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I've made a few batches of syndet bars and after tweaking it with each batch, think I finally got the recipe that's perfect for my hair. After the fact, it occurred to me that I used Germaben II instead of Optiphen as my preservative and I am wondering if this is a bigggggg problem. Comments...

I've read so much on this forum about beer soap but can't recall reading anthing about exactly what properties it imparts to the soap. Does it produce positive qualities or is it just "manly" sounding? :? And, does the scent come through?

Thanks to Lyn's generous tutorial, here's my attempt at sculpted tops: This one is honey shea Uploaded with ImageShack.us And this one is Lemon Pear: Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Does anyone know if a person that is lactose intolerant would be affected by soap containing milk? It seems like since they would not be ingesting it that it would not be a problem but that is only an uneducated guess. Anyone know for certain?

Quite irritating....when I got their email about their price reduction I checked them out and was pleased to see many prices had been reduced especially since they are in my state and I often would receive my packages within 2 days of ordering. I had totally written this company off because...

For the past few days it takes foreverrrrrr for a new topic or a page to load when I'm on this forum. Thought it could be a glitch with my computer but I do not have that problem when I visit any other website. Just curious if I am the only one experiencing this problem?

When it comes to shea and cocoa butter, which do you prefer? Refined or unrefined....and why.

Never had problems with soapcalc before but today when I have tried to use it and enter all my oils then hit the calculate button it does what it is suppose to do, but when I hit the "view and print" button it just hangs up and won't go to the next screen. Is anybody else experiencing problems...

Has anyone had any experience with Taylored Concepts and if so, how would you rate them and their FO's? (Sorry for the double post - I posted this on the shopping recommendation forum but it doesn't seem to have much activity.)

Has anyone on this forum purchased from them and if so would you recommend them? They've got some interesting FO's I would love to try.

I'm wanting to purchase one of Brambleberry's Baltic birch molds and would like some feedback from those of you that may have one of these molds. If you have one please let me know what you like or don't like about them or if you have one that you feel is better I'd be interested in hearing...

Made some soap that I just cannot tolerate the combination of FO's that were used. Q-tip sample smelled good but finished product does not. :cry: If I rebatch, will rescenting it work? Soap if fine; just stinks!

Why is the board so quite lately? Seems like alot of the old "regulars" have vanished. :cry:

Just got my shipment from Brambleberry....yippee!!! Wanted to try the neroli FO but it is a rather strong scent and I'd like to soften it a little. Any ideas anyone?

Okay....I've have tried adding silk dozens of times and it just doesn't want to dissolve. What I do is pinch off a very tiny piece (not much bigger than a pencil eraser) of tussah silk noil and pull all the fibers apart then I add that to my cold distilled water before adding the lye. I stir...

I have searched this site for hours looking for a specific post and can't remember the author or whether it was on the CP forum or maybe tutorials or even pictures....I just know it was somewhere on this forum and hoping someone can help me find it again. The author posted several pictures of...

I have noticed that my CPHP soap seems to have a more dense lather than my CP even when I use the same recipe for both processes:? Is this just my imagination? Someone explain this to me, please!

Finally made salt bars and am so anxious to use them. Had read so much about the quick set up so I cut them 1 hour after pouring into the mold. Wouldn't recommend that to anyone. Used a crinkle cutter (also not recommended) and they cut like butter but when I tried to take the crinkle cutter...

Here are pics of my weekend soaping adventure! These are my first salt bars which I cut 1 hour after pouring. Waaaaay to soon, but I was so afraid they would set up and I wouldn't be able to cut them - that was my 1st mistake. 2nd mistake - should not have used the crinkle cutter! The picture...

I've searched the entire forum for this and can't find it - hope I'm posting this in the right place. Can anybody tell me where I can purchase tussah silk? I found some on ebay but it was dyed and I don't think that's what I need/want for CP soap. Not looking for a boat load of it - just want...