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I agree with everything here....The marketing is nebulous at best, and the prices are not very competitive. On the other hand, they do offer some fragrances I haven't found elsewhere. I still haven't soaped any of them. My real life and job has sort of been getting in the way of that for...

KristaY, If you haven't yet, check out this link. http://ngielements.com/ It is to the manufacturer of Ecosoya's web site. On the front page is a short explanation of what is going on with the Ecosoya products, and why it has taken longer than expected to reformulate. There are no...

I'm not a candle maker, so I'm not sure if this applies to the wax that you are looking for; but I found the following article. According to this article, it may be that the wax you are looking for is no longer being made...

I guess I'm the odd man out in this situation. I use 8 oils in my "standard" recipe. :oops: I started out with a basic recipe, and added and subtracted oils and changed the percentages of the oils until I found a bar of soap that I REALLY loved. To tell the truth, I don't think I'll ever...

I use cocoa butter and shea butter in my bar soaps; but only at 5% each so it's not a huge amount. I like the hardness that they add to the bars and the creaminess they add to the lather. I once added macadamia nut oil to a bar soap, but I couldn't really tell it made a difference. On the...

Lateada, If you don't mind driving across the bridge; you can get lye here (both NaOH and KOH): http://fssoapworks.com/?product=sodium-hydroxide. She is located in St. Petersburg, and offers local pick up so that saves a ton on shipping. She also has a wide variety of other soap making...

I love PKO as well. I use it in pretty much all of my bar soaps. I use equal portions of PKO (12%-15%) and CO (12%-15%) with a touch of castor (5%). Maybe it's just me; but I think the PKO and CO work in synergy to provide a lovely bubbly lather that either one singly just doesn't achieve. ;)

For those of you that use FOs from Save on Scents, I'm curious as to what "concentration" you order for your CP soap. I've never seen other suppliers that offer the different strengths of FOs and I'm confused as to which concentration is appropriate. Is standard too weak? Is extreme just a...

I recently stated using rice bran oil, and so far I like it. My bars are still curing, so I can't give a definite answer on how they'll end up, but preliminarily, they seem nice. I think RBO does tend to slow down trace somewhat, and it also increases the wait time before cutting. The...

As far as I know they were going out of business this past spring, and put everything on clearance. That being said, their website is still active although it appears the shopping cart has been disabled. I'm not sure what happened with them. There was some talk about them coming back...

I am so sorry for your loss. :cry: It's always hard to let go, especially when you have to make the decision to end their suffering. Know that what you did, you did from a place of love and compassion.

Same here Arimara...into the trash it goes. Thanks for the insight DeeAnna. My lotioncrafter's tetra edta has always appeared and behaved exactly as you say. I hate to say it DeeAnna, but I think you're right. I agree there's a reason that it's on clearance at such a low price other...

Arimara, did it happen to come from soapgoods.com? The reason I ask is that both mine and milky's came from there. I'm thinking it's not tetrasodium edta at all and is something else entirely that was mislabeled as tetrasodium edta.

Ok, so here are the results of my experiment. You are correct. The tetrasodium edta in question will NOT dissolve in distilled water. The label on the jar it came in is clearly marked tetrasodium edta. First let me say that the texture of the edta powder is odd. It is fluffy like corn...

When you said your soap left your hands feeling slick after rinsing, the first thing I thought of was that it might be lye heavy. However, running your recipe through soapee.com shows that it should be fine. Did you zap test it? Is it possible that your scale went wonky while weighing out...

I wouldn't try to dissolve it in the lye water. Although I've never had it happen, I understand that the edta powder can form a pudding-like mass in the lye water that makes it difficult to blend. As it happens, I have the exact same tetrasodium edta as you from the same supplier. I...

Welcome to the forum Abeltran! I'm also here in sunny, sticky Florida; and I feel your pain. There are definitely some challenges to soaping in Florida in the summertime, but on the other hand you never have to force gel; just insulate the mold and set it outside. :mrgreen: I've had the...

Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions! I decided to splurge and get a few Eos to try out some of the blends everyone suggested. I'm getting sweet orange, basil, and cedar wood to try out some of these blends on cotton balls so I can get an idea of what smells good to me. :)

Thanks so much! I was thinking either basil or rosemary, but wasn't sure. :) I do like foodie type scents. Thinking about that combo is making me hungry. :)

First let me say that I have zero experience using EOs in soap or blending them, other than lavender. Recently, I was given an ounce each of citronella and litsea cubeba and would like to use them in a soap, but I feel like I should add a third scent into that blend. Given those two...