Nik

Wow!!!!!!!!! That soap is friggin gorgeous!!!!

Definitely a lovely job! Good photography too! I couldn't make 8oz let alone 8lbs of scrub! Hat's off to you!

WOW! Perfect! Perfect name too!

Here is a link to an old thread - Bunny checked the ingredients, looks like coconut oil and about 1-5% extracts for some of the exotic butters - We can definitely make this! From the sounds of the other posts, the butters do well in CP soap, not so much if you are trying to make a body butter with too high a ratio of this stuff, it will turn to "soup"

Hmmm so it sounds like we may be able to make these ourselves - I make my own extracts at home which is pretty easy and VERY inexpensive to do, here is the link on how to make an extract for anyone that was wondering: http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/learn/extract.php So it just sounds like extracts, Almond Oil, and Crisco?? , or maybe some Herbs infused in the Almond Oil, with harder oils added to make it a "butter" - I could be wrong, at any rate I have some Matcha Green Tea Powder, and a few vegetable oils, it's worth a shot, I may have to try it this weekend - I will keep you posted on my progress, if it works, I will definitely be back to show you the outcome!

I had my sister do the zap test! LOL And yes, after weighing out my ingredients on the DIGITAL scale, I realized I used toooo much of everything! I will see how the next batch turns out!

Thanks a lot guys for all of your help! I am NOT confident in the accuracy of my scale! I was using a spring scale, soooo I bought a good digital one this morning! So I will try again. I will also drop the amount of coconut oil as suggested as well! Wish me luck! And thanks again for your help:cheesy2:

Your right, I forgot I left that out! Soapcalc is still kinda tricky for me:tongue2: thanks for reminding me! I used 64 oz of oils (a 4 pound batch) & 9.08oz of Lye

Ok, so I took the CP plunge and made my first batch of Goat's Milk Soap two days ago using: 45% Soybean 30% Coconut 15% Canola 5% Castor 5% Shea ButterThe liquid was 12 oz of water and 12oz of Meyenberg Goats Milk - Everything seemed to go by the book..it traced properly, it went through it's gel stage, I didn't insulate, and I also had it in the fridge for the first 16 hours or so. After about 30 hours, I un-molded, cut, and trimmed the bars, I decided to "test" the soap for conditioning, there is sooo much hype about Goat's Milk and it's moisturizing properties, I was dying:drool: to try! My hands were as dry as the sahara by the time I was finished washing them.:embarasse My question is: Is this something that gets better over time? As it cures? Is it normal for the soap to be drying a couple of days or so after you made it? I was hoping some of the pro's out there could help! Any assistance is appreciated! Thanks a lot!