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Ok...so I want to redo my recipe for my lip balm and I am wondering if its because of the shea butter in it. When I first make it its fine but if it heats up during these hot summer times at any point it becomes a grainy mess. If I just replace the shea butter with something like mango butter...

Hi all I need a fragrance that doesn't discolour the bar as its for 65 wedding soaps and she needs it to be a white as she can get it. I am doing my normal recipe that is unscented pretty white. I know a few that don't discolor because of the lack of vanilla but I have known a few discolour...

I would like to add colloidal oatmeal in my recipe....has anyone tried this? I would also like to use a basic recipe but a drier one with shea butter or maybe cocoa butter to moisturize... Any insight would be helpful....thanks

Hi there its my first craft fair indoors this year as I have been at the Framers market all summer. I purchased a better full cover table cloth because they ask it to be properly skirted but how do I attach my banner to the front of my table? We are not allowed to put it up behind us on the...

I made a batch and wanted a darker thin line between my two layers. I had been using vanilla specks as it didn't affect the colour but it wasn't dark enough for what I wanted. I tried the black oxide in a shake jar with nylon on the top but now I think i may end up with black suds has anyone...

Does everyone have credit card and debit processing doing the farmers markets and fairs? I have only done three markets but I am finding that alot of other vendors have them and about every 4th or 5th customer asks me if I do....should I get it? I don't know that my customers would feel...

I do my normal packaging with the cigar band of paper and seal the back with a clear circle sticker. I then place my front label and then the back label for the ingredients. I always wait the full six week cure for them before I do the put the bands on so they are tight but the bands always seem...

So I have done two days now and I am totally hooked. I had the best time and sold some soap too. The people in my little community are so nice and friendly and the people running the market are too. It was nice weather and there was a band playing and with the people making all the nice comments...

Its probably something that has been covered before or people wouldn't go to all the trouble of ordering them or making them with a different material than the linoleum or rubber stuff for regular stamps right? I was just wondering what happened to the rubber part or was it just that they were...

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I have only ever had DOS(dreaded orange spots) on no-gelled soap is there anyone else that noticed this or is it just a coincidence. I know there has been alot of posts on this topic but I couldn't find them... :wink:

What is the best to use. refined shea butter or the more natural state. Its more money for the un-refined. Just wondering what is going to have a longer shelf life......or maybe they are the same. I would think that after the process of refining it it might loose some of its shelf life.

I have always made my soaps using a 2lb log mold and a small batch but I don't get much time to soap these days and when I get a day off I want to make it worth it. So I make a large batch in a 10lb log mold. The problem I am having is that it does gel all the way through or I get the dreaded...

I have signed up for a short season at our new farmers market in our town. Its brand new this year and it only runs through July and August. There is a BC farmers market association that is for the whole province where I can buy insurance.. Its only 350. for the season but you have to be a...

Hope I posted the pics the right way... I used coconut, olive, and shea and its scented with oatmeal, milk and honey. The top is plain so that it stays light but the bottom will color a beige from the fragrance. ] I will post cut picks tonight. (I think...lol)

Hi there just wondering if anyone has put their plastic molds in the dishwasher before. They don't have soap on them just alot of sawdust and stuff from my friend sanding something in the garage and I didn't cover my molds with something. (stupid I know) Anyways I know that my dishwasher has a...

Just wanted some input on some of the pigments people are liking to use from tkb trading. I have recently purchased the pop micas from them but I would also like to find some true flat pigments that are non-bleeding for some of my projects. I would not use them for my cold process as they...

Hi there I am making a mocha 10 lb batch today and I want to use cocoa to color it brown how much should I use? thanks

I need to be reminded what causes the DOS again I have forgotten. (Dreaded orange spots) I am seeing them on my first batch I did in April so I want to make sure i don't make those mistakes again.... it was a recipe from a book...smart soap making... olive 298g coconut 298g shea 255g lye...

Hi everyone I have never used soapcal as I have always used a recipe from a book....(just learning) so I was trying to figure it out this morning but I don't understand if you put the weight of the oils is that the size of the finished batch at the end? Like if I make a simple recipe with 2...