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I get kokum cheaper than other butters, so I’ll stick to that. I get 20 as cleansing number... so I guess I should reduce de PKO and coconut a bit, and replace it by olive oil maybe? or some almond oil maybe? I was reading that kokum shouldn’t be used at more than 15% and castor 5%... no idea...

Such a small world! I know Grace ;-) Four years ago I adopted two kittens that she found, brother and sister. She’s doing an amazing job indeed! My cats have now become the prince and princess of this home... I have to fulfil all of their desires, or else I have to face heated arguments! But I...

I live in Rishikesh! :-D it's such a great place...

I’m thinking to go easy with the first one, a lye heavy pure coconut CP soap which I will use as detergent, I’ve already read a lot about it and it seems simple enough. Otherwise for my second CP project, I’ve already sought helped in the recipe feedback forum and got great advice. I’m really...

Hello everyone! I am originally from Québec, the french part of Canada, but I moved to India around five years ago. I have been introduced to soap making as a child by my mom, who had a brief interest into that, but turned out to love the chemistry of essential oils much more ! When I moved to...

Thanks a lot for your valuable replies! I will start with CP and with a much more simple recipe, without all the fuss of trace and infusions and all. I’m thinking to do this (values in soapcalc seems good...): Palm kernel oil 15% Coconut oil 15% Kokum 15% Olive oil 50% Castor oil 5% I guess I...

As I mostly have experience with lotion and balms and using essential oils, I have the deep rooted thinking of heat destroying everything, hence the CP and freezing... But I guess I have to review my thinking, as I guess the lye is doing the job of destroying everything anyways... But you made...

The big problem is that in India we don’t have palm oil... I read that palm kernel is much less harsh than coconut, is it just a myth? My skin gets dried up so easily, I’m trying to make a soap that I’d finally have no problems with! But I get the palm kernel oil for 10 times the price of the...

Ok, great! and how much of it do you use per load?

I will do CP! I made the recipe having in mind to try to retain as much as possible of the properties of my ingredients, and my thought of infusing with herbs was for the properties of these herbs. I thought that adding stuff at trace and prevent gel phase completely helps with that, is it just...

Hello! I am a completely newbie soap maker, but filled with enthusiasm! I will first practice with some easy soap recipes, but I’d like to soon try my own recipes. After reading for hours and hours, I came up with one recipe I’d like to try, but if any of you could give me some comments as if...

For what it is worth, on the soap queen website, they say that a lye heavy soap that reaches a ph of 11-12 will clean better, but too heavy (ph of 13-14), would be dangerous for delicates. Which ratio of soap/washing soda do you use? I am planning to try this for the first time very soon...