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Hi I have bought some black pepper EO and want to create a bar with lavender. I, tested in a 1 1b batch and have had 2 goes first using equal amounts, so 9g and 9g which smelt of nothing and then 12g BP and 6g lavender. i have to stick to 18g in total as UK licence rules are rather strict...

Good morning...I want to make some lip balms with candelilla wax as I am making them for a vegan friend. In my eagerness to get the order in I didn't read the description of the product correctly and candelilla peeling beads have arrived. The person on the help desk wasn't too sure if using...

Hi! I have decided I am going to make some bath salts to go with my CP soaps. I have read about the different salts and I am about ready to order my choices. My problem is I can't decide how much is a 'normal' amount to put into the bath for me to work out how much salt in total I need for...

Hi and good morning! It has been a while since I posted, I have been making lots of soap and actually started my own little business which I am very proud of. Anyhow, I am starting to think about Christmas 2018 and bought some frankincense and myrrh. I bought them before really thinking about...

Hi. After several useful conversations on here I steep calendula petals in water then use the 'tea' to make my lye. I had some left over and popped it in the fridge. I'm wondering if this will last over a week or whether the calendula petal juice make it 'go off' quicker.....thoughts...

Hi - I am trying to get a lemon colour for what i call my 'zesty cp soap' of orange 10x, lime and lemongrass eo and have heat infused calendula petals then used the tea to make the soap. The first batch i steeped 2 grams of petals in 2 pints of water then used 6oz of that water for my lye...the...

Sorry for the long title!! HI! I am hoping to get a little help with concentrating my colours - or, actually getting some!! I want to use natural ingredients as far as possible and so with my newly purchased alkanet root and nettle powder I followed various suggestions of how to infuse oil...

Hi I have been making soaps for about a year now and decided that adding colours would make it easier to see which soap is which rather than numbering them for testing purposes!! So - I have ordered some alkanet root, couldn't find any powder, and nettle powder and i have the usual paprika...

hi I have been making soap for about 8 months and made my first real error last week. I have a recipe I like , OO 50% CO 25% CB 10% SB 10% Castor O 5%. I have just bought some sensitive scales to get my measurements of my oils correct and must have lost concentration some where as the...

Hi - i have a base recipe i am now happy with and want to start adding EO. I thought i'd look on the IFRA site to see what % of each oil i could use should i wish to go ahead and sell it in the future. M idea is that if i experiment with the correct % then i won't get into bad habits or...

Hi - I am a little confused over how much EO i can safely and legally use in the event i sell any of them. I have read that 0.5 - 0.7 oz Per pound of oils + SH is good however i know that some oils are more 'potent' than others, clove for eg i believe should be used in smaller quantities. As...

Hi after reading sooooooooooo many posts and trying to absorb the difference between lauric and oleic and even giving myself a chemistry lesson on short and long tailed fatty oils!! i decided on these oils because of what they seem to do to the skin and tried to keep linoleic oils down to...

Being a newbie I have been reading lots of posts and stuff on the internet trying to glean as much info as possible in order to create my own first recipe. I am a little confused however as I have come across information on coconut oil that says it is an emollient and moisturizing and yet it...

Hi - I am very new to soap making and completed a course on the basics. I want to try and find a base recipe I like and wondered what combinations were the most popular. On the course I used 50% olive oil, 25% coconut oil and 25% palm oil. I am not totally convinced of using even sustainable...