ButtahBalm

Some days I love soaping… and some days I hate it 😭 There are days I don’t enjoy the whole soaping process at all. I don’t want to measure oils. I don’t want to mix lye. And lining the mold? Please.  That one annoys me the MOST. But I still want soap.  And this particular day,   I was exhausted… but my previous facial bar was almost finished and you know, cold process soap needs  4–6 weeks  to cure. Meaning if I didn't make some on that particular day, I’ll be out here suffering. 😭  Funny thing is: the first time I made this soap, it went smoothly. The second time?  Disaster!   Tbvh, it just turned mushy and unmolding day was not fun.  (Should I share the story or not? Reply yes in the comments to let me know) This is how it looked going in.  Which just proves that tiredness can turn you into a different soap maker entirely. An...

If you have somehow found this page because your usual soap calculator is down or you are searching for a new soap calculator, then WELCOME! You are right where you need to be, now head on and use the tool: FormuMateSoapCalc . If you are still here, (here meaning on this page, still reading) well then listen up. Some time ago, I was all set to make a new batch of soap I had been iterating through in my mind all week. I was ready to go, I wrote down the recipe and then headed to soap calc to get the values of lye and water I needed. Mind you I DO know how to calculate the amount manually but I always crosscheck with the calculator, because lye is not something you want to guess about. Back to what I was saying, yeah I went on soap calc, entered my values hit calculate and tried opening the results page aaand Nothing! Hmm weird, let me give it an hour. Still nothing, then I finally checked if soapcalc was down and Yes it was, Yes it...

Today we will be exploring the beautiful world of shea butter soap making... In all honesty I kind of laid it on thick there, but we are actually going to make a shea butter soap. I probably should add some fluff at this point like how it's great for your skin, it's deeply nourishing and helps with eczema, well I just did so let's dive right in shall we 😂😂😂. Wait! let me first tell you how this recipe was born, because it's honestly kind of ridiculous. I have eczema. Like, proper shit skin that flares up if I accidentally LOOK at the wrong things.  An eczema Flare-Up Naturally, I decided "hey, I should make my own soap!" Because why buy gentle soap when you can potentially create your own and make millions right? 😂😂😂 So I set out to learn about making soap. I watched a few YouTube videos, thought I was a soap master after 20 minutes of research (the confidence!), and decided that I was ready to create my first bar. But there was a big problem...