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FB Groups Two of my favorites: - Shout to Cold Process & Hot Process Soap Makers - Shout Out to Melt & Pour Lots of great photos.

I have been very happy with the 50 pound blocks of tallow from Soaper's Choice. Makes wonderful creamy soap.

How about using a silicone cavity mold - like a half cup-cake size with straight edges (the size of the loofah foot soaps) ?? Would that work?

I also encourage anyone who has trouble making a smooth HP or who wants to learn to make HP that you can swirl, to watch ByrdiJean's videos on YouTube. That is where I got my start learning HP and took the good foundation she gives to teach myself more. Anita sadiesmissionsoaps.com

These soaps are all HP. I poured all of them - no glopping - into the molds. Even the salt bar (which was 50% salt ppo). Using soap calc, I keep it at the default 38% for HP. The lavender wedding soaps and chocolate spa bars are 5% SF, the salt & shea bar is 20% SF. The wedding soap and...

I know that clays are water soluable, but I sift them over my warm oils and let sit for 15 minutes - then stick blend; followed by the lye solution. That works great for me. I have heard that Red Moroccan Clay stains - tubs and washcloths - so I have been afraid to use it.

I have had very good success using kaolin clay in my soaps at 2 tsp ppo. Not only does it help anchor the scent, but it increases the lather. I also think the oils you use play a role in how the scent holds. My soaps are at least 40% tallow except for my salt bars. With salt bars, I just mix...

I use a baker's rack that is on wheels - it is the same kind used in bakeries. It is like the one pictured here...

Why Not HP instead? If you CP, then you should be able to HP. You can go from oils to soap in less than an hour. Pour into silicone cavity molds and within an hour you can pop up and put in organza bags and they could use them that night if they wanted to. They get to see the benefits of the...

If you don't set the temperature of 95 degrees, you should have no warping of soaps. It will help your drying time some, but I agree with others that cure is about more than water. There is a soaper in California who dehydrates every batch of soaps she makes. She weighs them and keeps them in...

Yes, Nevada. For my Hawaiian Black Lava Salt Soap bars, I add 1/2 tsp ppo activated charcoal as well to make the soaps a little darker. 80% coconut oil, 15% avocado oil, 5% castor oil, 50% salt to oil ratio. With 20% SF, there is nothing drying about these soaps. I HP mine.

SoapGrove Beautiful soap!

Salt Grain Size I purchase all my salts from San Francisco Salt Company (free shipping and frequent sales). I like that I can buy them in fine and super fine. 50% of my sales are salt bars.

Coconut Milk - 100% Coconut Oil Bars I love my 100% coconut oil soap with 20% SF. I use a 1:1 lye water ratio as suggested and then add the rest as coconut milk at trace. I HP mine.

Kmarvel - Salt Bars Your soap looks beautiful. I would suggest that you choose a fine or superfine salt, however. Those large grains might not feel so good on the skin.

TD Great post jblaney! I use WSP TD (matte pigment powder) for oil only. I have had the most luck by sifting it over the top of my melted oils and letting it sit for 15 minutes. Then stick blending. I have never once had glycerine rivers or white spots. I use it in just about all the soaps...

Seawolfe: Avocado Oil makes a great superfat because it is one of the highest unsaponifiable oils. I especially love it in my salt bars and use it at 15%.

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Pinterest If you search on Sadie's Mission Soaps you will find my soaps.

Answer to GuyGarr Guygarr: For one of my bars I SF with melted cocoa butter (needs to be warm), another I use mango butter, and another avocado oil. Avocado oil is my favorite for SF, but the all are good. In one of my bars, I substitute some of the water with coconut milk which I add at...