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Thanks that helps alot! Does anyone have a suggestion for a good scent for men. My husband could care less what soap smells like, and my son is at the stage where he'd rather get dumped in the lye than bathe. Also Any suggestions for a soap that is good for cystic acne? I know...way ahead of...

thank God I'm not alone;)

back to the subject of fragrance oils...PPO= pound per ounce? Kristina May get this if it kills me:)

4 lb works for me or 3lb Kristina

Or want to smack them in the face from across the room? :lol: Thanks Kristina

Hello everybody, hope we had a good weekend. I had a sick husband all weekend so at least he was out of the way on the couch with football:) As the apparent Idiot Savant of the group my new questions are : how much fragrance per pound of soap? AND after they are out of the molds how often do...

update": so my soap popped out of the molds it's really adorable from the muffin containers they look like little pies! They are on was paper in an open coke box (i cut the top off) and sitting in my cupboard. Do I need to turn them every so often??? Kristina PS. Thanks for the link to the...

Have any of you tried using the plastic muffin containers you get when you buy muffins from the store as molds? I crisco'd mine up nad made 11 of the cutest round bars of soap. they wash up great, I don't have to keep throwing them out since I'm a muffin addict and lousy baker. The soap popped...

okay so I actually tried things the right way tonight. Wow that was a little different. I had been adding so much liquid that I couldn't figure out what all the fuss was about the lye. Whoa nelly! so I turned it into pudding and it is sitting in it's molds. we'll see what happens.

Thanks Gals, or Guys, it's starting to make sense. I'm really looking forward to my class. :bun Kristina

the second one was from soap calc. where is just gave me a fluid amount. That's where I was confused, because I had entered the amount of goats milk into the bee meadow one and came up with same amount of water and lye as if the goats milk didn't exist. So I will try what you are suggesting...

I think I am still really confused on these calculators apparently. I'm still confused about how much oil to fluid to water to lye amounts (fluid being the goats milk) or fluid being both the ater and goat's milk. so I don't know how to punch it in. I know I know, STOP WITH THE GOATS MILK...

Okay help me out here, (and yes I have not given up on goats milk) I punched 16oz crisoc 12oz gm into the Beee calculator and gor 2.09 lye and 4.9 water I punched 16 oz Soybean (beacuse they didn't have crisco and thats what they reccomeneded) and got back 4-6 oz of fluid and 2.06 oz lye. I'm...

Oh yeah, Junction City by Eugene. They don't call us Ducks for nothing:lol:

Okay, I had to laugh, I know this is the soap section but I was looking up making lavender water/perfume spray. the recipe with vodka calls for it to be put in a sunny window for 18 days. I live in Oregon! I don't think We ever get 18 consistent sunny days:lol:

I would love to know what the pricee on that mold is. I'm curious how do you all get your wax paper in any mold all nice and smooth? I either get it all munched up or it floats out and I'm never sure where the saop and paper will end up. Kristina

it's okay I'm pretty used to the adivce by now. I am researching preservatives as well. hence the class. I really don't go about things like a chicken with my head cut off. This has been in the planning stage since July. Kristina

I wasn't planning on selling any of the first batches I made until I came up with something I was satisfied with. As for the lotion...it being a cosmetic" item, there is a lot of research to be done into it and how to prevent the bacterial growth. Hence the class andbooks and hours on the...

OH I forgot..how long was the cure time on the Crisco recipe??? And where are good places to cure soap? I have kitchen cupboards but could make room in my closet it has a high long wide shelf, also have a laundry room with a closet full of shelves but it's half outside or rather open to the...

So the first batch of disaster i made...Since I've now figured out that I was totally screwing up the calculator....has a low amount of lye in it. the bars are now hardened. disgusting brown on the outside and light tan on the inside. Threw caution to the wind and tried a small chunk and got a...