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I only make whipped body butters for myself and local family. Living in FL it's warm most of the year. I added a tiny amount of beeswax to a whipped butter last summer to see what would happen. It kept it's whipped fluffy consistency! Now that it's warming up, I want to make another batch...

I use soy wax in almost all my soaps, I love it! I have noticed prices are going up a bit though :-(

It all depends for which costs more. If you are only doing MP, buying in bulk reduces cost per oz. Same with CP and HP, buying lye and oils/butters in bulk will reduce your cost per oz. Buying ingredients in bulk usually isn't cost effective for hobby soapers unless they are making a lot of...

I have never tried sour cream but heavy cream works well :-)

What earlene said! :-)

I do a little of both. I will calculate a SF with the soap calc, say 5%. Then I calculate on my own what 2% of my batch of oils would be and add that after the cook if I am wanting a specific oil/butter as my superfat.

In that original post, the creator explained in the comments section why you can add the dairy at the end of the cook when someone asked her. I reserve 20% of my fluid for after the cook in the form of heavy cream, coconut milk, etc. warmed up, with a little sodium lactate and honey (don't...

I use SCI (powder form, not the noodles) when I make bath bombs instead of SLSa. It's a little less expensive, and get the same results: slows down fizz and creates foam bath art. I save the SLSa for when I am making bubble bars (I don't get as long of lasting bubbles from SCI in those). I...

I once did the frosting for bath bombs from Soap Queens blog using the M&P with the foaming bath whip. It looked nice, but it never got really hard. Also, it turned into a weird marshmallow like blob in the bath, didn't really get bubbles off of it either.

I made a triple coconut soap one time: 100% CO with a 20% SF. Did a 1:1 ratio of lye with coconut water, then added the remainder of the volume of water as coconut milk at trace. I liked that soap....need to do it again.

I have used recipes for both HP and CP, with little to no adjustments. My personal Pros to HP: cleanup is so much easier; I can control the super fat; no issues with ricing or seizing; some fragrance oils either misbehave or disappear, this happens less often with HP; I can get the soap...

I am from St. Pete but currently live in Bronson, looks like it's gonna go right over St. Pete, and there's a possibility we will have the eye pretty close to us here in Bronson. So far lots of wind and rain, power has blipped a few times, but hasn't gone out for good yet, but probably will...

That's the kinds of things I want to hear! Because it's very rare something is as flawless at it appears to be. Thanks for the info!

I've seen a lot of videos of soapers using it and the reviews on the Etsy listing are all really good. It's soo tempting but awfully expensive if I don't end up liking it!

Yes, that one!

Has anyone here used "The One Mold" by Lancaster Soap Makers? If so, what are your thoughts on it?

I made a loaf of Honey Almond that I used homemade almond milk and some raw honey in. I haven't done a cold process that has both milk and honey in it, so I stuck it in the fridge to keep it from getting too hot. It looks so creamy! I can't wait to cut it!

Two Wild Hares has a really good cupcake bath bomb recipe. The cupcake base is the bomb, the frosting is a pipe-able bubble bar.

I used the Eggnog FO from Nature's Garden. It has a very low usage rate, so I used it in a batch of HP. It also turns a very dark brown, just a heads up.

You can also use pumpkin seed oil in body butters and lip balms!