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aleppo aleppo! Not much luck on either the coconut oil (v. expensive!), shea butter (karite) or cocoa butter. No luck on a space for soaping either! so while we are hoarding my last bar of essential oil scented soap....I found aleppo soap at our big flea market! in case you are ever here...

Thanks gent! I will check them out. Interesting about the shipping cost. No FOs for me, and I can find EOs. Avocado is probably prohibitive in Europe but almond should be readily available and at a good price. Thank you for the nice words about my people! I have had an opportunity to...

Finally moved here. I have located a supplier for KOH, but it is quite far from me. I googled soaping supplies and cannot find much locally, other than a slew of chemical companies (one of them will sell me a kilo of KOH). I still have not located the best supplier for NaOH either. One kilo...

The only EO I have gotten to stick on soy candles is citronella. I had a lot of FOs (fragrance oils) destined for soap which I discontinued using. The suppliers were Camden Grey, Brambleberry and Candle science. Every single one stuck in soy wax, I had quite a variety as far as types or...

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I recently had a problem with extreme slowing of a batch where I had added fir needle essential oil. I have also been soaping for several years and never encountered this. I had made two loaves (2 lb ea) with identical recipes and water discounts, even identical temperatures. The one...

This is what I would do with my 900g batches (you did not say the size of your batch). At this % cocoa butter you should smell it if it is unrefined. Total oil weight 900 g Water as percent of oil weight 33.06 % Super Fat/Discount 5 % Lye Concentration 30.0000 % Water : Lye Ratio...

Wow, this is quite a challenge. I entered your recipe in soapcalc and I get that the lye is 8.9% of your total weight, do you concur? So if I understand correctly they want the lye to be 3.4% or less of your recipe for organic certification, right? I though maybe a salt bar? If you can...

7.5 oz green clay? perhaps you meant grams? if your post is accurate, clay can cause issues mainly in such high amounts.

I use it at 1 1/2 to 2% and it feels plenty tingly to us.

Same thing here. I never had any luck using orange EO 5X in CP soap by itself. However, it seems to 'help' cedar, ylang ylang, patchouli, rosemary, mint, and many others EOs, including some EO/FO blends.

SMF is not responsible for any sale, trade, co-op, pre-buy, fast buy, garage sale, ad or other transactions between members. All parties enter into transactions at their own will/risk. I am having a garage tomorrow Saturday Aug 27 in the Los Angeles area. If the following might be of interest...

Dave, welcome to the forum. I agree with IL and recommend against using grape seed oil in soap (or any B&B product). Keep it in the fridge and just use it in food. Rancid (DOS) soap is no fun. I find that this combo produces a beautiful soap: Olive oil 30% Rice bran oil 30% coconut...

Not anymore since i closed my business! I stopped all FOs altogether, and now only use EOs, since it is what I LIKE. I do have a lot of different EO blends, so I hope that my gift recipients like at least one of them. If they don't, well....there is always unscented (which I also make on a...

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When I make goat milk soap I use about 300 g goat milk liquid for 900g soaping oils. So yes indeed, one does not use as much goat milk as one would like, if trying to use up a lot of milk. Have you ever made goat milk yogurt? it is delicious. If you have an ice cream maker, pour a little...

My first and only attempt. The technique worked, the pattern is different than anything I had tried before. I had a lot of acceleration since ylang ylang is one of the EOs in the blend. The colors were from beer (Guinness), cocoa, rose clay and the red mica I received in the swap. Since I...

Well, first day I could soap in a long long time. I made my Clyde slide attempt, but might not be able to cut before the deadline! if tomorrow is too late to post I'll just post a picture on this thread. I seriously doubt that it will be entry worthy in any case. This challenge got me...

Not a FO user, and not a comics person so this might not be useful? However I wanted to say that red/orange against black speaks orange/lemon with anise to me. Blue usually feels like eucalyptus in my mind. These are EOs but they might have FO counterparts if you prefer them.

2- I like mine very finely ground. 3- Using 1 tbsp per 450 g, I find that I need to increase the amount of water a bit for better results. One time I used low water and the soap was crumbly.