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I have made a couple of batches of the loofah soap using "Chinese Okra" that a neighbor grows. My bars are pretty but it works well.

I regularly use titanium dioxide to whiten my goat milk soap but when I ordered supplies I accidently ordered Zinc Oxide instead. I don't want it to go to waste and am looking to this group for tips on how to use it. I found a recipe for "calamine soap" that used a large amount 1/2 c. to 3/4 c...

I too love lard and use at about 35-40% of total oils. At that ratio it traces pretty fast. Your soap is beautiful.

I used it with lavender eucalyptus with great results.

Thanks for your answer Carolyn. sure need to get it out of the office and giving up soaping is not an option.

After working hard to develop a great goat milk soap recipe and getting my Etsy store going, my husband has developed allergies to the soap fragrances. Currently I cure/store my soap in the same room as our home office and he spends a lot of time in there. I have a spare bedroom that is only...

Welcome to the soap forom. I use lard @approximately 35% of my total oils with great results. Using a soap calculator is essential to making a good bar of soap.

After thinking about all the comments regarding whether adding food or anything else to soap adds to its value I had to share one of my customers recent comments. Tara suffers from a debilitating disease at a young age and can no longer hold a job. She had been using my soap for awhile when she...

I recently made my first "food" soap using pumpkin puree and turmeric for color to make a nice fall soap. I haven't used it yet but it turned out very pretty.

Very pretty. I made a coconut cream pie soap using fragrance oil from VA Candle and topped it with my soap shavings that I trim from my bars. It looks just like toasted coconut.

Good luck with making soap with goats milk. I started with a basic goat milk soap recipe that I googled and had wonderful beginners luck. The main thing for me to learn was to start with frozen milk and not to allow it to go through gel to make a light colored bar of soap. I make and sell my...

Thanks to all who responded; glad to know I wasn't the only one this had happened to.

I spilled a little of a new bottle of fragrance oils on a plastic table cloth and noticed that it melted the plastic where it touched. I am sure this is not the first time I have spilled FO but the first time I ever noticed it melting the plastic.

I am donating some of my soap to Sister Hugs; wonderful group that make "Love Bombs" for people that are really hurting such as cancer victims, etc. You can find them at this link https://www.facebook.com/SisterHugs. I know they would love getting your soap to include in their gift boxes.

I make goat milk soap and the even unscented the smell is very pleasant. I don't get the "gag" think in regard to goat milk soap. Maybe it has to do with the quality of the milk and we milk our own does and do not keep a buck on the property. Plus I add the lye slowly to the frozen goat milk to...

Congratulations on a great show.

Welcome, I was new here a year ago and I have a rapidly growing soap business.

good job on your first GM soaps

I buy fragrance oils from VA Candle on Ebay that are skin safe. My customers like them and they hold their fragrance well.

Beautiful soap