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The other way to learn is to share would you mind sharing your favourite soap recipe with me ?

The fragrance from the chamomile is amazing as it smells so earthy. The calendula wont have any benefit ?

I was going to add calendula blossoms to this next batch :thumbup:

I wanted to post this recipe as it is wonderful. I infused 2 oz chamomile blossoms in the oils except the shea butter (I added that in the end ) I used flat dark beer for the liquid /lye solution I basically made up this recipe according to what I had to work with, and what understanding I...

first soap a success ! I used this today for the first time it seems a little drying still very cleansing nice large bubbles wonder what it will be like in another month ... very nice soap now

HP shampoo bar success ! Well its only been a couple of weeks since I made this and I used it this morning .. small lasting bubbles ,great rich lather, my hair feels great. My wife loved it my oldest daughter said it made her hair feel funny (This evening ) but we will see after it dries in...

susies soap So yesterday I made the above recipe ( I am calling it Susies soap ) although I am sure you did not make up the recipe . 5 lb batch . I mixed the lye and oil at 113 degrees F and it turned out great :clap:. It did not harden as hard or fast as my first batch 122 degrees F( I thought...

I was going to do Susies tried and true recipe above Not the ones I already made I will wait as suggested until they have cured properly With another 5 lb batch I will be able to give everone 2 half bars one of each kind and get feedback on both batches

Because of my ignorance :mrgreen: I could have easily put in 5% of the oils but I did not know . The recipe below was the soap I made not shampoo . the shampoo has almost 0 cleansing power it is more a conditioning bar this recipe below was for soap. I actually have been researching since...

Thats great I am from the north shore of mass :thumbup: you learn by jumping into traffic (mass drivers are world renown and notorious) I do well with pressure and a certain ammount of chaos .... However I did head the warnings and slooowed down I will make the 4 oil batch as Susie had...

Ok susie NO BEER ....The shampoo seemed to turn out great looks kind of rustic . I dont know how to make a recipe with percent’s and it seemed grams was the most accurate way to measure I want to use 1000 grams of tallow could you give me a recipe based on that ? I have more coconut than O.O...

Making soap/ shampoo for 40 people What is a good calculator to use ? seems the bramblberry one does weird stuff ???

tomorrows recipe tomorrow I was going to do this batch again CP. I was going to use beer (I have some left from today) unless I shouldn’t ? will it make nice soap ? It looks nice seems good and hard 32g Black castor oil 454g coconut 78g olive oil 58g red palm oil 52g safflower oil 28g...

I washed my hands with the spoon and it really dried out my hands :shifty:. it is still soft .... My first batch was hard almost right away (cold process ) I think I am a cold process person .... If the HP soap was not totally right with the ph will it work out in the cure like cold process...

yeah I did not put any vit E in my batch and it is done . this is similar to this recipe only I did not want to use soybean as it is all GMO http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=30946& obsidian set me this link a while back and this is where the foundation for my recipe came from...

the vit. e to be superfat oil

this thread says hot process conditioning bars did I post it in the wrong place ? I am happy with the cold process I made yesterday I like that you can make nicer designs etc. Lots of folks here love their HP, though(not me), and are a wealth of information on how to do it best. If you want...

Since you did not designate shea as the superfat, then it is fine to add after trace, as trace is the beginning of saponification, rather than the end of it. When the soap has gelled and been molded and solidified, saponification is usually over in HP. In CP, this is not necessarily so...

Wow wow I really did not understand this at all I have been watching you tube videos an both processes and it seemed that you could use it right away . ( I watched someone wash there hands with some from the spoon after they made it ) Thats why I did the hot process . is it the same for soap...

Now I am really confused :shock: I am under the thought pattern you can use hot process products days after you make them. that the ph is neutralized by the end of the cooking process . I know they improve and last longer after dehydration /curing but we should be able to use it tomorrow . I...