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The going rate here is $5-8 per bar depending on how basic or pretty they are. If the goal is to simplify pricing I'm thinking $5 for basic 5oz 1-2 color GMS unscented or maybe naturally scented with whatever a cheap natural scent option is and $7 for 5oz premium bar that would have FO or EO as...

Looking for feedback on if this recipe would make a good bar from some experienced salt bar makers along with tips on how to do it properly. My plan: 500g Oil Recipe 5 (Salt Bars) Frozen Milk+Lye+SL+Sorbitol Melted to 70-75° Oils melted together to around 100-120° Add KC/water mixture to oils...

Very interesting, I will look into that.

Too late to not get spendy. I'm about $500 in and haven't made any soap yet 🤣 I have the clay, sea salt, TD, SL, Sortitol, 2 EO, 2 FO, & 24 sample mica's. The only extra thing I'm yet to buy is Tussah Silk, but it won't be too long.

That is true Thanks for the good info What does the small addition of salt do?

Hmmm...hotel soap, my parents house, my grandparents houses....🤷‍♂️ I've been anti bar soap since I was a kid because they all felt the same to me.

I haven't made my first batch yet...when I refer to all bar soaps I've tried I'm referring to store bought.

I've used liquid hand soaps and liquid body wash forever because anytime I've tried store bought bar soaps they always leave my skin feeling dry after getting out of the shower. In the shower while using it they feel soft and smooth, but as soon as the water washes the suda off it leaves a weird...

Awesome advice. Thanks!

So only TD to whiten what I want to keep white? I was thinking I need to whiten a naturally tan Goat mixture before adding mica to get the colors bright

I would rather try and fail several times, but learn a little each time than try once and wait for a cure to see if it had good results before doing it again. The worst that can happen is I fill up a garbage bag with bad soap, burn my eyes out with Lye, and waste some time :)

Here is my current cost per oz & cost PPO breakdown on various ingredients. If any of them are too high and you can guide me to better sources that would be great. It seems like the fragrance is the biggest price issue as well as mica because I won't use a lot of the colors in a multi-color kit...

My first attempts will be made over the next week. I will start with a few batches that use natural colors and natural scents (cocoa butter and some cocoa powder for secondary color) then move onto a fragrance/colored batch, and then a salt bar batch. 500g Oil Recipes 1-3 (naturally...

The Mango Butter is merely for marketing purposes The Cocoa is for the fragrance in unscented bars or for Christmas bars (Christmas bars being for marketing purposes and call them "Hot Chocolate Goat Soap") Whether the Cocoa holds it's scent for the unscented bars I'm not sure of, but I hope so.

Is lard and shortening interchable? I heard Ellen talking about adding cane sugar in her goat soap recipes. You find sorbitol better?

Thanks for the recipe and the detailed explanation. It's similar to a few of my top trial recipes, but with lower palm and coconut oils so I'm going to add it to my test list. I think I will make 3 batches within a week so I can get an idea of how the different ratio's trace, feel, etc. How...

Thanks for the info and advice!

Thanks for all the good advice & recipes. I really like the idea of aloe powder.

Interestingly I'm having a hard time finding a goat soap recipe that is using only the oils I'm wanting to use unless it also includes beeswax. I found one on youtube that used powdered milk and interestingly enough it's almost identical to earlene's recommendation. So my first two test batches...

Thanks for your response amd....I agree, my career is marketing, with that research and development goes hand in hand with it. I'm looking at this from a marketing/business plan perspective. My goal is to research and develop soap(s) that can turn a profit so our farm can create enough revenue...