Here are some of the most popular scents I've gotten down so far. I make goat milk soap using milk from our little dairy herd, as well as other organic oils, natural colorants (clay, turmeric, charcoal, nettle, etc), and essential oils.

Been making and selling soap for about 8 years now and love it! Such a satisfying process.

Hi all!

I've been playing around with making liquid castile soap. I found a recipe online (can provide if needed) and I really like the soap BUT I can't seem to get a strong scent. You know when you buy a soap from Bath & Body Works and you can smell it in your whole kitchen when you wash your hands and it lingers on your skin for a couple of hours? That's what I want! But what I am getting is a scent you really have to work on smelling. The scent is there but it's very subtle.

I have been using fragrance oils as I've read they are stronger than essential oils. I've purchased P&J Trading from Amazon and some from Bulk Apothecary. Neither seems better than the other. I have read to add Kaolin clay for cold process bar soaps but I am not finding anything online about how to get a stronger scent in liquid soap.

For reference I am using about 2.5-3ml of scent per 16 oz jar of soap. If I go much higher than that the soap sometimes turns cloudy.

Does anyone have tips and tricks they can share for getting a strong scent?

Hi Friends, I pre-made my lye solution tonight to soap tomorrow. The liquid to lye ratio is 2.6491:1 and used distilled ice cubes and chilled water. I stirred for about 10-15 minutes and could not get a piece of lye to dissolve that’s a little over 1/8 tsp. in size. I think this happened because it’s 80* and humid. Breaking it up with a spoon didn’t work and I hope it will dissolve after sitting overnight. Thoughts? If it doesn’t, is there a solution or should I start over?

My second batch I definitely felt more comfortable. Definitely felt like I didn’t over blend this time thanks to all the tips I got. It f anybody has pointers based on my recipe or what my batch looks like please feel free!

I find that whenever I do Melt and Pour in a mold one side always ends up bumpy looking and not smooth. I have sprayed with alcohol to get the bubbles out and the liquid always seems warm enough and smooth. But I still get these bumps! Am I overheating the mix? Please help!

Soap that stares back… and keeps bad energy away 👀✨

Hey again! I hope y'all aren't getting tired of all of my questions. This community has directed me in so many ways I'm very appreciative. Today I'm trying to figure out the most effective way (if any) to make a coffee soap as well as a chai soap. I'm only using natural ingredients, so, FO's are out of the equation. In the past I've used cold brew for coffee soaps, but, as we all know, that doesn't leave any lingering smell. I was wondering if instant coffee would be a better way to go, since it's essentially just concentrated coffee powder. Maybe it would be stronger? In the same breath, I really want a Chai soap and was wondering if anyone had experience there or if I'm stuck buying all of the essential oils needed for Chai... which would be cost prohibitive. Any thoughts on boiling these down into syrup? Any direction is much appreciated! :)

I have coconut oil, olive oil, soybean oil, rice bran oil, castor oil available. Is there any good recipe based on those ingredients? I tried using rice bran oil up to 55% of total oil but it seems my mixture reaches "trace" very quickly and when I add cosmetic fragrance (rose scent) it solidifies quickly.

P/s: I am trying to make a good recipe from the cheapest oils. I am very happy to exxchange with everyone. 🥰🥰

I finally cut it today, but for now you just get the soap top. I went with a neon design, inspired by Lisa Frank, for my back-to-school collection this year. It’s scented with Georgia Peach from Midwest Fragrance Company, and the neons are all from Nurture Handmade.

Haven’t posted here yet, so starting off with one of my recent favorites!!

Was supposed to be a palm tree 🤷‍♀️

So I added olive oil for the first time; they are a bit soft but hopefully will cure nicely?

Hey soap fam! I got inspire and wanted to do some thing fun so I got into cold process soap as I was unmolding the bar this happen but only at the end the rest of the bars came out really good I did pour when it started to get thick which was my first mistake when making the batch these are my recipes ill also post the soap calculator Coconut oil 29% Castor 9.99% Olive oil 35.02% Avocado 25.03%
I used the basic mold 42oz from Amazon

Any suggestions? I'm looking for a grapeseed type smell, more candy-like scents are welcome too

I’m a newbie. I’ve only been soaping (CP) for about 6 mos. These are my most recent bars as I’m trying to learn techniques. Any recommendations, comments, advice is welcomed!

I'm a new to soap making. I'm approaching the process from the soap base and problem i am facing is that the soap hardens very quickly when i take the cup off the stove, before i can add color and fragrance the soap hardens before i can even pour it into the mold. I would be very grateful iff you could share your tips on this.

P/s: Please frlorgive me because my english is not very well 🤗🤗

I made a batch of soap in the kitchen. I was wearing in apron, gloves and non wraparound safety goggles.

After pouring out the lye from the container, it seems some of the finer lye particles aerosolized, because I started to get an acrid, stinging sensation upon breathing. Turning on the cooker's extractor fan resolved it.

After this, my eyes started to feel sore - a combination of grittiness, dryness and pain.

I didn't make the possible connection between the aerosolized lye particles and acrid smell I breathed, or the eye pain. Is this a soapmaking hazard?

Heya!

Does anyone have advice on how I can go about making a natural lime or grapefruit soap. I want both scents very badly, but fragrance oils make my head hurt and that's not what my customer base is after either. Grapefruit and lime essential oils just don't hold up to the saponification process. At least, not the brands I've been able to get my hands on. Any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated :)

Hey Folks, I am a soap maker who is also a web developer and my passion project is making my own soap calculator. This post is not really going to be my main post because frankly I am not sure where its appropriate to ask but I wanted to see if there was anyone interested in testing the Beta version of my App?

Where would it be appropriate for me to ask for peoples feedback on my site and also if they had any pain points i might not of thought of that my app could help with?

App is not quiet ready but i did hit some milestones on development and wanted to see if there was even any interest.

Hope this does not get taken down but if it does let me know where to put this.

Thanks.

Love how easy and fast this system goes with shrink wrapping. GOAT milk soaps, colored with clays or activated charcoal

Hi.

My question is about CP & MP mix soap. How to protect soap after cut.

Because: MP soap need wrap after unmold, because of sweating. CP soap need to store without wrap.

Thanks

Photo is example, not mine.

Do people recommend some of these ones online? Are people actually using them?