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While the books are nice, you can also get good information on various websites and youtube. the Soaping 101 channel has a lot of great videos as well as soapqueen. Kathy Miller's website http://www.millersoap.com/ also goes over a lot of the basics. Happy soaping!

I don't know about sales, but I like SKS overall for prices on containers . Cheapest I've found .

Yeah it's great. Worked well on DH's eczema and my nasty feet. I actually like the smell also. Denis: I had the same thing. Everything I read said it would trace fast so I started hand mixing. After 5 min grabbed the SB and had it traced in another few minutes.

Holy cow this stuff is awesome!!!! I can't believe the feeling. The chocolate smell comes out strong when using it but otherwise it's great! Must buy refined cocoa butter!

I just made my first attempt at an emulsifying sugar scrub. Can't wait to try it out tomorrow. Since I used 5% cocoa butter, it's got a bit of a chocolaty smell coming through the Island Nectar Dupe FO I used. Oh well. Next time I'll either use more FO (not too much) or try refined cocoa butter.

Thanks! Yes, I have made 100% OO soaps before. I currently use a 100% OO/100% buttermilk soap on my daughters (not the baby obviously). I let them cure for a good year before I use them. I have a pretty purple and delicately scented one I made for them since my oldest is getting old enough...

The soaping 101 youtube channel has a 5 milk soap recipe. Seems a bit of an overkill to me but hey, be creative! You can try anything!

Well I haven't done this yet but I intend to treat it as a regular milk soap. I plan on using 100% olive oil/100% BM. I'm not going to do anything special with the milk, the lye and temp should take care of any nasties. I'm also planning on using 100% BM (It's in the freezer now. Just need...

Could you grind up the seeds if they are bigger so they are not as scratchy? Just a thought.

Well I just had a "doh!" moment. After giving it some thought I have changed my stance and decided, what the hell, if I have any left over, why not try it, strictly for me and my girls (I have a feeling others wouldn't feel as comfortable using this soap). Of course with the problems I've been...

I live less than 30 minutes from WSP and have been so happy with them as a company since I moved to OH. Previously I lived in Oregon and using Brambleberry was cheaper for me (shipping) but now I love having WSP right down the road, the discount they give for in-store pick ups, and the quality...

I'm allergic to water! I melt on contact. This soap is for me!

Wow that's crazy! I hope it ends up going away for you!

My 100% coconut oil, 100% coconut milk bars (15% SF) are very white bars, and increasingly conditioning regardless of the soap calc numbers. Just my 2 cents.

Or you can crock pot it, but it ultimately is the same process. I bought a crock pot from goodwill for $2.50 that I use strictly for soaping. I even saw a brand new one at Walmart for less then $20 but I'm good with my little 2 quart one. I shred the soap in my food processor then put the pot...

Great job and great looking soap. It took me three attempts before I had a successful OMH soap. Sent from my iPhone using Soap Making

Looks good! I'm still struggling with getting a successful swirl. Maybe I'll try your squeeze bottle idea. Sent from my iPhone using Soap Making

I got a coffee FO from WSP. Hubby gave me a bag of coffee he didn't like the flavor of to use to make the coffee and use the grounds for the exfoliant. Now I just need to offload some bars for the holidays to make more space on my curing shelves. Sent from my iPhone using Soap Making

I just wanted to say "ohh, pretty!" Sent from my iPhone using Soap Making

I've done it and pretty much see it exactly as shunt said. It forces/ensures gel but won't change your cure time. I just hate partial gels so I'll do it to ensure a full gel. Sent from my iPhone using Soap Making