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Ooh, very cool - will try to get enough posts in time for an official entry in the March (or April) challenge!

Oh neat! First time I've seen them in one of my soaps. I usually set the calculator values for liquid as % of oils, which today I learned (thanks to one of the threads on this forum!) gives inconsistent results vs. setting the lye concentration. I was trying a new oil mix on this batch, so that...

Thank you! That one was a "mocha" scrub bar, with coffee, coffee grounds and cocoa butter. It was actually unscented, apart from the raw cocoa butter giving it a light chocolate scent. It ended up being a very rough exfoliation and I'm not sure if I would use grounds if I made it again (maybe...

Woad (Isatis tinctoria) is a flowering plant that has been used for blue dye since ancient times, though it was supplanted by "true indigo" (Indigofera tinctoria) following the opening of European trade routes to India in the 1500s. Nowadays, woad powder is still less commercially available but...

Hi all! I've been making soap for a few years now - I originally got into it as I wanted to make a small/handcrafted gift to hand out to the guests at my wedding, and picked up a copy of Jan Berry's "Simple & Natural Soapmaking". After frantically whipping up 12 batches of mediocre soap over the...