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Yeah I even emailed them and made sure they are ok for use in soaps/skin products and they assured me that they are (their oils in general). Of course they can say whatever they want, that doesn't make it true...! Thank you all for checking into that for me that was super nice! I am here to...

Awesome info people!!! I did forget to mention though that i did try the soap and after my shower my skin was itching and like... zapping!? I don't know how to explain it!? It's part of what made me want to rebatch it because it was clearly acting as a skin irritant... so I hate to say it but I...

Hmmmm Interesting! But if you only gel the midddle (accidentally) then the middle looks different than the rest of the soap which I don't find appealing in a goats milk soap... (had this happen once already). Would you mind clarifying what you mean by "split methothod"?

So. I'm new here, (hello!) my name is Dee and I recently started making soap. I'm really enjoying it so far and haven't had any (real) problems thanks to the existence of lye calculators! Anyway one of my batches was a simple water based soap with coconut oil, shortening and olive oil. I used...

I so love this forum! Thank you for the combo suggestion! I'll try it :) where does everyone stock up on their lard? Wish I could use some of my own! (Ha! That's a joke. I'm 6 months preggo and feeling huge!) I truly appreciate the help.. as you know there is so much info out there that it's...

Hmmmm so maybe learn to cool without actually FREEZING it. A few hours out in the cold to prevent gel phase instead of all night...

Thank you so much!! I love learning from all of you!!

I absolutely will consider using lard, I like the way lard soaps end up. I only chose the shortening cause a whole vat of it was so cheap from BJ's Wholesale. I'm glad I'm not the only one who had used almond milk. If I use it in the future I might mix it with goats milk to see if I can get the...

Wow you are so right... it's not "milk" at all, is it!? It's crazy how much I've learned in one sitting at this forum! Thank you all! That being said I did find a wonderful pic by doing a google search that's showed the colors of soaps using all different types of "milks" and almond milk was...

A lot of people here are talking about taking notes and that's a great idea! What I have been doing that I am finding super easy is to run my oils through the lye calculator on Brambleberry which allows you to give the soap a name.. and then print out the recipe! Nice and neat and organized and...

I made a beautiful lemony soap the other day using the new scent from Brambleberry called electric lemonaide cocktail along with some lemongrass essential oil I had kicking around ... and the pure ZEST of 2 whole lemons!! I gelled it in the oven for a while and it's so yellow and pretty and...

Wow!! These responses are so helpful I can't even tell you how happy I am to have joined this board!! How fascinating I had no idea that coconut oil was drying to the skin!! Thank you so much for that info! Any suggestions to what might make a nice lush combo of oils? I have an order from...

Im kinda confused!! this is my 6th batch of soap. i've done goats milk, and water based. the other day i went to the store and couldn't find any fresh goats milk so i opted for almond milk (unsweetened) just to try it out. so i used the Lye calc on brambleberry. the usual amount of coconut oil...