hey to all my blogger friends...today i was hit with the ?...what's wrong with my natural melt and pour soap base?...what's wrong indeed...could it be something you done?...where did you go wrong?...how could this have happened?...STOP!!!...maybe it could be nothing more than the natural MP soap base itself...perhaps it's nothing you done...perhaps you didn't do anything wrong...perhaps it's due to high content of coconut oil used in the natural MP soaps which makes it sweat and difficult to unmold...perhaps it's just that easy...the long and the short of it is...natural MP soap base can be somewhat of a pain to deal with...one must ask themselves is the benefit worth it or not...some say yes however, for those who haven't ever tried natural bases might just think different when trying to make their first bars...myself i don't like the stickiness of natural bases...i don't find it all that difficult to unmold...here in TN it gets very humid which in my opinion causes the natural bases to become very~very sticky...sweaty if you will...i will say in the natural MP soap bases defence i'm one of those people whom can't stand to get anything on their hands...that in itself could be my biggest problem with it...several people love the natural bases...you'll have to decide for yourself :p...i've done some searching trying to find out what if anything can be added to the different soap bases to make them harder...this is what i found...i'm not sure how well they work simply because i haven't tried them...if you choose to try any of them let me know what you thing and how well they work

Fats, oils and waxes are used to harden soaps. Beef or sheep tallow and pork lard have been used for years as the main fat ingredient for bar soaps. Tallow is the fat that has been rendered. Vegetable shortening and cocoa butter are used as well. Palm oil is also often preferred because it helps the batch to process quickly and to preserve well. Coconut oil and olive oil are also choices to harden soaps. Stearic acid is popular for hardening soaps and is found in tallow and palm oil or purchased separately. Another item that has been welcomed for its hardening quality is beeswax. Candelila wax and Bayberry wax can be used instead of beeswax, as can Jojoba oil since it has a wax structure which causes a batch of soap to thicken more rapidly.

remember...whether you use the "melt and pour" method or make soap from scratch, the main thing to use is good water. Distilled water is highly recommended because the additives in regular home drinking water could interfere with the soapmaking process.