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Someone gave me this cocoa butter. It is off white, sort of ivory. Smells chocolatey. Hard but crumbly. My friend didn't remember if it's refined or unrefined. Can someone tell me?

Can somebody suggest a recipe that will produce a whitest bar of soap using the ingredients I currently have available? I have some titanium dioxide and I have most of the commonly used ingredients. I'm just not sure which ones to use. I know that the lighter oils will produce the whitest bar...

Hmmm... Maybe the preservative was a different "sodium something" ... I ordered the sodium lactate to add hardness. So far I like making goats milk and the batches I like best tend to be a little soft. And when it comes to additives that seems to be the one a lot of people use.

yeah I think I'll go fetch it. For 10 bucks its worth it.

I was thinking about how to procure ingredients free, or from sources other than ordering from a supplier. for example, my son loves oranges. Eats them by the bag. I was thinking about the orange peels....and I was thinking about how i could utilize them. It just so happens on craigslist...

It does have translucency. I knew with the milk, sugar, honey and tallow cocoa butter..etc... that it was gonna get real hot and real thick real fast...I worked like a maniac to get it in the freezer in time. Wore me out! Anyway thanks!

My first oatmeal honey goats milk soap... Made last nite. Soap is hard enough to unmold fine. I'm cutting it and so far so good...until I see a spot on one of the bars. See the close up....at the bottom and middle....a whitish gray spot? Its only on that one and it's not deep. Could it be a bit...

Well I made it last night. Course its still in the mold....but I think it went okay. I ended up tweaking the recipe some. This is what I ended up making: 7% almond oil 3% Beeswax 6% castor oil 10% cocoa butter 20% coconut oil 25% olive oil 11% shea butter 18% tallow beef goats milk...

Making oatmeal honey goats milk...I have condensed frozen cubes. Gonna put bowl of cubes in ice bath and then pour my lye water slowly. But I put sugar to the water and dissolved it......is it okay to add lye to sugar water? Course the amount of water is only half....the other half is frozen milk

Actually I've heard good things about silk and beeswax. But I'll wait. So far, I have only purchased a few things brand new. I bought my mold with wood box and silicone liner new, bought soap cutter new, bought mica sample set new. All my base oils I bought from Craig's list. This guy was...

I've decided to restrict my only purchase right now to sodium lactate. But can someone recommend the cheapest place to buy it? like a 8 or 16 ounce bottle? I placed an order yesterday with wholesale Supplies Plus. the bottle was only 3:29 but then they charged 7.25 + shipping and $5 for...

Great thanks! I sure will be glad when i find my rhythm. I end up spending so much time researching that by the time I'm finally ready...it's bedtime! I work full time so I only have so much time to soap. I spend so much time putting together a new recipe, my husband will come in 4 hours later...

How much oatmeal powder do I add? And should I hydrate it first with a little water? Should I deduct it from my distilled water? And is honey supposed to be subtracted? I know it's better to add little water to honey and warm it a little...So any water I use to add the extra stuff should come...

What do you guys think of this recipe? 7% almond oil 5% castor oil 10% cocoa butter 23% coconut oil 25% olive oil 10% shea butter 20% tallow beef with goats milk, oatmeal and Honey

What is sodium citrate? What is it used for? I know I can read about it online but I don't trust it all the time. Same question for rosin.

Been in there since 1/29/16. Is that too long?

I made goats milk soap at the end of January last month. I used condensed goat's milk and I froze cubes in the ice tray. But I didn't use it all. I'm about to make another batch of goats milk soap, I can just use the frozen cubes right? It's been frozen since then, it's still good right?

To I have to HP sodium lactate too? If I wanted to add hardness but didnt want to hot process....which could I use? I'm just getting familiar with cold process. Would like to stick with this for now. So I could use sodium lactate? And for bubble maker, I should choose SLSA but wear a face...

Yea!!!! My darling husband tells me Happy Valentines day and says instead of flowers and traditional gifts, I can have more soap spending money if I prefer. Do I prefer? Well of course!!! So...I have all my base oils and butters, I have mica powders, natural colorants, some herbs...

Sorry what I meant is......a silicone loaf mold in wooden box and a separate wooden adjustable loaf cutter. Two different items...just looking for a good combo deal. Used is ok too.