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Its a lovely smell. Thank you. What is HO Sunflower

Super thank you. This was the end result. By the sounds of it I got away quite lucky. As you can see it went a bit concave and strangely it smells like cookies.

Yes I believe I soaped it at too high a temperature. Thank you

Thank you. So I should cool my oil and lye down a good bit first especially if I am going to add honey. I just checked it again and it is slowing going down. Thank you for your help.

wow ok thank you ok thank you

thank you, the soap is about two weeks old. I made them by mixing the lye into the oil and leaving over night. the recipe i followed was not a good one as i didnt know about the soap calc at the time and I just use a recipe I fould on the web but now i use the soap calc first to work out my...

Hi again guys, i have just made a batch of soap. attached is the recipe and a pic of what happened to it. My question is why did the soap rise up, is this normal? pleas if someone has the answer I would love to know.

I posted pics and recipe

Hi can anyone recommend some good books for a beginner. I just want to learn the best oils to use while keeping it simple. How to use essential oils for smell and using other ingredients like honey oats and seaweed.

the recipe was: olive oil 7.5floz vegetable oil blend 7.5floz water 5floz lye 2oz I put a teaspoon of honey in the darker one along with some turmeric

Hi I have made a few batches of soap, some of them have ashy white patches on them, is this a concern? One of my batches has small yellow spots on it. does anyone know whats causing this and does it mean my soaps are no good?

Thanks guys. The result was as you have all said. A strange smelling soap that is very hard. It does however give a good lather but i have a feeling that with time the soap will continue to smell worse with age. I was impressed with how hard it got over night. It was worth the try but i wont be...

Hi i am very new to soap making. only a few days. I have just made a soap recipe using 30% coconut oil with 70% unsalted dairy butter (i melted it and only used the clarified butter) will this work or have i made a huge booboo? I used the soapcalc to get my amounts of oils, water and lye. can...