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In my last batch I put the FO in the oils before the lye solution and it seems to be ok. I was wondering do any of you have some comments on how the lye burns off the FO. Does it burn it off a lot or just a little. The soap smells great but I'm worried that the smell will fade because of the...

I was wanting to make a blue-green but of course I don't have the color in my collection so I was thinking about mixing blue powder with green to get the color that I want. I'm thinking it will be ok but wanted to see if any of you have tried that and what the results were. Comments please!

I made....well hubby made this great soap and it lathers great...big bubbles which I just love and it is moisterizing. The only thing that bothers me is that it is on the tad side of being very slick as you use it....borderline slimy. I was just wondering if that bothers people or not. I did...

I just got done making some orange-mango soap with some new colors that I got and I'm in heaven!! I can't wait to cut it tomorrow and see how it looks. I'm just mad that I didn't get pictures of it first before I covered it up! *pout* I'm trying so hard to not peek at it!!

I'm going to post this with a different subject line so that everyone knows where to find this later if they need to or want to try this technique! I know I want to to one day soon! It looks interesting and I want to see if this works. It has my curiosity up! I want to know if anyone of you...

I just got back from visting her site and she has posted a tutorial on swirling 6 colors and her soaps are beautiful! Check her out and tell me what you think!! I just thought I would share this with you guys!! http://kbshimmer.blogspot.com/2009/01/6 ... orial.html

I want to get a new mold the kind with the dividers. Do any of you use these kinds of molds? I'm just wondering where I can one that isn't so expensive.

I just bought some palm kernal oil but I really don't know what amount to use! :shock: I want to use it with Olive, palm, coconut, castor and shortening. Any suggestions to the amount? And what condition does PKO give to a soap?

Is it the smell that tells you if a soap went rancid on you? Or are there other tell tell signs as well?

I have been reading a book on making liquid soap....wow! I didn't realize how time consuming it is! Yikes! I want to make some one day but I don't have the attention span for it! *lol*

What would be the max amount of shea butter you could use to superfat a 2 lb. batch of soap? Anyone know?

I was wondering if there are a lot of people allergic to almond oil.....say people who are allergic to nuts? My dear hubby loves the oil and puts it in his soaps but I don't want to due to people maybe having allergies to the stuff. Any thoughts?

I know this isn't about soap but there hasn't been much traffic on that forum so I'm asking here! I made some bath bombs using Olive Oil but when I tested them, they seemed a little greasy to me! Is there any oil that i could use that is less greasy feeling to the skin?

I don't get to make soap today! Looking for reciepts so I can get my taxes done! Yuck and groan!!

Does anyone know where one can get Lime leaf and Lilly? I just bought a soap online and the smell is wonderful!!! I want to make my own!!!

How does one do a zap test on soap that is questionable? Half my tongue is numb due to getting some wisdom teeth pulled out too late in life. I don't think I'm cable of performing a zap test! *sniff sniff* :oops:

He made this batch and it looks like white streaks running through it. He says its soap that didn't get mixed up enough with the color. I don't know. What do you think?

I have ask for some assistance here because I am baffled! Could someone please tell me why this happened? It seems like the soap turned out grainy looking with an all white outline.

I was curious to know what you would use water based fragrances in. I know to use the oil ones in soap but what is the reason for not using water based ones in soap. I'm guessing that you wouldn't want to use oil based FOs in lotions because of the separation? Am I correct?

I have seen some beautiful bubble bars shaped like cupcakes with flowers on top so I'm dying to make some but can't seem to really find many recipes for them. Any suggestions on finding a bubble bar recipe?