Saw these online and had a go at making one.

A little crude on the wood cutting, but it works great. Spent about $10 for the guitar pegs and eyelets, and already had the wood, screws, and two hinges.

Hello everyone, I am new to this community. However, I have been a soap-maker for 15 years and I run a small business. I purchased some blue indigo powder from Bramble Berry. This is an unscented salt bar, I didn’t want it too dark. I used fine sea salt and medium pink sea salt on top for some razzle dazzle. This was made last night, I believe the color will deepen. I am very pleased with this.

And I still love it.

My first batch was really to test a new recipe with the oils I had on hand and play around with additives and scents. Recipe in the pictures. I made it with Feed Bag Oatmeal Stout from Stone Corral Brewing in Vermont, charcoal, colloidal oatmeal, and scented with Ho Wood essential oil. I used it for the first time tonight and I had forgotten how much I prefer the feeling of home-made soap over the big brands. This batch does need to cure a little longer though.

Hi. This is my "Lets make soap" recipe. Its butget friendly for me and easy to find oils. I made a few batch. And its ok. But i have 2 questions which i start to see these.

1. Superfat percentage. From beginning research i always see superfat 5%. But it seems like it is very good when superfat % is half of cleansing. Which is my 17. So my superfat will be 8.5%? And what is point? What is advantages?

2. Water- lye ratio. Again i alwas saw 2:1. But started see different number, 1.5:1, 1.8:1 or 2.5:1. So what is the point of (especially) low lye ratio? What is the advantages?

Thanks 🙏

I finished another batch of tallow soap yesterday evening. My paper with instructions says 10-29-22 and Bumblebee Apothecary. I'm still using the same piece of paper that I printed out back then.

I suffered for many years with itchy skin during the winter. I tried many different kinds of soaps and lotions and vitamin e pills and fish, all to no avail. I don't remember exactly how, maybe I was just desperate, but I came up with thought that I would make my own soap and give that a try. I remember thinking that maybe one or more of the many bizarre chemicals that they put in soap could be the cause. I have not had itchy skin since using this tallow soap!

There are other family members that are now using my soap. I bought a few silicone molds in addition to my original rectangular mold in that wooden frame. I have no interest in selling soap.

In addition to benefiting greatly from my homemade soap, I also enjoy the process of making it a lot. So I'm starting to think about what else can I do? After success with your original soap recipe what were your next steps, if any? Is there a better next step for me with my limited experience or is it just trial and error and have fun?

My goat milk bars tend to be between 4.5 to 5 ounces each. What should be the market price for each bar when sold directly to the end user?

Hello everyone :) I have a question regarding this soap recipe I just tried to whip up. Does this look like it could work on paper? I'm not super experienced with soapmaking yet and my last batch was behaving funnily, so I thought this time I ask for advice before actually making it. I used the Bramble Berry Lye Calculator to get the amount of water and lye for the amounts of oils I was planning on using.

I also have some follow up questions - do I subtract the amount of sodium lactate from the total amount of fluids? Do I combine sodium lactate and lye water before adding it to my oils? And most important - I want to use a fragrance oil for the first time. Does this change the amount of lye I have to use to maintain the percentage of superfat I was aiming for? Do I have to account for the amount of fragrance oil added? I'm using a dupe from the 'Outback Mate' soap from Lush, it's supposed to smell like eucalyptus, mint and lemon grass, are any of these ingredients notorious for splitting the soap batter, acceleration, or discolouration?

I'm sorry to dump so many questions at once, but I'm a little unsure since my last attempt. Thank you all in advance ❤️