Hi My name is Louise and am a newbie to things soap making.  So please be gentle!. I will be asking questions about soap recipes.

I am interested in making soaps from scratch - from making my own lye, adding all different butters and oils etc.  I will be starting out with the MandP side to see how I go and then test them on my guinea pigs - sorry friends!.

So hello and nice to get to know you all

Lou x

Hi Lou and welcome to the Melting Pot. Enjoy your research, use the search feature here too, there's a lot of info. And buy your lye when you come to that part of soapmaking.

Eire

Hi there Louise. You are very welcome!! You will enjoy yourself here!! It is great fun and packed to the brim with lovely and very talented soapers.   :buttrf:

Welcome Louise!! 

Hi Lou,

A warm welcome to the forum.  I am sure you will get lots of help as you start out and make lots of new friends along the way.

I hope you enjoy it here  :buttrf:

Hi and welcome There is TONS of info to be read on here, if you do searches you'll probably find that most of your questions have already been asked by other people at some point.

We love pics by the way

Hello Lou, welcome to the forum.
Yes do buy your caustic soda from a hardware shop or soapmaking supplier - making lye from rainwater and wood ash shouldn't be done without experienced guidance.

However there's loads of info on soapmaking (plus other stuff) on the forum and in Resources.

Hello and welcome. The forum is very friendly and there are loads of knowledgeable people here. I'm sure you'll have fun and learn loads. :buttrf:

got all excited and thought Jon Bon Jovi had joined  :mwaha:
(that is him, isn't it?)
Welcome Lou, and have fun looking at all the info, if you are like me I stayed up til all hours the first few weeks (actually I still do) reading everything I could lay my eyes on
I'm newish myself and the fresholites have been soooo helpful, so far I have made quite a few c&p different soaps, some went wrong at the beginning but I'm learning from every batch I make. I had started with m&p a few years back and built up the courage to have a go at c&p after seeing it on youtube (watched hundreds of videos) and getting lots of books out the library and buying a couple of books, I did join a few forums on yahoo but then discovered this one and everyone is super helpful. I quickly came off the other forums as this one is far more friendly and superior in all the collective knowledge, it way outshines the others.
good luck  :buttrf:
by the way a big thanks to Helen and the other moderators for starting/manning this forum.

Hello and welcome from Canada.....

Hi and welcome Lou! You have found THE place to be.  :buttrf:

Hello Lou, Im fairly new also, and agree with everything littleheartsdesigns said, they are all brilliant on here  :buttrf:

thanks guys for the welcome, I have been up hours researching, researching researching till my head hurt!  I have so many ideas hopefully will come out right after practice.  This forum seems great, i have registered onto another one but get no answers to my questions.

So its great being here!

xx

Hello and welcome.

Hello Lou! I'm still very much a newbie to soap making but I've found everyone really friendly and helpful.