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Apparently Emu oil does work in CP. I have never tried, but some ladies use it to superfat because its a pricy oil. Try & Google a recipe using Emu Oil. You still need to add to the soapcalc. Kat

LeanQueen...I started that stupid peri-menopause crap at age 34 TOO! I know what the cause was (if you want to email me and talk off topic), but I never got acne. It has to be genetic. But i've been peri meno for YEARS, and it wont go away!! :shock: and I'm still young :o anyway, this isnt the...

You are a Living Doll ! Thanks for your help.

Well, I personally do not have acne, so hopefully my son (11yo) will inherit MY skin type instead of hubbys, he had acne as a teenager. But I have another son (26yo) that lives in Canada and a nephew her in GA that would benefit from the 100% coconut soap, plus their respective GF's. I have...

My MP soaps are incredibly hard. Actually I'm trying to soften them up just a tad, moisturize them up big time, and most importantly, lather (w/big bubbles) them up. I get mine from BCN, but I have in my candle room right now a few lbs from KY candle that I got today, and will use within a few...

I am in another soap group that said a 100% coconut oil soap would also work for acne prone skin. The person said that the soap needs to age (not cure) AGE for at least 6 weeks before using. I have some young adult males in my family that have "inherited" that acne/oily type skin (from hubbys...

Bret...I need your help. I ordered Shaving soap & shea butter Soap MP base from KY candle. Can you pleeeese suggest how much shaving soap to incorporate into the Sheat butter MP?? I tried to email the company with this question, but they use a different type of email, and I cannot get it to...

Well, the post (above) from PhillipJ really helped me with my percentages. That part was quite confusing to me. So...I plugged in the ounce amount of oils I wanted to use using that site he quoted (herbalsoapbyrj/calc) go see his post......THAT gave me my OIL percentages. Then, I went to...

Thanks gals for your input, appreciate it a whole bunch, really. The lumps are from the sides of the pyrex (dried soap) getting back in the melt pool, so I will melt at a higher temp, plus the strainer idea is great!, won't stir too much because thats what is drying on the sides. Will work...

You people...All y'all, are simply...simply...amazing, on how you can just "fly" on the seat of your pants with a big'ol smile on yer face when you think you have nothing to offer, and you just go into the kitchen and whip "something" up...and what you HAVE to offer, is an amazing product and...

Thank you Dragonfly for showing up and helping me. I cut 8 oz & melt in a 4 cup pyrex, submerged in simmering water. The pyrex is about 1/3 in the simmering water. I put my stove element on 4, just under medium (duh :shock: ) and it takes a looong time to "melt. Then, when it has melted...

Thank you BOTH for this info. I just need to play around with the calc. I like playing with ounces, not the percentage. Because I do not know what amount of oil to add and combination of oils, etc. I just need to sit down and practice/play around with the calc.

Not necessarily tomorrow (saturday) because my kid has a bday party to go to, and I think we will go with, but I plan on making ginger Souffle soap, and wrapping xmas gifts for grandkids, and mailing them up to Canada, Will include my soaps for dd/sil and maybe some lotion bars I made this past...

YUP!!! you addict! I went grocery shopping today and i BOT PRINGLES :o :o JUST SO I COULD USE THE CAN!! :D :D :D

Thanks Becky for your reply. I didn't know if it would work, but I LOVE the scent, and I have excess, so its bein' thrown in a soap pot! :lol: BTW I LOVE THESE emoticons :D can ya tell???

That Soap calc intimidates me to no end. Obviously I'm not doing something right. What if I have a recipe that is 2lbs, and I want to use the same oils in the 2 lb recipe, but make it a 3lb batch. Can I just put in the oils I want to use (using the +/-) and click the oil over to the soap...

I never took the temp, so you could be right. I AM getting a skin on top, then I stir it right back in, then small crusty parts from the sides fall into melt pool. I think I'm going to try the bowl over the boiling water in the pot method, since I do not have a double boiler. Gonna "hillbilly"...

Well, I'm wondering if the difference from a glass container and a metal container is the trick. I place my pyrex in a big pot of simmering water. I also thought the humidity of the water might be causing the drying on the sides. I also thought that maybe the glass container needs to be...

I made MP a few days ago, and I'm having the darndest time with the soap drying on the sides of the 4 cup pyrex. I do not have a double boiler. I used (as above) a 4 cup glass pyrex measuring pour spout container, and that is in a 5 inch wide pot with simmering water. It takes forever to melt...

Thats too funny,,,,that paprika tip came from ME!!! About 2 days before you made your gingerbread soap, I soaped a peppercorn and added paprika, and it turned such a lovely gingerbread color, but I didn't know it would add an exfoliant, which was a big surprize to me TOO :D Anyhoo, I will...