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I wanted to try scenting my CP soaps with cardamom and lemongrass. I already have lemongrass EO, but the cardamom EOs I've found are a little on the costly side. I've searched on the internet and found cardamom FOs, but the ones I've found are mixed with other scents. Does anyone know where I...

I've used coarse sea salt from the grocery store with no problems. Sent from my SCH-I800 using Soap Making mobile app

Absolutely love this color. Great idea! Sent from my SCH-I800 using Soap Making mobile app

Congrats! They look great!

The same thing happened to me a few weeks ago. I assumed it happened to me because I was trying to do too much at once and forgot to stir the lye into the liquid. I was using frozen beer. I went to go pour my lye mixture into the oils, same thing. I was actually so disheartened at that point...

Been using my CP soaps as shampoo for a few months now. I have very long, thick hair and am way too emotionally attached to it :D So far they have worked fine for me. I need a recipe with some coconut oil since the top of my head gets oily. I find an ACV rinse does really work for me. I also...

I've used it recently in a few batches. So far so good, but the soaps are only about a week into cure, already cut. No yellow spots. Got mine from Symphony Scents.

This was my first time doing layers, probably over extended myself. My (flawed) reasoning behind using the beer for the sand layer was I've done beer soaps before, and they come out kind of a sandy color. So I figured I could do that instead of using a colorant. It did come out a sandy color...

Tried my hand at layering this weekend...results not what I was hoping for. Recipe: Bottom layer 100% Coconut oil Coconut milk (frozen) Coarse sea salt 50% of oil weight 1 tsp Oxide - Chrome green colorant Beach-y fragrance 20% superfat Top layer 100% Coconut oil Beer (frozen) 2 Tbsp sand...

Forgot to say the wine was either a merlot or a cabernet sauvignon.

Thank you! I just used red wine. I boiled and reduced it, subtracted the weight from the total weight of the liquid. Added the wine to the oils. I replaced the rest of the liquid with water and used that to dissolve my lye.

I'll have to look into that. That's interesting that clay anchors a scent, I never heard that, but I'm still very new to this. Do clays anchor scents in general or just citrus? I'm actually learning more from this impetuous cocoa butter experiment than I have from some of my previous batches :)

I never thought of coffee. That sounds like a great idea! My one friend loves the combination of chocolate and orange, so I was thinking of adding a sweet orange EO I have, but I've read that citrus scents are fleeting. A coffee fragrance oil might be the prefect solution!

I attached the picture. Hope it works :) This was just after the cut. The bars have turned a very deep red since. Before I could do the above recipe, I received new oils in the mail. The recipe changed to: 25% Palm oil 25% Coconut oil 15% Avocado oil 10% Olive oil 10% Grapeseed oil 10% Sweet...

Hello all! I purchased some raw cocoa butter around Christmas for use in lotion bars, whipped body butter, and other B&B products. It worked really well, but the smell was an overpowering and sickly sweet burnt chocolate smell and I couldn't stand to use what I made. I recently started making...

I'm thinking of doing a layered soap for my next project. I've read several instructions, and some say to pour the first layer into the mold, put the mold in the fridge/freezer, then work on the second layer. My question is, after pouring the second layer on top of the first layer and...

I ordered lye from them on May 8th. The price was $35.99 for 10 lbs, but they were offering free shipping if you ordered 10 lbs. I thought it was a good deal. Maybe they are still offering that?

I pretty sure the very first one was ashed. There was sort of a hard whiteness around it before use, but after the first use it turned and stayed a cream color. None of my other soaps seem to be getting ash, so time and superfat is probably their issue. I used purified water, I should probably...

I tend to be impatient, so the first handwash was 4 weeks. I superfat at 5%. I probably just need to learn patience.

I'm new to soap making. After I let my CP soaps cure, I test them by washing my hands with them. I find that the first time I wash my hands with a bar, my hands feel tight once they dry, but when I wash my hands with thee same bar later, no tightness and the soaps work fine. I was wondering if...