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Just remember that lye concentration is not the same as water as % of oils. Most of the more experienced soapers here seem to work with lye concentration, so I've started to do the same. Your finished soap may have varying water content, but the lye always has the same strength which is...

Stainless steel isn't always magnetic. You may be doing injustice to some perfectly fine stainless steel strainers, that were really hoping to become part of your soaping equipment.

One of my professors told me that they often get older people who died in their homes and haven't been found in a while. Many of them are missing noses or other pieces of flesh and you can clearly see the bite marks from their pets. Kitty or Fido may be loyal and mourn you for a while, but at...

I don't really understand what the issue is with wearing goggles anyway. I have a pair of cheap 3M virtua goggles and they're absolutely fine. I once almost left the house still wearing them, because I don't really notice them after a while. People can be so irresponsible when working at home...

I'm not sure what kind of rosemary oil I have, it just says rosmarinus officinalis, Tunisia. I would say it smells mostly like sage and eucalyptus. So it might be the cineol variety, but the eucalyptus smell is not all that strong. I have more or less given up on citrus oils. As much as I love...

I received my order of EOs today and I wanted to give a little feedback and a big thank you to all of you. I don't like lemongrass, there's no way around it. I guess there will be lemongrass soap for my whole family on christmas. :twisted: I'm not a huge fan of litsea all by itself either but...

I may be able to give a different point of view. Not too long ago, I was one of those customers who didn't know any better. I was looking for a piece of soap that I could use for camping, so I went to the German version of etsy and started looking around. I ended up buying two pieces of hand...

Maybe freeze it. :mrgreen: The shampoo bars that are made here are either made from soap or from synthetic detergents that are solid by nature. I'm afraid there is no good way to turn a liquid shampoo into a solid shampoo bar.

Somehow the 4 is always forgotten, that one's fine too. Water bottles are usually made from PET though (1). PET is not as chemically stable as HDPE (2), LDPE (4) or PP (5) and sensitive to lye. I wouldn't use it. In the end, the single PET monomers are connected by the same type of bond as the...

My very first soap was also 100% coconut oil with 20% superfat. It is just barely old enough to be tested (about a month) and I don't find it drying. I made a different soap from 50% lard, 30% olive oil, 15% coconut oil and 5% castor oil with 7% superfat. I thought this was a more gentle...

I wouldn't say she's an idiot unless she feels superior for not using soap made from animal fat. But most vegans I know aren't like that and I doubt you'd call her a friend if she was. ;) My roommate's diet is at least 60% meat but he thinks washing yourself with something made from lard is...

I personally don't use palm oil, but I wouldn't blame anyone for using it. If we didn't want to have a negative impact on the environment, we would have to lower our standards of living by a huge degree and probably stop reproducing so much. But we all like having a warm place to live, diverse...

If you don't like goggles over glasses, a face shield might be another alternative. You can get them for about $15 on Amazon.

I'd say it's more like baking. When you're cooking, you can just browse through a recipe, try to understand the essence of it and then follow your gut. Don't like rosemary? Leave it out. Trying to eat healthier? Use less cream. A little more flavor? Use stock instead of water. In the end, if...

It's also possible to make soap without scent, for example to test new oil compositions.

Basil sounds like a good idea, I really like that smell. I have no idea how cedarwood smells but I heard it's popular for masculine scents. Maybe I'll give it a try too. I found this statement on this website, unfortunately there's no further explanation. Does anyone know if that's correct? Do...

You know what? I think I'll make one or two batches with citrus oil, just to see for myself how it turns out. Maybe I'll use some kaolin too, I heard that it helps. I will still try to find a few other oils that I might like though. I think the best description of my taste is that I want...

Hi everyone! I'm thinking about making a scented batch some time in the future, but I just don't know what to use. I really love genuine citrus scents and it could have been so easy... But from what I've read here, they don't do well in CP soap and you have to use all kinds of trickery and...

But they are the most common (after sodium, of course). If you use sea salt with more minerals, you will mostly just get more magnesium and calcium. And most of us are using distilled water to avoid just that. Just saying. Obviously, I haven't tried this special kind of sea salt but I doubt...

Are minerals in your soap really desirable though? Magnesium and Calcium will both prevent the soap from lathering and just create more scum. Minerals aren't easily absorbed through the skin anyway, especially if you rinse them off after a few minutes. If you eat enough minerals, they will be...