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Hubby and I were driving past a lovely winery near where his parents live, so I dropped in and bought some local wine. So I turned it into soap :D The only scent I had onhand that reminded me of wine is Cranberry Fig FO I added some cocoa butter to this batch, thanks for looking!

I went abit honey happy :oops: it just started to crack so I whacked it in the fridge, hopefully its saved My question is (err silly :oops: ) the honey is still abit sticky on the top, is there anything I can do to harden it? Maybe pop it in the oven? I may have used abit too much :oops:

I hope this isn't a silly question :oops: I use palm oil in all my batches, can you replace palm with just PKO? I did read somewhere that is creates a nice hard bar I use palm up to 30% Thanks for your help! :oops:

At the moment I am giving my soap away with a printed list of ingredients for family and friends (aka testers :lol: ) etc..but would love to label it! I am not really selling it (but would love to down the track), but just want to create a simple label and need a simple name. I have tried...

:( I've just been reading the website! It's so informative and useful for membership, insurance etc, what a fantastic thing I'm pretty sure theres nothing like that here in Australia, heres hoping one day.. We do have NICNAS, but it doesn't really provide us with many benefits..just...

First time using my wooden soap mould, lined with cello Here's a pic upclose..I'm wondering if this soap is ok? There's little lumps which could be from the cucumber? Or something else? I've done a zap test and seems ok Thanks for looking!

Ok, I just made some cucumber CP soap. I used cucumber as the whole liquid amount (idea is from a recipe on about.com) I buzzed and blended the beejebees out of it, but it still had tiny bits of cucumber skin in it. My question is, will the bits cause the soap to go mouldy? Should I have...

You are all enablers :twisted: I just had to try this! Thought I'd try some carrot soap from just a few simple oils to experiment with (olive oil, avocado, grapeseed and castor). I used carrot juice and pureed, surprised at how yellow it came out! Thanks for looking!

I just made this on the weekend, didn't add any colour but am pleased with the result! Thanks for looking!

After getting inspiration from here I thought I'd give it a go. I used a good ole milk carton for the mould. I used a lemon verbena FO, I didn't have anything else that reminded me of avocado I blended the avocado into the oil first, just had to take a pic..lovely colour! I used a...

I made this without researching properly :roll: :oops: I insulated the mold overnight and it must have got very very hot,..too hot, I'm assuming it was the honey I added oops Does anyone know if the soap is alright? It smells like a gingernut biscuit, but maybe I should not have...

I have just purchased a pvc pipe mould (just a small one) to try and am wondering what the best way to line it, or if any lining is needed? I feel this is a silly question, but I remember reading somewhere a soaper didn't use lining and just popped it in the freezer and the soap slid right...

After reading posts on here about rooibos tea, it really got me interested! I found some in a health food store, so I infused it into the water...lovely colour! I added some mandarin EO (first time using essential oil), I only used a small amount as I wasn't sure what to expect as the scent...

Ok, so I'm a newbie to soapmaking and have decided to "go the whole hog" and try EO. I have been using FO for all of batches, but am keen to try EO I'm alittle confused :oops: about how much EO to use in my batches, I make roughly 700 to 800g sized batches every time. I know EO can be very...

Ok, so I thought I'd be ambitious and try the funnel swirl (thanks Lomond for the fabulous tutorial!) I'm quite happy with the result, but the soap started getting thicker at the end..so I just had to pour the rest straight into the mould :oops: This is goats milk soap with guava and...

So I'm a beginner..here's my first attempts at making CP GM soap! :oops: The first batch I made is simply GM and olive oil I'm surprised at how white it turned out! (This batch had 50/50 water and GM solution with lye, which was room temp when SB with oils) The second batch has a...

:oops: I made my first batch of goats milk soap, unscented and with olive oil (did not want to get carried away). SO now I would like to spread my wings alittle with a new batch Would a recipe with GM, olive oil, ricebran, macadamia, castor, palm, coconut oil and FO be too many different...

Hi all Thought I'd better introduce myself! Im a married mother and doormat to a furbaby. I live in South Australia..any other SA soapmakers in here? I've just started to make my own soap, first batch and was hooked! I'm still learning and experimenting, one or two disasters, but getting...