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Looking for suggestions of percentage of pine tar to Manteca. Been wanting to try this for a but never made a Manteca soap before however I made a pine tar soap however using multiple ingredients. I hear manteca is great in soap however I'd like to try making Manteca and pine tar only soap any...

I also use sodium lactate in every batch and i have never experienced the affore mentioned result. Suds rinse repeat.

Well it's good to let the things go you can't control...otherwise the hobby turns into a burden

Yes I have been soaping since Aug 2017. I haven't experimented with swirls or diliberate two tones I sorts let my soap take a life of it's own and accept the unexpected end product. That's all apart of the journey as well. Cause the more you try to control out comes the more dossappointed and...

My philosophy is once your soap is in process. You can't fix what's been done....soap is a process that once completed with the reaction produces suprising results some very pleasant. Etc... Just like people each batch of soap is very different and will respond with different characteristics...

Well soap is highly subjective dependont on the person buying/and or using it ....people can't tell these properties just by looking at it......you can tell people your sopa is this or that toll you are blue in the face ...and it prolly still working t make a different in how it is "percieved "...

Long lasting is relative. The harder the bar is physically. After curing the longer it should last in the shower with proper care ....(not leaving it under running water. Etc) letting it dry out etc. However I have made a batch of soap worth hydrogenated palm oil and wow what a difference in bar...

Thank you to everyone who took thier time to help me with my inquiry....I Unmolded my soap Tues sept 17 trimmed it up on sept 18 and will cut today pics to follow. Cure date will be Oct 31.

I wasn't aware I wasn't going to be able to smell it sigh...also adding 1/2 tsp ppo of tumeric Ok I put frankenscence myrrh and lavander essential oils In it

Well I'm litteraly melting the oils as I speak and measuring out the water so this info is most helpful ok I'll use the 1/2tsp ppo I'll blend it in along w the oatmeal @ 1tbsp ppo into oils before I introduce the lye I'm also using sodium. Lactate for additional bar hardness at 1oz ppo I was...

I really love pumpkin spice and have never used it in CP soap. Maybe I'll use it at 1tsp per lb not to over whelm I. Also using 1tbsp per lb colloidal oatmeal meal

I already have the base recipie any suggestions of how many tbsp or teaspoons per lb of oils to put when using pumpkin pie spice.