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1) Was alright, needed a extra toothpick of Lemongrass (3 to 1) 2) Wasn't...bad, just not my thing. 3) Really nice. Had to add a toothpick of Teatree 4) *hurk*

Curiously, do people that buy hand made soap freak at DOS or do they already understand that DOS is part of 'the deal' sometimes?

As I understood it there is (yet) no way to get true Rose EO? This will be FO/FW?

4 Combo's + Ratio, Updates when I have them (About a hour or so) Ratio = # of toothpicks dipped. 1) Lemongrass + Cedarwood at a 2 to 1 Ratio 2) Lemongrass + 6x Sweet Orange at a 2 to 1 Ratio 3) Peppermint + Tea Tree at 1 to 2 4) Speatmint + Tea Tree at 1 to 2 I know many have done these combos...

Found Jojoba Oil at my local mystics store for 50 bucks for 16 FL, not a bad price, (Its in line with WSP, i think) so goes to show you never know where finding stuff happens :)

Ok again: Newbie but lemme see if I can break this down: You counted your lye %age as part of your oils? YOu didnt heat your oils? You let your lye get to room tempature? I am going to try to be as nice as I can with this: If you watched 1 video on youtube and said "I am going to make soap...

True! Hrm, My room mate has soap making colors from michaels (I have NO idea why :P) \o/ Maybe tonight if not tonight, tomarrow morning fo sho it is 1:30 am after all :wtf: I will be sure to send pictures :D

I melted my oils the first time in the nuker (Never again made a mess) but mine were completely melted. It SOUNDS like its working (But im inexperianced) My only bit of advice? DONT use it on sensative skin first just in case. Good luck.

I was like "WEDNESDAY?! NO!" :D Then I realized I lack colorants :/ So I guess I wait anyway :(

I have some tea tree. ^.^ Was going to mix it with lemongrass :) But I am still hesitant about the whole weighing of EO's, they are expensive and dont wanna screw it up :) I don't want to work with lard but I may not have any choice, the only place I know to get some is walmart and that stuff...

I was wanting to make soap so I went to walmart and bought Castor in a tiny jar for 3 bucks and this: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Fruit-Of-The-Earth-Aloe-Vera-Juice-With-99.8-Aloe-1-gal/10314798 I am 99% on the Castor oil working but this stuff should work too right? :) I was poking around for...

Because he desires less oil on the skin and for things to be 'less oily' he also wants it to not have scent or color to it. His words: "I know that not many people would want a drying soap that is as harsh as I do but I will buy the supplies for it" So worst case he get a bar that I (We) told...

Well, Let me go ask him why he wants somthing "So drying" (It may just be his way of saying he wants somthing 'more cleaning' (As previously mentioned) Be right back <pads out to ask>

I have started work on setting up my 'lab' so to speak. Assembled shelves, put products on shelves, assembled my small curing rack (nothing special) set up my work table etc. Vaccumed up a lot of dog hair (A LOT of dog hair. I could knit another dog) de-funked the room (damn dog) and cleaned up...

Well if anyone knows that post by all means let me know, because holy crap I think ill be in good shape if I can figure this out :D

And this INS value I range from 168-200 (or higher LOL washing with a brick) I get hung up on numbers sometimes but this is ...headache inducing :D

I have had a request by a room mate to make a intentionally drying soap. What suggestions do you have to make a soap MORE drying to a skin? What oils or such would you say have the most 'skin drying' properties?

I been tinkering around with soap calc, am I the only one that has trouble getting Conditioning Bubbly and Creamy much above the 'low end' while still having a nice hard bar? Admittadly im only working with a handful of oils, and I know its likely bloody impossable to get everything at the...

I agree on the prices, but to be fair, WSP also has free shipping on all orders. The slightly higher price (In my limited experiance) has been more than offset by shipping. Example: 30 pounds from ED cost me 40 bucks in shipping! And Castor from WSP was 80 cents more but would cost 1-2 bucks in...

The numbers game is one I apparently still suck at, but im getting better. It seems Olive, Coconut and Palm are the huge ones for most. I was looking at pumpkin just today because I am thinking (way) ahead for November soaps, and I was going to tinker with it, and try to make a pumpkin soap...