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I think it has turned out pretty good so far.

DeeAnna & Kellistarr thanks for the quick response. Both of you said the same thing. By reducing water it does not quicken the cure time. That is something that I have learnt. Where as some other soap pages advises it differently. I am gonna trust you two as I have read both of your advices to...

Having worked on the beginner's water ratio for now a number of months. I am now ready to learn water discounting to cut down curing time. Although, I am confident with the basics of soap-making but I am petrified in reducing my water. I think I have read too much on the net and now I am all...

By the sound of what you described. I think it is alright. Neem is creaminess lather that requires water to smooth off. But then it really depends on what else you have in the soap. I've never used salt so not sure whether the crumbliness was due to the salt or not. I think for my batch there...

Obsidian. This time I used 8% Neem.I shook the bottle well to ensure all Neem ingredients have blended before adding to base oil then saponified. In my previous batches 8% Saponified plus 5% Superfat resulted greasiness then in batch 2, I did a 15% saponified and 5% superfat which resulted...

Obsidian. What a shame. I would have liked to see what would happen after 8 weeks. Earlier today i made a batch of Neem soap and I was feeling alot more confident with the oil so, I have now started to add herbs such as Tulsi, Comfrey etc. In this batch I added Sodium Lactate and found the batch...

DeeAnna. I like the sound of you thermal transfer method. I am gonna give a try. Can you advise whether I should treat beeswax as a solid? Also, If I wanted to do water discount say 50% would this method work too?

What a relieve to hear from you all. I think I know where I have gone wrong now. I must have put in too much. So, I need to work out the ratios now. I'll start of with 1/4t/800g as see from tthere. Thanks all.

I am hoping that someone on this forum could help me out here. I was so dissappointed with the result of my colours used in my recent batch. The soap itself was fine, exactly the way how I wanted it to be. The swirls were fine. But when I put it under the water the colours were coming off. Is...

Mogal, I do like your moulds. They are more interesting than my square box.

danielle22033. Up and until recently, I was really alarmed with myself when it came to pH levels. When I first used litmus strips, I found it difficult as it often gave me the impression 8.0 to something safe. Then I remembered that I was slightly colour blind so, I got myself a pH meter. It was...

Totally agree with you here. When I started, I was too eager to dump everything in it. Then I started 100% castile then moved on to the soaping 101 bastile then started to muck around after I have understood what balances etc.

Neem Oil has been traditional grown in India and in recent years have been grown in many countries for a number of reasons. I am a newbie in soap-making and at first, it was all to do with the artistic side of soap-making. I was curious as to how solified coloured fats can be so beautiful. It...

You know folks. I am a new bod in soap-making. I too had my fair share of frustration with the soapcalc numbers. In the end, I found that there was no short cut in soap-making. The only way to understand what all these experienced soapers are talking about was to follow them by actually making...

OMG!! Should have read this topic earlier. Fort the first, today, I decided to use a Fragrance oil, Peach & papaya and it was also my first time to use colours. I was concerened more about the colours as to how to do swirls. I tried the method of adding fragrance oil with the base before lye...

Wow! Got here at last. I'm from the UK and the weather is HOT!! and trying to watch tennis at the same time but want to do some soap research. I'm totally new at soap making but was inspired by Soaping101, Essential Soap, and many others from UK and USA. It was the artiness of soap making that...