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Thank you all, I will use these great tips. What I normally do is pretty close to this already, I just wanted to see what you suggested! Thank you! I wouldn't even begin to know to how to work with salt! But that sounds so interesting! Thank you for sharing your recipe. Now when you say lard...

Hi all, I'm looking to make a soap for my aunt who has extreme dry skin from thyroid issues. I just wanted to see what you would suggest before I take a hack at it based on my own research. So far for the oils I've come across apricot, avocado, evening primrose, jojoba, olive oil, then I thought...

im thinking along that route as well when it comes to lye. I think i might look into m&p for them, and then the crayon soaps look fun too. I wont be able to much money into it, so it may have to be made out of what i have, or it will have to wait a while.

Sorry that it has taken so long to write back, but thank you all for your responses. The snakes and ducks sound like such a fun idea. im going to have to do some creative thinking as to how to implement fun things like that. I like the idea of a liquid soap with icky critters in it. I think he...

Hi there, my brother and his wife are in the process of adopting a two year old boy and his six month old sister. I am super excited for them, and havent been able to meet the children yet as they live out of state. I had the idea today of making them little gifts of fun bath time soaps...

bwahahahahaha!!!!!! thanks for the tips!:smile:

nevada, i finally got to read this, im going to try it tonight! thanks!

The avocado oil and sugar i have been using doesn't work for me. The oil has caused acne, and the sugar is a bit too rough. I am researching jojoba beads and will try it in another oil, maybe just olive oil, my skin does well with that. If that doesn't work, i keep reading back through here and...

oh nothing happened. no irritation was caused, i could just tell it would be too harsh to use regularly. :) i wouldnt have a clue how to make a salt bar. i havent ventured that far. it does sound interesting though. So do the jojoba beads. can you get those through WSP?

Well last night i used kosher salt in castile soap to wash with. I knew all of you would be right in that it would be too harsh, it was, but it is a good wash to do every once in a while. Tonight i will try sugar in avocado oil and see how that feels. Thanks everyone!

i have to smile because as soon as you said "Myths in soap making" i knew exactly which book you were talking about, the same Anne watson i read when i started soaping. The same one that caused me to ask the very same questions you asked, and these wonderful people here steered me in the right...

im just chiming in to follow this post. sounds like it will be a nice soap, and it will have that sentimental aspect attached to it :)

thank you both very much. I think i will try the salt and olive oil tonight. i will see how that feels, and if it is too rough, ill tone it down to the sugar and olive oil. i think i will add some essential oils to aid in the acne and cell rejuvenation as well. Thanks again!

Ok, so a recent visit from my mother with her five times in three days statement of " you're looking like a mountain woman, you need exfoliation" got me to thinking about this. I need a good exfoliator :). i'm in my 40's, spend a lot of time outside, have combination skin, and am dealing with a...

if i may ask, why do you prefer your skin to be so dry? your answer may aid in helping to form a recipe. Feel free to NOT answer if it is too personal of a question. :)

the lather is awesome. extremly cream and smooth. the only downfall aside from cost that is, is that the bar is hard to hold onto! i drop it atleast once each shower :) that is a minor issue. i really love this soap. im sure it would harden up over time, but it would have to be a very long time...

oh yeah it is. This is one i will only make for myself, or his grandmother. Everyone else who requests it will definitely have to cover costs on it. if i actually sold my soaps, i think this one would be sitting on the shelf for a very long time due to its price!!!! :) i think the next batch...

thanks everyone! carabou i thought of you the other day, there was a coffee product at sams titled "Caribou" and had an emblem of one. so atleast im thinking of you girls! :)

oops, must not have entered it right, or gone back and edited it once i ran it through soap calc. bump the rice bran up to 10% and the others are right. good catch :). its super soft. hardness 19, cleansing 5, conditioning 77, bubbly 7, creamy 16, iodine 12, ins 85.

the soap i made in this thread http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=39836 yielded a very drying soap. And for me, that is all it did, dry me out, no other reactions. Cant vouch what it would do for your friend though. hope this helps.