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wow - a lot of great replies.. I was thinking about silver as an anti-biotic - has anyone used it?

If you were going to make the most expensive bar of soap what would you use? I would add silk, use virgin coconut oil, all organics.. what about you?

I would like to make a bunch of little test batches, how small a batch has anybody been making. Are there any trick to micro-sizing the recipes? I was thinking about making 1/2 pound runs - I have been using a crock-pot HP methodology which has allowed me to quickly test out some...

Are there any common/safe natural fragrances you can add that are not essential oils? The smell of my unscented soap is a little strong, and I would like to cut it a little. thanks

Thank you everyone for your replies I used 2lbs of oils Coconut 30% 9.6 ounces Corn 20% 6.4 oz Olive 45% 14.4 oz Sesame 5% 1.6 oz 12.16 ozs of water 4.56 ozs of lye I demolded the soap this am. It came out better than I thought. I tired it, it leaves a dry - tight...

Hello, I am new here. My first attempt at making HP crock pot soap didn't come out so good. Pouring in the lye, it went quickly to the trace phase in about 1-2 minutes. From there it went to the vasoline phase. It never was very fluid and didn't do that self turning flow. I hand stirred...