I’m so excited to be trying the soap-making process again! I got to do this once in my high school organic chemistry class, and it was a long process, from what I remember, so I’m interested in seeing the differences between high school soap-making and this year’s. While I was looking for things to jog my memory about what we did in the high school class, I found this website, which I thought I’d share with you: http://www.millersoap.com/soapdesign.html
I thought it was nice because it breaks down the amounts of lye and things like that that go into soap (I didn’t look at our page yet, so I don’t know what process we’re using. I know in high school I was worried that I made my soap too basic, so I didn’t use it much after I made it). In addition, it lists what each fatty acid helps with–conditioning, good lather, etc, which I didn’t see in high school, but it’s nice to know! Good luck with soap making, everyone!