Comments on: 19 Incredible Natural Handmade Soap Recipes

By: Debera Morrow

Debera Morrow — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 23:58:05 +0000

Hi Stephaniebars, they feel slimy , I need some advice please. After I have made the soap they feel slimy and wet. I am using goats milk soap base, essential oil and colour but I must be doing something wrong!!

By: Stephanie Rose

Stephanie Rose — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:29:55 +0000

In reply to Debera Morrow. Hi Debra, I have resent the email with the link to download it. Please check all of your email folders. Especially if you don't see a follow up one from me. It means they are going into junk or promotions.

By: Debera Morrow

Debera Morrow — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 23:45:07 +0000

I purchased your ebook Good Clean Fun but I never received the book. Can you chase it up for me please?

By: Virginia

Virginia — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:56:58 +0000

In reply to Chrissie.

Hola!
Me parece que lo batiste más del tiempo adecuado.

Aunque en la receta diga un tiempo exacto de batido, debemos estar pendiente de la consistencia que va adquiriendo la mezcla, ya que dependiendo del tipo de batidora que tengamos la mezcla se puede espesar de forma rápida o puede durar mucho para espesarse. Cuando batimos más de la cuenta, el proceso de cuajado se hace muy rápido y no nos da tiempo para poner la mezcla en los moldes.

Debemos conocer el punto exacto cuando hay que dejar de batir. No tengo mucha experiencia haciendo jabones, pero cuando los hago, suelo dejar de batir cuando tiene más o menos la consistencia de una malteada, lo que me permite manipular la mezcla para agregar aceites esenciales, hierbas o colorantes.

By: Chrissie

Chrissie — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:46:16 +0000

Hi all, I fell in love with the lavender cupcakes, it was to be my very first home made soap, in fact it was my very first anything herbal, and how I got into herbalism just over a year ago. But oh what a disaster I had!!! I followed the recipe, got all the ingredients, but I could not get my mixtur3 to be runny enough, it kept solidifying on me as I removed it from the microwave gave it a quick stir then went to pour into moulds to find that it had again set into an almost solid mixture, I had to use a teaspoon to get the soap mixture into the cup cale moulds. And they looked so messy!!!! I was so disappointed so I’ve never tried soaps again. I then went into making balms,nsalves, sugar scrubs and am enjoying my success in this field. I do still look at the lovely perfect shaped and finished soaps on line, but in remembering my failure of that first attempt, I never get further than just admitting the pretty picture of the soaps. But what went wrong????? Why did my mixture keep setting before I could get it out of the bowl and into the moulds? Unless some one on here can yell me what I did wrong, then I guess I’ll never know. It was the heat and pour method, how on earth can anyone get that so wrong lol?

By: Stephanie Rose

Stephanie Rose — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 20:02:07 +0000

In reply to Ron proskey. Hi Ron, I really recommend following soap recipes that are proven for best results. It can gel quickly for many reasons, including using the wrong mixing bowl material!Essential oils always dissipate over time, and yes, insulate it. My recommendation is to take follow a recipe strictly for the next batch and but this batch into chunks to be added to the new batch. You can cut it for this after 48 hours. If you don't add much scent to the new batch, it will help mellow it out but also you will have a cool looking chunk soap.

By: Ron proskey

Ron proskey — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 19:35:53 +0000

Hi, I’m a newbie and made my first batch today. I used a lye calculator to get the quantities of oils, lye, and water; however, when adding my fragrance oils to the mixture it went from a nice viscous liquid to lumpy-like pudding in about 30 seconds. By the time I was able to pour into into the mold – (my wife was laughing as I was sprinting across the yard to the kitchen to pour), it was no longer pourable. So my first batch is looking ugly and right now smells too strong for my taste. I used: 30 az water, 14 oz lye, 10 oz avocado, 10 oz canola, 30 oz coconut, 30 oz olive, and 20 oz red palm oil. For fragrance 3 oz sandalwood, 0.5 oz lavender, and 15 drops tea tree oil. Lye water was at 105F, oil was at 115F. My questions are; did it gel so quickly because I only used 30 oz water (range was 28-38)? Will the fragrance mellow out as it cures? I live in AZ – do I really need to insulate it as it cures in my 105 degree garage?

By: Febin Shahna

Febin Shahna — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 06:24:33 +0000

Thank you soo much for your ideas about these natural soaps, it’s a great thing that you have discovered to “use natural be natural” thanks for your ideas😍😍

By: Hank

Hank — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:41:49 +0000

Thank you for the soap recipes… I have a mens grooming line at hanksmensline.com and I wanted to feature a couple of soaps that would be popular with men. Can you suggest any types of soaps that have been a favorite withthe fellas?
Thank you so much.
Hank

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:52:17 +0000

This was so informative and you share so many great recipes. Thank you for the post and thank you for offering the free mini course. It is quite generous!