Recent content by christellita

I just had a crumbly batch and it was because I mixed at too low a temperature. I aim to mix around 100 degrees, and this one I mixed around 70. Oops!

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a yummy autumn soap to make. Lots of people have been asking me for pumpkin spice, apple pie, etc., but I don't use fragrance oils. Does anyone have a favorite combo they use for autumn, scenting with essential oils? I'm thinking gingerbread using cinnamon and...

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a yummy autumn soap to make. Lots of people have been asking me for pumpkin spice, apple pie, etc., but I don't use fragrance oils. Does anyone have a favorite combo they use for autumn, scenting with essential oils? I'm thinking gingerbread using cinnamon and...

Hmm, I don't remember. I need to go back and start keeping track of all the info. Maybe you're right about the lye.....!

After much researching, I found there's lots of different options and percentages, but water and sodium hydroxide aren't included in the percentage. So if everything else you have in it is organic, you can write "Organic Soap." If it's more than 70% but less than 95%, you can write "Made with...

And other people have cocoa butter, or hemp oil, or other things. I missed the memo, what does it mean?

Hey all! I am starting to sell my soaps in stores, and they have asked me to make a sign to advertise my soaps. I haven't figured out the exact percentage, but I use as much organic ingredients as possible. Does anyone know what percent of the ingredients have to be organic to advertise it as...

Hey all! I am starting to sell my soaps in stores, and they have asked me to make a sign to advertise my soaps. I haven't figured out the exact percentage, but I use as much organic ingredients as possible. Does anyone know what percent of the ingredients have to be organic to advertise it as...

and orangetree:)

Thanks, honor!

A soap rep saw my soap and approached me to see if she could talk to buyers and sell my soaps in stores! I need display boxes for the soaps. The boxes seem to have dual function: to display the soap on the shelf in the store, and to use to ship the soap in the mail. I'm having a hard time...

yeah, they don't have anything small enough. I'm envisioning cute little paper bags with handles...

Hello, I'm trying to find small, brown recycled paper bags for the Holiday Market I'm doing in a few weeks. I thought it'd be cute to have small bags, like 3" x 2" x 4" or something, to fit a few bars of soap in. I can't find the little bags ANYWHERE. The smallest I'm finding is 5" x 3" x...

I was thinking it's the light as well. BUT, i keep them in boxes! It's really weird. I made shampoo bars where the edges turned yellow IN the boxes, and I had some OUT of the boxes that stayed fine. AND THEN... I have lavender soap IN the boxes that's great, and some at the shelf in a store I...

i know! that happens to me with a chlorophyll soap I made. It was a bummer, because right after i made it it was such a nice bright green. Then weird yellowy brown. I superfat 5%. As for incomplete mixing...if this is air related, would mixing be the culprit? I feel like I have a nice...