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Hey everyone, I know it's been said before on these boards that GSE is NOT a preservative, but I just thought I'd put it out there one more time. I was very uninformed about it and followed the advice in one of the popular Soap Making How-To books and bought some. My best friend is an...

Hi - I'm somewhat new to soaping also and am trying to experiment with color. I made my first batch with color last night, and I actually only colored half of it and then swirled it in. However, I am seeing that there are many different ways to add the color, and I have some questions about...

You guys are awesome! Thank you so much for the help. I'm starting to figure it out. I ordered the Soapmaker's Companion and another book on Amazon. I'll check out the soap calc site too. Thanks for answering all of my newbie questions!

Wow, thank you so much everybody for the replies. I just ordered a couple of soap making books from amazon, because a lot of what everyone is talking about makes no sense to me. I need to increase my soaping vocabulary. I used Grade A Olive Oil that I bought online from Columbus Foods...

Where's the youtube video at? That sounds so awesome!

Yeah, I'm having trouble posting the picture.

I'm pretty sure I have a terrific case of Dreaded Orange Spot, according to everything I have read on the interweb about this. I made it about three months ago, and it looked good last I looked at it about a month ago. This was the first batch of soap I ever made, and I was about to go make...

So, how do you melt it once it's in the giant bucket?

Soap Seizing It sounds like something I just read about called "soap seizing", when it comes to trace too fast... here is what the article said: "What is “soap seizing” ? Seizing is when you incorporate additives into your mixture and the soap overreacts by immediately going to trace...

So, I am brand new to soap making (haven't even made my first batch yet) and ordered the 76 degree coconut oil from Columbus foods for my soap recipe. It came in a big tub with a little capped opening, for pouring. Except that of course it's solid. I didn't know what exactly "76 degree oil"...