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Thank You! Ingrid

I have tried a few batches of solid soap and I was either soaping too hot (getting a total gel) tracing too long (getting a thick, thick batter) ans a partial gel. Always getting good soap but always something that left me scratching my head. I do not like the yellow my soap turns when it...

Such a shame about lard... in many ways it is much better than other 'greases wether it be in soap or for eating'. Plan a booth that is quite full and have overstock. When you are wholesaling the game is different; you want a display that alows customers to imagine the product in their shop so...

Was looking at that web site as well... good to know... I'm thinking about a test order from them.

I was looking at those recipes and wondering if it were worth a try. Have you tried any. For me it would mean buying ingredients I do not have and at the moment I am up the wazoo in supplies to learn cold process with. The more I read about; 'making glycerine soap with alcohol' the less inclined...

Well, that explains much... so the lye calc was off on the recipe I tried. Time to try another batch, armed with a little more knowledge! I may just weigh the loose oil and try rebatching with a bit more lye... I would think the soap is lost so, it might as well become a learning experience...

Rose as a scent is tricky to hold over time... I am currently experimenting with perfumers alcohol to fix something that smells like my idea of spring, the mid note is lily of the valley; another notoriously hard fragrance to fix. If I can get a fix then it is only a matter to putting the...

The adventure continues... my batch has now cured for two weeks. It is pretty solid but I think a whiz with a blender will fix that. Will have to add preservative it is testing at a Ph of about neutral... I am a titch surprised by that.

Funny, that, I love the scent of Bulgarian Rose Wax for boosting lotions. I just don't have a direct supplier for it... I must keep this in mind for a next batch when I experiment.

I am not going for the scent... believe it or not... but the properties of the wax itself... I find the hydrosol and wax component far more therapeutic than the oil for this flower... Personally I don't care for the scent of roses... but my icky skin loves what rose can do for it...

Timing is everything, I was eyeying their site recently because a local supplier had let me down a number of times. The presumption on my part is that you like working with them and perhaps it would be worth my while to place an order and have it shipped to the other side of Canada?

Ah! I melted it into the oils before I added the lye/water mixture... Solubizing is easy... PEG 40 would do the trick. The only issue there is that PEG 40 has a SAP value and I haven't a clue as to how that would effect the blend. I was using glycerine I wonder if the wax would melt into the...

No Worries, no worries at all... thank you for your help thus far. I posted here because I truly am a newbie with barely a dozen batches under my belt. My bad for not stating that this was a liquid recipe from the jump!

Until now (and finding a supplier in Bangalore where the cost became affordable for testing) I only ever used rose wax for lotions because of the cost... rose is amazing on the skin! Just amazing! I never taste the stuff until I have completed the rot... I'm a sensitive beastie... ;-) On that...

Thanks for the google link, sometimes I get too specific when searching... I should have thought to put in more general terms! I used about a half ounce... I have strip tested the top layer and it is showing a nice green so it is around 8-9 - that was 24 hours after the 'cook' and before the...

Hi all! Just wondering if anyone here had experience in adding rose wax to their soaps. I cannot find any 'intel' if it has a SAP value so I am assuming not. I added it to a batch of cream soap over the weekend and it is separting. No big; the stuff on the top will make amazing shave cream...