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I want to try it so bad but so far have only stuck to CP soap and so don't have any preservatives. Sighs I guess I will just wait until I can make my order to learn lotion making. Well regardless of the wait I still love the art of bath and body products :) That is my oldest daughter I should...

So here is the post http://soapmakingforum.com/forum/viewto ... sc&start=0 It's basically about using shaved soap, water and pectin to make some sort of liquid soap. I just wonder is this ok to make and use without a preservative? I mean it does have water. I really like the idea and would...

ohh thanks for the links...off to check them out now!

I had tried to make one like that when we made our molds, but unfortunately neither my husband or I are very good and being handy so the wire loosened up as soon as I tried to use it lol. I may have to invest either in a cutter or a mold with dividers! Thanks everyone :)

Thanks everyone! The recipe I used was 50% olive oil, 20% coconut, 15% lard and 5% castor. I also added a couple of drops of Vitamin E to my oils. I will have to do some more research on whipped soap! This bar was just a single that I made for my grandma since she's the only one who doesn't...

Thanks! It was actually an attempt at whipped soap, I used the whipping attachment on my stick blender, but it didn't look "Whipped" and it didn't float lol. Well I will try again next time anyway!!

I did a search but couldn't find anything really for my question so I thought I'd just ask. I was looking through pictures and I realized that some folks have some really beautiful soaps with flat surfaces and edges. I want my soaps to look like that, but I can't figure out how to do it. I've...

This is my first okay looking soap, it's a plain unscented that I will give to my grandma for christmas. Just made it yesterday :) I still cant figure out how you guys get those perfectly flat edges and surfaces, but I am happy since I'm still new to this!

I want to make a soap using a high OO maybe around 70% with 25% CO and 5% castor...I also want to use milk which I've never done and maybe a tbsp of salt ppo? So when calculating my recipe do I use the milk as my liquid instead of water? Also I've heard that soap with high OO is likely to DOS...

What kinds of bad things from too much crisco? I made the last recipe the other day and it seemed to go fine. I used black raspberry vanilla fo and a pinch of red oxide for color. So far the soap looks ok still but it's only been a few days. Would you suggest using some of my safflower (2%) to...

Thanks everyone I'm using 33% lye solution and 5% superfat. I think I'm going to try the following today... Coconut 32% Crisco 32% Olive 31% Castor 5% Getting rid of the Canola and Safflower completely hopefully will help! I had not realized canola was so risky (I have 4 batches of the...

I'm not really trying to avoid anything more like I still have lots of those oils on hand so I dont really want to order more and wait for the mail if I dont have to. I am thinking of buying some PKO but for the mean time.... What about this? Coconut 32% (I know most say not to go over 30%...

I've been using paul's walmart recipe with a 5% superfat. 30% Coconut Oil 25% Crisco 23% Olive Oil 10% Canola Oil 7% Safflower Oil 5% Castor Oil I've given it a 6 week cure time but it still seems soft to me. It also did not last long in the shower so I was wondering if there is a...

I ordered the Fresh Brewed Coffee from Peak. I haven't soaped it yet, but oob it smells like coffee but its not one of my favorites. I gave it a 2 on my rating system that has 5 lvls. I will be soaping it but only after I've soaped all the ones that ranked higher. I have a feeling that it will...

Ok since then I have soaped the cucumber melon as well as the macintosh apple and I love them both. I used them both at .75oz ppo and its been about a week and they are both still strong. The apple smelled up my bedroom (where I'm curing them) so good. I ordered a large bottle of all 3 because I...

thank you sooo much!! Going to make my second batch tonight mmm cucumber melon!

If you have 1 ounce of FO and you want to use all of it in a batch of soap how much oils would you need to have for the fo to be at .75oz ppo? I hope that makes sense :)

Wow that is really scary! Anyways I just used paul's walmart recipe found in the recipe section on this forum and it turned out beautifully the first time! I RTCP'd it though not HP :) The oils are inexpensive and easily available, it might be a good idea to start with that! It was my first try!

I'm sure I would have messed up something if I hadn't been reading this forum for the last 2 months lol :) Thanks everyone for all the helpful info here!

I soaped with the SoCal type fo from Bert last night! It was great no acceleration or discoloration and it smells so yummy. I will post more as it cures about how well it holds up, I used 1oz ppo. It is very strong though so if it stays strong I would use less next time.