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Hi, I've been making soap for the past 5 years. My customers say the soap is nice except it burns their below the waist area. I use Thesage.com lye calc. The soap feels really nice on the skin but that burning is not easy to deal with. I've tried superfatting however I notice the soap gets...

The soap came out really nice. It was really moisturizing. Once again, I only used 4oz for a 20oz batch of soap. That was enough oil. Plus with only using 4oz it took Long to reach trace. Hope this helps

Thank you so much!!!

Thank you so much!!!

Hi Thank you so much for your response. What's IPM and how much should be used?

Hi, I bought some yellow beeswax pastilles and also I bought some bricks of yellow beeswax. I made some lotion bars and they came out oily. I bought both waxes from two different suppliers. I wanted to know is it a natural attribute of yellow wax to have an oily feel to it? Plus the smell was...

Hi, I bought some yellow beeswax pastilles and also I bought some bricks of yellow beeswax. I made some lotion bars and they came out oily. I bought both waxes from two different suppliers. I wanted to know is it a natural attribute of yellow wax to have an oily feel to it? Plus the smell was...

Hi, I'm interested in making a salt bar. However all the recipes call for sea salt, kosher salt, or himalayan salt. Does anyone know if I can you regular salt like from the salt mines? What would be the difference in using regular salt? I did read that using dead sea salt has high mineral...

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But will the lye be equal? The oils were in different amounts for example 5 oz olive 7 oz coconut 4 castor So if I spilled some how will I calculate? I want to incorporate the correct amount of lye per oil. If you get what I'm saying.

Any suggestions? I measured and poured my oils to make A batch of soap. Afterward I spilled some of the oils. Is there any way I can still use this oil to make soap eventhough I spilled some? I may have spill 2 ounces.

I've made soap with mustard oil. It makes a smooth moisturizing bar. However it takes a longer time for the soap to reach trace. Longer than usual. I would also recommend not to use a large percentage of mustard oil because the soap bar may end up being too soft. For example, I made 20 ounces...

The beeswax looks faded It's reddish and orange in the middle. Almost looks like it has faded

Hi, I bought some beeswax from an herb shop in Saudi Arabia. The color was reddish. I could see some yellow but it looked like it turned red, not like it was colored red. Anyone ever seen beeswax turn red before or any other color than yellow? I'm a bit afraid to use it.

Mustard oil makes a lovely soap. Takes a longer time to reach trace though. Skin softening properties.

I looked at two different saponification charts and they both had different readings. One said that sweet almond oil had a sap value of 180-200 and the other chart said it had a sap value of 135. How do I know which is correct? I already use a lye calculator but I was wondering if anyone knew...

I'm a little embarrassed to ask this question but what is DOS and TD? If anyone has any other abbreviated phrases to share I would appreciate it.

How long will carrot soap last if I use pureed carrots and juice? I'm trying to get that deep orange color and don't know how else to get it.

A friend of mine showed it to me. It is from the middle east. It looks like small shark fins. It is white in color, light weight and can be grinded. She said they use it for marks on the body like stretch marks and so forth. But I was curious to know if anyone in America had ever heard of...