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Thank you so much!

I haven't had a chance to make any soap since the shipment came in. I'll let you know when I do ;)

OK so my husband wants me to make him a soap with the Subaru emblem. And I bought the colors for it and everything but I'm.finding that mica works best in translucent soap. I saw a tutorial on soaping 101 and I think I can do it (just wish it didn't take so long) does anyone have any insight on...

I just bought the clay sampler pack from brambleberry. I've used up all my local resources for natural colorants. And I feel like a total noob for asking. But are there any benifits to using clays like as in health wise?

I do a lot of room temp soaping now. You just gotta be careful not to get a false trace and what not. First thing I do is mix the lye and water then I put it in an ice bath to cool and melt my hard oils the mix them with the soft. I like it. It got on my nerves checking the thermometer all the time.

I think something must be in the air I was gonna do a chocolate soap next as well :)

Some do some don't. My friends and family generally feel better about using a lard soap after I explain to them that most commercial soaps use animal fat.

Yeah Mine is more like the example I showed you. I just have other tables that calculate colorants and everything else I put in my soaps. That way I can keep track of how much I'm spending and how much each bar/ batch is worth for when I put them up for sale this summer.

This is my curing area Top two shelves are still curing and 3rd is for soaps that are done curing. (6 weeks or more)

I used to make liquid soap from solid bars. I would (still do) grate up several bars and then boil 2 cups of water and put in 1 cup of soap powder (I use the small side of the grater) give it a stir or two remove it from the heat and let it set overnight. It thickens up pretty nicely After its...

Oh god.... I have 6 different kinds in the shower alone. 4 by the sink in the bathroom. 3 by the kitchen sink. And 2 kinds of liquid dish/hand soap by the kitchen sink and 2 in the laundry room one grated up in the laundry soap and one for spot treatment.. so 17 different kinds of soap are being...

That's just regular excel I took a computers class in middle school thinking it would never help me in the real world. Boy was I wrong! They have tutorials on YouTube on how to add, divide, multiply etc. But its really easy once you get the hang of it.

If you have microsoft excel that will help you a lot I punched the numbers in and they're all correct. I punched this out for you as an example.

I HP my pure lard soaps They don't smell after its done cooking.

Don't do it!! I tryed it with non GM bars and they were so soft I couldnt cut them for a week :(

My first batch of soap was really lye heavy.... and I didn't measure everything out right so I grafted it all up and mixed it with baking soda and use it to clean my tub and bath. And put it in my laundry soap. By all means don't throw it out!!

For my gelled soaps I immediately wrap the top.in plastic, wrap the mold in towels and then stick it in the closet for 2 days. I've never gotten soda ash on my cp gelled soaps. Or my cpop. On my nongelled soaps however I always get it. But I don't mind soda ash.

Oh no!!! I never herd of corn oil causing DOS! I've put 25% in my last 4 batches!!

You live in Tennessee and you can get pomice locally?!?! I hope my husband gets the job over there!!!

The cost of my batches are all different my "budget bars" cost 5.87 for a 2lb batch. So each 3.2 oz bar cost .53 cents However the batch I made tonight cost 15.05 so each 3.2 oz bar will cost 1.50 Not including cost of labor or anything. Oops didn't realize the OP was so long ago