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  1. zolveria

    Aspiring soap maker

    happy soaping :)
  2. zolveria

    What soapy thing have you done today?

    well i was in a pinch and needed a log splitter.. went to home depot got some free scrap wood. and l bracket and some screws. went to local guitar store and got some wire and that guitar thingy that you wrap the wire around and made my own for 7 dollars... that the metal glue we used to hold the...
  3. zolveria

    Making new soap recipe

    I did too... this week completely went with a 41:59 sat unsat and my bars remain rock hard after hardening in 12 hours. 48 hours later solid brick.. i changed my pure palm oil to ADMIRATION BRAND doughnut fry.. cottonseed oil /palm oil.. and it still came out rock hard... yes im happy :) trying...
  4. zolveria

    2 Single Oil Soap Updates

    probably cost.. I was also selling my 100 CO soap but the shelf life in shower was bad. felt amazing with 100 percent aloe water non drying at 25 percent sf.. I tried it with Soy wax.. but in the end. i offer 100 percent co and my trusted true rock hard 41:59 made with cottonseed oil and palm...
  5. zolveria

    Golden Barrel Coconut Oil

    https://www.goldenbarrel.com/product/golden-barrel-coconut-oil-refined/
  6. zolveria

    Golden Barrel Coconut Oil

    GOLDEN BARREL COCONUT OIL 5 GALLON PAIL FOR 47.35
  7. zolveria

    EBC bases

    they have a mean ACE lotion base I swear by.. next to Save On scent Butter Lotion.. these 2 are the bomb
  8. zolveria

    Post your Gripe

    Signed up 16 hour shift Nurse Life won't get of work till 7am tomorrow. don't know what worse getting mandated and not knowing or signing up and knowing your hell lmao
  9. zolveria

    The word association game

    Rock
  10. zolveria

    Admiration brand shortening

    So I decided to use shortening in place of my palm oil. Ad.iration brand 50lb cube for 46 dollars .cotton seed /palm oil . This morning I have a solid hard bar. The oil i use are canola,co,olive and rice. For to of 41:59 sat/unsat. Aloe water 4tbs sugar 4 tabs PINK Himalayan salt to water.
  11. zolveria

    FO suppliers in the US

    rustic escentuals candle maker store: good strong scents.. I used sweat pear, sweet milk, wood smoke Save on Scents : my favorite for extreme.. use less 1/4 ounce but cost more.. aztec candle: love there oils also wholesale suplly plus madd oils bulk apotocary
  12. zolveria

    coconut oil shortening

    Baking authority... here in ny.. hopefully its the same blend im going to trying.. just need the percentages.. and the sap value ?
  13. zolveria

    coconut oil shortening

    years of making soap.. and I stumble of something... any used coconut oil shortening..
  14. zolveria

    How do you use blended olive oil ?

    THANKS A BILLION on my soap maker software they have olive sunflower blend. im gonna use that one since sunflower is not far from sap value to canola :) see how that works.. meantime gonna go get that sale :) thanks alot.. never used blend but they have a sale..
  15. zolveria

    How do you use blended olive oil ?

    so if my recipe calls for 855g canola i divide that by 80 which brings me to 42.75g to place in soap calc same for olive 775 /20 = 38.75gram
  16. zolveria

    How do you use blended olive oil ?

    Okay so store selling blended olive oil 20 percent olive 80 canola how do u use this
  17. zolveria

    For The Love of SOY: CALLING All Soy Wax Soapers

    OMG OMG.. WELL IT BEEN a few weeks.. I love the soy soap.. It just needed To settle a bit.. it feels amazing.. and the bar keeps it shape. last much longer also.. I AM SOLD ON SOY WAY :)
  18. zolveria

    For The Love of SOY: CALLING All Soy Wax Soapers

    Getting ready for work.. i always use it right after 24H after i cut.. cleansig value at 20 and conditioning at 45 .. I felt squeeky clean.. but i did not add my silk to the soap.. just aloe water. :( so.. we will see by the end of FEB.. and in march what it feels like.... will make another...
  19. zolveria

    Essential Depot - Greener Life Club

    I joined for there shea butter and coco butter. the one of my heavy foot prints in my products. and the free shea butter is awesome to have. i have been using there lye and i like it thus far.. There oils to me are to expensive. i rather soaper choice. or camden grey.
  20. zolveria

    Input on recipe needed

    This is tricky as it seem to me you want a bar of soap.. the only way to lower ph is adding citric which will destabilize the Saponification process.. We see this when adding Citric EO to soap sometime is lower the required PH and we get oil pools.. this is why we find many citrus in liquid...
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