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So... how does using stearic (and I presume palmitic if you could find it?) acid work? Treat it like an oil, melt it down and incorporate it at that point I assume. But Google says it has a high melt point (around 156 F / 68-69 C). Once melted do I have to keep my soaping temp pretty high? That...

For option 1 I prepare all of my liquid oils and then literally just take a tbsp from that to disperse my micas before I've added my lye solution, this way I'm not having to do complicated math. I also just always add all of the mica mixture. If you don't want to do that and just use extra oil...

Contact her boss / the service that is contracting her to you. Request a new home health aid. Explain in detail, with any documented specific instances, what has been happening and the risks & potential damages she's causing you. Cite that it's affecting your mental health along with whatever...

I use a very similar recipe, at least recently. And I enjoy my bars. The shea will give you a very creamy lather in the shower and feels very nice to me; I kind of personally think I won't buy or make soap without a butter any more now that I've been spoiled with it >_>. It is definitely a bit...

What benefits are there with this seamoss stuff? And to really take advantage of them, is it best to leave it on? Like as a lotion or a mud mask? Because if that's how you get the benefits of it, then you're going to lose out on it either way in soap, since it'll be rinsed off immediately. It's...

https://nurturesoap.com/products/winter-white-mica?_pos=1&_sid=0081e774b&_ss=r I have that. I have never tried to use pure TD; particularly because the few things I've wanted a white for I have not WANTED the pure white you can get with TD. But I haven't had the chalky/crumbly problem you...

Sweet. Concrete information to use for judging what I can get. Many thanks! Especially since I think the oil blend IS marketed as a fry blend. So probably an olive/HO sunflower. And getting my hands on it is less out of the way than a low cost olive, which I have to get at Walmart (not...

Very basic question here... how do you know if you're buying "regular" vs high oleic sunflower / safflower / etc. oils? Is it typically listed on the package some place? Or do you have to go through vendors that advertise it otherwise what you get is just random chance? I've only briefly looked...

I'm confused by this assertion. I'm also unsure about why stephswan went with percentages that aren't whole numbers; that's whatever though. I just don't see how weighing or measuring things out is easier or more difficult. Maybe it's because I have always used the grams measurements, not pounds...

If you are willing to wait for a new order, and you want a floral / plant-y fragrance, you might look at this: https://www.rusticescentuals.com/products/gilded-amber-fragrance-oil.aspx I have a bottle of it (to be used this weekend in a soap for my mom, sisters, and nieces) and it smells very...

I've never used it myself but I've purchased a bar of soap from a shop and I happen to know from their YouTube channel that it was Satsuma orange from Nurture Soap. And it is a wonderful orange scent that hasn't faded in the time I've owned the bar. The did a tiger swirl design with it and they...

Ah. Yeah the term I am familiar with would be dish soap for something like that. Also not a thing I would put in a hand made soap so it never even was a consideration that this might be the thing referenced...

Perhaps I am misunderstanding... Are you asking how to prevent these kinds of "dirt" from appearing in future soaps... or how to literally remove the blemish / dirt from this existing bar? If the latter, anything on the surface can and should come off with a quick rinse and rub. Anything that...

1) What is "washing up liquid"? Is it distilled water? Is it water plus washing soda, baking soda, etc.? 2) Straight from the jar or used in any way prior to soap making? Coconut oil exclusively or a blend with anything? What kind of coconut oil: 76 degree, fractionated, etc.? 3) What kind of...

Troubleshooting any problem requires breaking it down to different components and examining them. So a few questions: 1) What water or liquid are you using for your lye solution? Distilled water is generally recommended; so if you're using spring or tap, your water may contain minerals that...

Can I just say a MASSIVE thank you for this? I have heard the term water discount from the outset of my soaping experience but not one person has so clearly conveyed what the "default" is, why it is, and why we "discount" water. I just hear a lot of "it's better to do it this way so just do...

So in your first picture you have lye concentration set to 35%. In your last picture you have water as a percentage of oils set to 38%. You aren't comparing the same ratios when you run it this way. Comparing the same details to one another, you have in your first picture a water as percentage...

So I don't have the time or the space to actually DO this challenge... but as a thought exercise it's fun! To that end, I submit the following idea: Liquid oils: Olive oil, peanut oil, castor oil Hard oils: Coconut oil, cocoa butter I'm lucky; I live in a suburb of Seattle. I have PLENTY of...

Good afternoon, I am ImpKit. I am a gay cis-gender male (he/him pronouns, please and thank you) living in the Pacific northwest of the United States. I've popped into these forums a handful of times looking for answers to questions and figured... may as well register. We'll see how long I last...