cold process soap

Hello everyone! After nearly 12 years I have picked up cold process soapmaking again — I have a question for my experts here :) I recently came across a lovely soap by a brand that uses black rice milk in their soap. The soap is a soft light purple / greyish hue and I am trying to recreate it...

Good morning! I'm hoping some kind people could share their knowledge and experience about a topic I am confused on. For those of you who make long cure (6-12+ months) OO soap and other plant oil/butter soap, do you use hp, cp, or cpop? Something else? If you've done more than one process are...

Hi there, I'm about to make a Vanilla Chai CP soap and am considering purchasing cinnamon sticks to place in the soap bars for decor but was curious: am I able to use a real cinnamon stick? I see pictures of this but am hesitant and don't know if it's a real cinnamon stick or not. How do they...

I made this batch of cold process soap tonight. I did put it in a slightly preheated oven (200 degrees or lower) for a little bit to help with gel phase. But no cracking or expanding seemed to happen so idk if it’s an overheating issue. Is this an indication of undissolved lye? The balls are...

Cold Process Soap by SK

I want to write text on my soap and water soluble paper would not give my soap the aesthetic I am looking for (because the paper is too obvious). I was thinking about using chocolate transfer paper. I am not concerned about the cocoa butter in the transfer sheet, but the "ink" is made of FDA...

Hello! I just found this whitish residue on my silicone moulds. This is after it has been soaked and washed with soap. When I googled it, it said it was Calcium Sulfate. I just wanted to know if this residue would be detrimental to the next batch of soap I make in them. Google suggests certain...

hello! new member and first year soap maker here. i live near the sea and have been gifted some mud from our salt fields! it's great for skin and i'd love to use it in a bar but not sure how to go about it. it's a large jar, the mud sits in brine. i've been looking into it for a couple months...

Is the sky falling? My 'cold' process batter got a 'little' hot when mixing, ie around 75 C. It is now in a tall cylindrical PVC log mold that traps heat exceptionally well. I decided to leave the top off and realized a layer of obviously separated oil that is roughly 0.25 inch thick siting on...

After about 2 years of research and mulling, I finally purchased a starter kit from nurture soap co. and loved EVERY MINUTE of making this soap. Feel like a proud mama !

The oil was taken from a glass jar of pickled roasted red paprikas

The oil was taken from a glass jar of pickled roasted red paprikas

The oil was taken from a glass jar of pickled roasted red paprikas

Helloooo again Anyone have any experience mixing essential oils and fragrance oils in CP soap? I plan on experimenting for myself tomorrow (very exciting! haven't experimented in almost a year now, used to be my favourite thing to do!) but I always love hearing other peoples experiences - I will...

Beef tallow and HO sunflower oil infused with annatto powder. Was too impatient, wanted to see how it looks like - now I can see it was unmoulded too early. There are two more sunflower moulds, they will wait until tonight.

I remember seeing someone say they used panty hose to smooth their soap or something. I’m curious, does anyone know about this technique and what it actually does? Or how to even do it. I am wanting my soaps to be super smooth without any perfections. I only do cold process. Let me know of any...

Hello everyone, I am a newbie and was looking to get some other's feedback on your cost per bar of cold process soap. First of all, our soap is costing around $1.50/5oz bar, or $0.30/oz. This is using organic oils, non organic everything else. Using all natural ingredients, like colored kaolin...

In addition to fresh fruits and vegetables, I am also keen on using dry ingredients like oat flour, corn flour, aloe powder, etc and packaging matterials that include cotton. 1. Am I correct in assuming that, provided they are very well pureed or ground, perishable ingredients are less likely...

So i have been wanting to make cold process soap for like three years but got told its really difficult and to start with melt and pour, while that was fun it just wasnt what i wanted. im ready to finally get into CP and have done so much research and have my recipies and designs ready. My...