Comments on: Beginners Guide to Budget-Friendly Hot Process Soap from Scratch

By: Gaye Levy

Gaye Levy — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 14:51:36 +0000

In reply to Sharon.

You will definitely need to run the revised recipe through a soap calculator when changing out the vegetable oil for olive oil. Good luck and have fun making soap!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 05:18:40 +0000

can I use olive oil instead of vegetable oil or will that require me to recalculate the lye?

By: Karen Skoog

Karen Skoog — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:50:27 +0000

Gaye, you excel at writing procedurals. At first I didn’t think I needed to read because I don’t wish to make soap. But I started reading anyway and read every word. The hot process sounds easy and doable. I’m not afraid of lye because I have done crazy dangerous things in the past to unclog drains. I lived to tell about it. Your article is fascinating with easy to follow instructions. By fascinating I mean riveting. You could easily write books on any subject. It’s always a pleasure to read your articles. And now I am tempted to try soap-making.

By: Gaye Levy

Gaye Levy — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:23:00 +0000

In reply to Grammyprepper aka Lee.

I have been getting to know Heidi as a result of purchasing her book. The hot process “master recipe” of hers is not what I would call budget-friendly but still, it is a superb soap and quite luxurious.

You just have to give it a try!!!!

PS: Yesterday I made cold process soap. Very quick and fast but you have to let it cure 4 to 8 weeks before using. Boo.

By: Grammyprepper aka Lee

Grammyprepper aka Lee — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 06:21:44 +0000

Gaye, you are moving way too fast for me, LOL! I got the ‘stuff’ to do the melt and pour soap, but it’s been way too humid for me to make it yet. Hoping to try it this week…I’m at the end of my last local made goatsmilk soap, so it’s a good time to try…Lye scares the bejesus out of me! But Heidi’s course is the one I will take when I am ready to take that step (she’s recently become a dear friend of mine…talk about that six degrees…) I’ll let you know how the M&P process goes, and if I get brave enough to try hot process….