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You can also grind the oatmeal pretty fine and make oat milk, then dry out the pulp after draining off liquid, grind powder. again, add back in for exfoliation, then add in oatmilk to the soap for liquid.

Thank you for that. I can always shred them up later if they don't turn into something useful in 7-12 months. Thank you I will save that and I appreciate the more realistic expectation for curing time.

I really see things on here from the point of view as a therapist (and trust me, not as a perfect person), because first and foremost, that is how my mind is oriented as I am a marriage and family therapist. I look at the intricacies of communication and if researchers are right, that 90% of...

Would you be willing to share one of your salt bar recipes with me? Thank you for those ideas. I have heard of Ciaglia and Confetti, but had forgotten about them as options.

I am SO ELATED to hear that I don't have to throw it away or rebatch it, that I can grate it up little by little and add it to new batches. So, then does the stick blender need to be utilized to incorporate it after trace or is the lye water poured over it and then added with the fats?

I was just thinking the other day. The aloe vera gel I used may not have had enough water in it. I had harvested my own aloe vera leaves, pulverized the pulp, poured it into ice cube trays, froze it, then used that directly with with the lye. Is it possible there just wasn't enough water in...

I used Ellen Ruth's recipe: Basic Sea Salt Soap Recipe:48 oz (1361g) Coconut oil, 6 oz (170g) Castor oil, 3 oz (85g) Cocoa butter, 3 oz (85g) Shea butter, 8.2 oz (232.5g) Lye, 20 oz (567g) Aloe Vera juice & Distilled Water, 3 6 oz (1020g) Sea Salt (fine grind). I used pure aloe vera...

When I went to test the bars with water, they act just like a hard blob of oil and salt, no suds, just leaves oil on my hands like I was wiping solid fat on my skin. I will follow up with a picture soon. Yes, I know I added the lye. I did freeze the water based liquid and add solid Na OH. I...

So for other botanicals that might help fix scent in a slurry, would walnut shells or other powdered botanicals with clay work to fix scent possibly? What about things like arrowroot powder as an addition to a slurry?

I made a very large batch of salt bars which I split in half to make two different scents from a YouTube video recipe and accidentally forgot to allow the frozen aloe/lye mixture heat up to a good temp and my soap never saponified. I am kind of new to soaping, under 20 batches. How can I...

Made a Luna Swirl I think... Elderberry and Evergreen FO from BB. The QR code links to the recipe. I think this will get you the recipe, too. https://www.soapmakingfriend.com/recipes/copy/93090

I have a Mac and I use Craftybase, it's a monthly subscription and I have it integrated with my Shopify website. I believe it would do all you are asking for.

The MSDS for the Escoda soap says, "Mix of sodium salts from olive and coconut oils, glycerin and water. Made by saponificationprocess: triglycerides react with aqueos NaOH converted into soap and glycerol. Negligibletraces of NaOH as it is the limiting reagent."...

I am thinking I will make some smaller loaves like you suggested. I do have individual molds, but wanted to make the loaves with the "live" edges. Also, I get anxious thinking, "I have to commit to that one HUGE piece of soap for how long? I want to use it, but move onto another scent in my...

I am beginning to suspect that. There is an inner drive to soap and make all the other botanical products I'm making until I drop. Husband, kids, cats, who are they? LOL!

Hello I'm Natalie and I am new to soapmaking. Right now I'm only doing melt and pour until I get all of my cold process supplies in. I like the artistic side of the melt and pour. I am currently residing down in imperial Valley in California and I also reside part of the year up by Kalispell...