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@Misschief. Yes. Fragrance oil. Thanks. I will look for that fragrance oil. @CreativeWeirdo. Yes. I found them on Amazon.

As part of the Christmas package I made for the younger members of my family, I experimented with Anise and what I hoped would be pumpkin. After a couple of days of curing, the anise remained wonderfully fragrant, but the pumpkin became a distinct cinnamon fragrance. Any ideas for a pumpkin...

I honestly feel that your diet is as or more important than exercising IF your exercise routine is not consistent and robust enough. I frequently fast and that has been helpful. I do not sit during the day and have invested in a standing desk. I 'speed' walk from place to place, run, to extreme...

I make smoothies only using whey. I suffer from lactose malabsorption and it has become a problem, especially within the last 5 years. I consume 1100-1500 calorie smoothies every other day as I also work out consistently. Help build and maintain muscle at my age of 50+. I recently started using...

I do apologize. I have not been as active and missed the post. I continue to make orange soaps using the wax and the fragrance is out of this world. My only source to date is from Dr. Adorable Inc. on Amazon. I admit I have only purchased the product once. I don’t know of any reputable companies...

When I first started soaping a few years ago there was a heavy emphasis on temp of oils. I was told that it should be no higher than this or that. I understand that that is a strong consideration when it comes to fragrances/oils, but I have largely ignored any need to resign myself to any...

Just wanted to chime in. I don't make liquid soap, but I have used all kinds of liquids other than water with my NaOH for hard soap with little to no issues. Depending on the liquid, quick tracing would be my biggest issue, but other than that, I cannot imagine cucumber water (almost all water)...

I keep my soy wax in room temperature, but the room temperature for me is never above 75 as I do my soaping in the basement. I believe the melting point is above 115F or 46C, right? So, it should be okay for now.

Absolutely agree! Natural products are also made up of chemicals (natural) and people have allergies to those as well.

I believe that making safer, more wholesome soap has nothing to do with the experience the OP had. There are chemicals in commercial soaps that I used in the laboratory that clearly have safety alerts attached to them. Making more natural soaps is simply smarter. As I read the OP's post, I made...

I use the "Soybean, fully hydrogenated (soy wax)" on soapcalc.net. It has worked for me.

Sorry for the tardy response and may not be relevant at this point, but I only make soap with the wax. I regard it as fully hydrogenated soy wax (in soapcalc) and my soaps have been consistent.

This is the soy wax I have been using with success: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001OXOZDA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My experience has been the sunflower oil. @Oxbow> I use soy wax and it is certainly a cheap and effective option to hardening soaps.

Thank you, Angela. I have made a few bars using my transparent formula and my CP formula. In both cases, I add the orange wax separate from any lye consideration. So, it acts as a superfatting ingredient, not entirely reacted with lye. I get pretty good results, but it does stain. And the orange...

Both KOH and NaOH are generically referred to as lye. So, yes. They are chemically similar.

Hi. I've used aloe vera juice and orange juice quite frequently with no problems. I have yet to try lemon juice, but did see a youtube video of a soaper who did successfully use lemon juice.

All the colour from orange peel wax and OJ. The OJ, when exposed to lye, turns an orange-red in colour.

This is my recent CP soap using my own recipe. I use OJ instead of water to dissolve lye. This soap contains 10% orange wax. Lovely colour and fragrance. No essential oils added. Pleased with the consistency of the batter and firmness. Thanks Mobjack! BTW, the transparent, glyercin soap with...

I started last summer and don't know better in some cases. I quickly wondered what the volume of the water was all about and ignored it as soon as I discovered it didn't make any difference for me.