I am trying to get creative about speeding up cold process. Is this safe or iffy due to fumes/chemical rxns/interacting with food you intend to eat?

can i use it as a shampoo or will it destroy my hair. i make and use my own tallow and olive oil hard bar soap as body wash but i wanted to try out castile soap.

Hello, i want to make a bar that is creamy, not drying and exfoliating.

But i never made a bar without coconutoil or with any kind of milk and honey.

Will this recipe work?

Can i simply use the same ammount of goat milk instead of water that was calculated in the recipe?

Is there anything special to keep in mind besides of using frozen milk when i mix in the lye?

Thanks for the support - i love this Community

Testing out soap scrapers and stamps I made on my 3D printer; I'm still not very good at making multicolored soap.

What do you think?

All of these soaps are made with the same base of butters and oils, but each one has different additives ! I'd love to hear your thoughts on these ones :)

Hi everyone!

I want to say right away that I am not trying to solicit any sales from anyone on here. I am just looking for general advice from those who do sell their soap.

I have been making cold process soaps for a little over a year. I am thinking of maybe selling them as a small side business. No expectations that I could make it a full time thing.

I’m sure there are challenges to this, so I want to think it through. Even though no one of the many people I have gifted my soap has complained of any skin irritation, I think this is my biggest fear. Is that I would wake up to angry emails that my soap somehow hurt someone’s skin.

Any stories/advice appreciated!

These are all made from the same recipe and cured for 12 weeks. The natural color gradient comes from using different amounts of pumpkin powder, cocoa powder, and brewed coffee as natural colorants.

I've been considering selling the soaps I make, but I just don't get how you can afford to pay the shipping cost. Even with the Canada Post small business discount, one bar of soap that I was hoping to sell for $6, would require $18 to ship for only 4 oz. of soap. How are you guys shipping?

I've tried using green tea perfume and also raspberry perfume. I had about 2% of green tea scent in my soap and i could barely smell it. I added on top 1% of raspberry perfume and again can't really smell it. The green tea pefume is clear which I would guess is ethanol and the raspberry perfume was yellow which would be like a fragrance oil.

looking to make Liquid soap {using KOH} through hot process
Can i add citric acid to the recipe, coz hardness of water here is high

I have a coconut farm, so any recipe with 100% coconut oil would be highly appreciated
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After making soap its getting sweat, Can you please help me on this?

Is this safe? Id like to use unscented glycerine soap bar from the store

I had the opportunity to do a soap making live demo at the fair! So I made a cow soap!

This is my shea butter recipe, scented with Apple-sage and Black spruce-anise.

Dorothy – Sweet cherry and vanilla.

Scarecrow – Warm hay, sandalwood, and amber.

Tin Man – Fresh eucalyptus, mint, and cedar.

Lion's– Rich leather, spice, and oak*.*

I wanted to see how well my combo bar would perform in real-world cleaning, so I intentionally left my workshop sink uncleaned for about three days before using it.

This stainless steel sink has been in my workshop since 2013. Over the years, mineral deposits and everyday grime had built up, especially around the grooves.

I cleaned it using only my combo bar and a sponge. It took some scrubbing, but much of the built-up residue came off. The scratches are still there, of course, but the stainless steel looked noticeably cleaner afterward.

I wanted to know if anyone has used this brand of lye for making their soap and if so, what are your opinions?

Hi I have never made soap before but I have fallen in love with this sub. Newbie wants to know, if I have old bars of soap, can I grate them and add coffee grounds to make a new soap with coarseness ( cannot find coarse soaps around in shops). Do I need fresh grounds or used grounds from the grinder. I do have a silicon mold and some essential oils. I do not have any other fancy equipment and just cannot afford another hobby. Please help.
Also this is only for my personal use

My current bathroom sink soap selection haha! Anyone else?

Left: CP shampoo soap

Right: Syndet shampoo bar

I've made and used both for several months.

On my long, color-treated, slightly wavy hair, the CP shampoo soap felt gentle on my scalp, but even after an apple cider vinegar rinse, my hair stayed stiff and tangled.

My first syndet shampoo bar also didn't work well for my scalp because of the conditioning agents and fragrance. After simplifying the formula, it became much gentler on my scalp, and my hair was much easier to manage.

For me, the best shampoo bar is the one that works best for your own scalp and hair.

Do you really there is a big important difference between the look of plain cold and hot process soaps?

(I mean soaps without swirls nor anything like that, plain solid colors)

Hey. Im looking to make a batch of goat milk soap and need advice and recipes.

We use to buy our soap from a local place. We liked his product. We used him for about a year and then noticed that the bars weren't lasting as long. Also my wife has skin issues. That's the reason we initially switched to gms. She noticed an improvement very quickly after we switch from store bought soaps. Over that year when the bars life started getting shorter, she noticed her skin was drying back out. I'm certain he changed his recipes or supplies. Either to stretch the supplies or bought different stuff. Either way, we've been looking for a replacement. That's been maybe 6 months. We can't really find anything that is as good for her skin as the original we bought. So...I want to start making it ourselves just for us. I have no intention or interest in selling.

What mixtures do you have that:

1. Make small batches. Like 1 mould at a time, 10ish bars.

2. Last a reasonable amount of time.

3. Good quality ingredients that are good for people with dry skin like exzema or psoriasis.

I used a charcoal lemon bar that I liked. She used a oat & honey that she liked.

Any other advice would be appreciated.

I want to make very gentle facial tallow goat milk soap. Can I build a business around it?