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Howdy Nate5700, Can't say I understand the formula, yet, but congratulations on your success!

If possible please let us see the results as well as how it satisfied your idea of the shaving soap! Cheeers

Aargh. Well now that is out of my system. Yes there is now a flow of good information that requires processing. I am leaning toward panic and not waiting on the goatmilk bastille long enough for it to gel in my last batch of soap. So the lye should be neutral at the gel stage, yes? Would that...

My expectations have diminished as I learned more. But I am not giving up! Fingers crossed! :)

Most of my initial reasoning was the effect of the C&E soap. Now I have been exposed to the expanse of ingredients and additive and stuff in the real soapmaking world and I will plug on. Duplicating the soap seems out of my reach so I will endeavor to persevere with another recipe. Will have to...

Great info that I believe I am understanding. I did add the evaporated goatmilk in with the lye when both were cold, so that is one problem. I did compensate for the milk in the liquid calculation. I believe I am ready for a good batch of soap next. In your experience how much longer would CP...

That is another term I have to become familiar with "balanced". I am thinking of starting a thread on what oils add what characteristics to the soap. There is probably a resource for that. It seems that I've have been giving the wrong ingredients for my first batch of soap. It was lye and lard...

Sounds like you've been spot on in your diagnosis, earlene! Let's see if I can get an image on the thread! Here is a try! The lighter batch is lard/lye and Coconut Oil (1st Batch) and the darker is the Olive oil, coconut oil and evaporated goat milk (2nd Batch). GlenS

Hello dixiedragon, You are absolutely correct about me being too cavalier!!! I have made 2 batches of soap so far, the first was a lard/lye with coconut oil hot process. That indeed came out fairly white I wish I could upload some pictures. The 2nd batch was a hot process goatmilk bastille...

Hello earlene, Thanks for the words of encouragement. Coming from someone that has experienced it makes it seem less daunting. The goatmilk soap I concocted was an olive oil and coconut oil. It is over 48 hours and way too soft for use. The 1st batch was just lye and lard. I have noted that as...

Cut the bastille soap last night and it was soft. Easily imprints with slight finger pressure. Today it is externally firmer but the insides are still soft. Both the lard and the bastille seem to be losing their scent. I guess that could be a good thing. Just lye, water, evaporated goat milk...

Well the evaporated milk does give some smell, hut not near enough. Will definitely look for a tried and true recipe. I haven't tried the bastille goatmilk yet so I don't know if I accomplished the goal as to feel. I am guessing that the coconut oil gave the lather and smoothness to the lard...

Hello amd, Thank you for your kind assistance! No I do not...... Yes you are probably right and yes it is definately triple-milled. I know what that means, it means I can't do it !!! Thanks Hello DeeAnna, Wow I sure wouldn't have thought of that. Very cool, thank you and cheers Well...

That is great news on the fragrance reviews and thanks for the group of suppliers!! The recipes I used/created were mainly to test the water, nothing that I need to keep. I want to get the process down. I actually now won't need soap for a while or I have to get dirtier quicker. :rolleyes...

Howdy, I spent the day learning how far behind the curve I am. Certainly going to use a more precise measurements and recipe. I am hoping to get a more predictable staging of the process this time. Probably a simple olive oil/ coconut oil hot process, nothing added. The Goatmilk bastille has...

Howdy shunt2011, Thanks for the info on the CP and HP. Sorry but what do the EO's add to a soap? Scent I would like although not crucial. Will have to see if my batch of goatsmilk survives it's setting up to tell if I would like more suds. Can you suggest a reputable supplier of scents...

Hello, I am into my first two batches of hot process soap (real noobie)! I would like to ask the forum members if the information that "Cold Process Recipes can be Hot processed" is true or how true. Also for what will be hot process bastille goatmilk and buttermilk, do you have to add...

Hello lenarenee, First off thanks for taking time to reply and assist. The first batch was 480g Crisco, 121g Coconut Oil, 85g Lye and 228g water. Both of the recipes were run through the calculator "not fully understanding it yet" and extrapolated to approximate the proportions. The first...

Hello to all the members, Having decided that my favorite soap was too expensive, I decided to try to duplicate it. The internet to me seems full of contradictory information at least at the cursory first couple days. This didn't stop my enthusiasm. Creating my own recipes which I thought fit...