Search results

Hello, hello! Life got absolutely crazy-busy since my last reply. As mentioned, I started that new job and no longer had time for soaping, but then on top of that, this past February, I: 1) got engaged! 2) had a family emergency which I won't get too much into but resulted in my matron-of-honor...

Bit of a late reply sorry, life got busy, but yes, thanks for the rec., I have already read some of those, still have to read the rest though lol Update to this post in general though, the soaps are no longer squishy! No more clay bars haha Thanks everyone for all the responses and suggestions

I'll keep updating this as time passes by the way. If another month or two goes by and the soaps still act vaguely like clay, then I'll know without a doubt that I'll have to change something

I could yes, if my intention was to make a soap specifically for my dad. The goal however is to try and keep the recipe as hypoallergenic as possible, with the intent to make and sell soaps as a business. Since I know my mom and sister and I have had trouble finding soaps we can use (since...

Yeah, that's exactly my problem with commercial soaps. I don't know for sure if it's the oils that bother me, but I wouldn't be too surprised. What I do know does bother my skin is if there is sodium lauryl sulfate in the soap, or any fragrances added, or any item from the BoP list of things...

That's true yes, but. There also remains the problem on if an oil will make my skin react too lol So not just my dad's potential reaction, which is already confirmed to be not a risk, since he's used regular coconut oil soaps before without reacting. (we still don't know exactly why he doesn't...

Yes sorry lol, I had to get food for dinner, and kept getting interrupted irl while typing

I knew it's more expensive, but not that it made soaps softer (that or I forgot about the softer bit) So, I've been wanting to make and sell soaps for several, several years now, not necessarily crazy-profit amounts though. More just enough to where I can make more soaps, since I've enjoyed...

I forget at what point exactly I added it in that first batch, but I know for sure I added it after medium trace. I think I was probably being a bit impatient about it ngl lol Plus like.. I'm still not super experienced with making soap, and wasn't really sure what point to add it at. That batch...

Rather neat imo that it's moldable like this at this current stage though. I almost feel like it would be interesting to try and treat some of it as clay, and sculpt something, and then see how it behaves as it continues to cure.

As @lsg mentioned, this is likely just because it's mostly olive oil, but for anyone curious, here are those pictures.

Literally as I was taking pictures I remembered about olive oil taking longer to cure haha, that's very likely the reason why 🤦‍♂️ The batch was made a little under a month ago/a little over 3 weeks ago, on the 16th of September.

Yeah no, when I measured out the oil it was in grams, I just couldn't remember off the top of my head what the gram amount had been haha 252 does sound correct though

Hello! This recipe is one I've already made, and so far I've really liked how the bars turned out. They don't feel soapy or oily to the touch, and they haven't dried my hands out. Information to note, my skin is fairly sensitive (I have a number of contact allergies), and in addition to that...

Also, side note, the cruets I have that I was planning to use for any infusions, whether alkanet or otherwise, I'm thinking now that I should've bought bigger ones, or at least more of them haha

In relation to this, I do have another question. When adding the alkanet infusion to the soap, is it best to add before adding the lye, or after trace? I'm hoping to get a purple color. I've been using hot process to try and control which oil is left as the superfat, so if it's best to add...

What I'd used with that unknown powder stuff was 3 or 4 grams in the 9 oz of olive oil, if I remember correctly. I haven't really decided yet though what to actually use. I've mostly been researching other people's experience with alkanet when soaping, and basing my plans off of that info. Only...

I've since then bought more alkanet root from a different supplier, this one came as chunks of root rather than powder. I haven't yet made an infusion with it, sadly. I've been meaning to but started a new full time job a couple weeks ago, and haven't really had the time or energy to do much...

Thanks all for the replies! Paradisi and Artemis I do appreciate the concern for if it'd be healthy/safe to make the oil into soap; that would be my main reason not to quite honestly. At the time that I took that picture, it had been in the oil for all of maybe ten minutes, 20 minutes maximum...

Anyone have any idea what this mystery powder stuff might have been? I really hate wasting the oil, so I'm kind of wondering if I should just make a very small soap batch using just that oil with whatever that powder was. Would that be a bad idea?