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Thank you for the reply everyone.I must admit I was a bit discouraged at first due to the lack of smell of the soap.But due to everyone helpful advice, I will try it again, applying the recommendations given.Hopefully then will get a better result.

Thank you for the replies. In relation to my temperatures,my lye/water solution was about 120 °C and my oils about 100 °C when I mixed them together. I am very new to soap making but I have made some soap at similar temps and it was fine. I recently tried a new supplier(WFMED) and I just...

Hi Everyone, I just made a combination of Cedarwood, Pachouli, Speamint soap with a 1:1:1 ratio. I heard Cedarwood, Patchouli are quite strong smelling so I only put about .5 oz of essential oils in my pound of soap (I put 1 tsp spearmint, 1tsp cedarwood,1 tsp patchouli) I just cut the soap...

Thank you all for the feedback

Thank you both for the responses.It is cold process soap,so hoping the lather will improve with time

Hi eveyone, I just made by first batch of soap on Wednesday(12/14/11),it was lavender soap.It turned out pretty well and it was a hard bar of soap.I cut some of today(12/18/11) to try it out and wash my hands but I found it took a substantial amount of effort before it would lather well.I was...

Thank you Nancy Rogers, I will be making the soap in CP and hope they will also stick

Thanks for the advice everybody. In relation to the rosemary, I am thinking about combining it with peppermint and hoping that will help a bit.

Hi everyone, I am new to soap making and just have a question about essential oils that fade after awhile in cp soap.I am about to buy some essential oils to make my first batch of soap and I choose the following because apparently from my research they tend to last in soap.They are 1)...

Thank you everyone for all the feedback.

Thank you for the advice Eric.

Thank you Maythorn

Thank you Maythorn

Thank you IrishLass and Fiddletree. Fiddletree how much water would you recommend?I ran the recipe through soap calc and it said 6.08oz of water.So I just rounded off to 6.10 oz.I then ran the recipe through the lye calculator at sage.com and it said between 4-6 of water,so I am not really...

Hi Everyone, My name is Susan and I am a newbie to soap making. I have decided to take my first plunge and make my first batch. I have devised a recipe and was please wanting some feedback on it. Thanks 4.8 oz Olive Oil 30 % 4.oz Coconut...