Thanks NancyRogers. I use soap calc and my cleansing number is usualy 20. I didn't think that it could couse it. Only thing is I am affraid if the cleansing number is 15 or less then the soap does not bubbly. Or am I wrong?

To ChrisShepp: Then I think the zap of my soaps is ok- cause there is only bad taste on it:D I hope I'll find out what dries my skin and allso I hope it is not soap, because I love to wash with soaps:)

To whisks: thanks for good advice:) I have done zap but i am not sure I do it correctly:S What kind of oil do you reccomend to use for dry skin? To NancyRogers : I cure my soaps at least one month- the one I am using right now is cured two months at least. I will stop using soap and...

No, I never had this problem before. Few months ago my skin gone dry and started itch:(

Hey everyone! I started using and also making cp soaps four months ago. Now there is an big problem with my skin- its very dry and itchy no matter that I use every day sweet almond oil to moisturize my skin. I make all my soaps with 8 or 10% superfat. Does it mean that I cant use soap...

Thanks for your quick answer:)

Hy everyone! I made chocolate soap with cocoa and cinnamon- soap is beautiful brown but unfortunately there is green top of my soap:( Can anyone tell me what is wrong with my soap? http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/8102/img1659u.jpg