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My daughter is a nurse, and all the hand washing is making her skin very angry. She asked if I could make her a mild goat milk soap to try and see if this will help any. Being so new I wanted to get some options please. I do have a lot of different oils on hand if you think a different recipe...

I’ve been doing some reading and some second guessing, hoping you all can set me straight! 1) Do you weigh your solid oils in a solid or liquid state? 2) measure in oz or fl oz? (Please say regular old oz) 3) I’m currently reading The Soapmakers Companion. I realize it’s old and a lot of things...

Just saw this on their site, scents, micas, FO and some oils.

I did a really dumb thing and messed up on the recipe. I was making goat milk soap for the first time, and everything was going perfectly. The milk didn’t scorch in the lye, the measurements for the oils were almost perfect pours, no sitting here with an eyedropper trying to remove 5 grams...

Can I get a second set of eyes on this please? I was leary about it since she didn’t list percentages and when I ran it through soapcalc the liquid and lye don’t match. This will be my first attempt at goat milk soap and want to make sure it’s a good recipe so I’m not wasting ingredients...

I’m feeling pretty proud of myself, I did my homework and swapped out palm oil for shortening and converted to a 3:1 lye to water ratio, ran it through soapcalc and make some hot process soap today. The recipe I used ended up being 32% GV shortening 32% Olive oil 32% Coconut Oil 4% Castor Oil...

I’m just gathering up the courage and bought the basic necessities (that’s a straight up lie, I went a lot overboard with molds, scents and colors….so much cool stuff to play with!!!) The more I research the more questions I have since things can go so horribly wrong. 1) Adding FO or EO, is it...