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Could anyone share a recipe for: Tea Tree Oil Shampoo Bar.....or a great shampoo bar that I could add tea tree oil to at trace...... I heard that Tea Tree & Geranium Essential oils, have helped in prevention with head lice. I'd like to make a batch for my daughter and her friends!

Yes I was looking at celcius.....75 degrees, is what the lye water was getting to but no more..... I would hear 'degrees' and automatically think celcius. (We do that in Canada!) On the thermometer I was using the celcius is on the left.... 100 degrees celcius lines up to 215'ish Fahrinheit So what's the scoop then......... I need my oils to be 100 and lye/water to be 100.....FAHRINHEIT? 100 is the first number on the fahrinheit side! So the lye/water temperature got to almost 175 F...then I let it cool to 100 F? :undecided Thanks so much guys...I'm going to try another recipe tomorrow.... Going to post a thread about that.....tea tree oil shampoo bar.....

Thanks to all who added an opinion.... I actually added little cinnamon, and more cocoa.....ah ha.....I learnt something new....adding cocoa makes your soap go a brownish!! I then added paprika to a small amount and stirred it in (with no cocoa or cinnamon) and swirled it in the wood mold at the end.... Looks great....SO FAR.....

Thanks for your responses. I picked those oils because they are the ones I have on hand...... What kind of molds do most people put their shampoo bars in? A wooden or log loaf type, or individual cutsy types? Loaf mold cut with a wavy knife? zig zag kind of..... Round? Thanks all.........

They are soooo beautiful! What an amazing job!

Thanks so much guys for your quick responses. There was steam coming out of the jug and everything! I was so confused!! :undecided I just took it out of the package....brand new..... a candy thermometer..... Should I try a meat thermometer? I don't know if they read 100 accurately enough do they?

Today I braved my first batch of soap........although......... I added the right amounts of lye and cold water, but the temperature would not go above 75 degrees....... I tried a lye/water batch 3 times with the same results..... Is there a reason for this? I used two different brands even....still the same results......

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I want to get a few kinds of bars down pat here.....for my first try...... but if someone has an opinion about what to add or take away to these recipes, it would be really helpful for me.... Jojoba coconut Shampoo bar 2 oz Castor Oil 2 oz Jojoba Oil 8 oz Soybean Oil 12 oz Distilled Water 8 oz Coconut Oil 12 oz Olive Oil 4.3 oz (Lye) 1 oz. strawberry fragrance oil (that's what I want to use..mmmm) Do I melt all the oils together, including jojoba? I thought that was more of a superfatting type of oil?? Any opinions on this recipe before I make it for the first time?? Baby Soap 2 oz. Coconut Oil 6 oz. olive oil 4 oz. Palm Oil 4 oz. soybean oil 2.2 oz. lye 7 ounces water Add at trace: 1 oz. cocoa Butter 1 teaspoon EO Any opinions for this recipe? Is this a gentle enough recipe for babies do you think? Thanks to all...........

Thanks Cindym....Your posts have been helpful! I was really wanting to use coconut oil, as I heard it lathers really well. I am going to try those calculators out you said. I have to understand about not using too much of a certain oil/butters etc. I know you shouldn't use too much 'coconut oil' for example...because it dries out.... I have to get all those facts written down!! I'm hoping to try my first batch of soap on Tuesday...........fingers crossed.....

Thanks so much for the recipe! Thaaaat's what I'm talkin' bout! I will check with the MMS calculator..... Thanks for answering my question about the fragrance oil......and whether you need to weigh them as a water weight. Goodness, I'm somethin! I forgot to mention I had a huge jug of soybean oil, what could I replace instead besides the coconut oil? Should I really use the cocoa butter and melt it in the recipe with the other oils and fats? It really will be moisturizing, even though I'm not using it to be 'superfatted'? Your help was appreciated, and anyone else who would like to help walk me through silly questions....your help is more than you know!!

I used the MMS calculator, (really confused!) I want to make a 2 lb batch, but how do I figure that out when putting in the ounzes.......How do I know that my recipe is going to add up to a 2 lb batch?(approximately, as I heard that's the minimum pounds to make a batch) I see it will tell me how much liquid to use, but the whole Lye chart on the right is confusing me! Silly question, but if I weigh 32 oz of hard coconut oil, or palm oil, is it still going to weigh the same amount when melted and liquified? Do you have to figure out how much fragrance oil, Essential oils in weight you use and figure that into your 'water' weight????? Argghhh.....:embarasse

Yes- I'm the newest member here but I've been peeking around for a week reading and reading so most of my questions have been answered. I am in search of a moisturizing recipe (in grams or onzes instead of %'s) for a Gingerbread FO soap to give out at Christmas. I'm going to put them into little molds, not a big mold to cut..... I would like to use the following ingredients: Pomace Olive oil Palm Oil or soybean oil?? Coconut Oil and I also have cocoa butter, and sweet almond oil on hand I would like to add at trace..... I also have a gingerbread fragrance oil, and want to put in cinnamon. I don't know how to do the MMS calculator, because I'm new at all this and obviously not catching on. At this point I just need a step by step to get a batch on the go so it's ready for Christmas..... So really I just need a water and lye amount, plus amounts for the other ingredients.....I assume I'd make a 2 lb batch at first to see how it works.... If anyone could help me please!! Thanks kindly!