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Cold process guy here trying his hand at liquid soap (shampoo). As a first attempt I tried the following. 39 oz Olive Oil 8 oz Castor Oil 13 oz Pot Hydr 39 oz Distilled water I combined them at 160 degrees and after 10 minutes of stick blending, I added 8 oz of glycerin. I then stick blended...

Happy Easter everyone. For those of you who make lip balm for summer use, what percentage do you use that passes your pocket test? My current recipe calls for 30%. Thanks, Ken

I've cut my last slanted bar of soap peeps. I need help in determining whether the Tank is still the best option or if the Multi-bar cutter is a great alternative. -Ken

I bought a nice jewelers scale when I first started but I'm finding it doesn't work well if i'm making large batches. What do you use when making 20 - 60 bars at a time? ie. ~300 oz of soap. BTW. Hello again to my old friends!

Hello everyone. I know I haven't been On in a while as I haven't had much time outside of work and school but I have a dilemma and you all are some of the best people I know. I'm a believer of surrounding yourself by people who make you feel good or are uplifting. Does this also apply to my...

Has anyone done a successful Bacon scent? My wife told everyone at the Farmers Market we would be making Bacon scent soap for father day... Yeah umm, she must not know that fathers day is only 3.5 weeks away. What about making a soap with liquid smoke and colored like bacon?

Looking for cheap canopy weights approx 25 lbs.

After 7 months of unemployment, I was offered a great job today. It requires a move which is sad but its a great opportunity and a change is welcome. Just thought I would let everyone know!!! YAY!! -Ken

any one interested? http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/487116913/silvertip_badger_shaving_brush.html

So there is a soap company on Shark Tank tonight so I was checking them out and saw paper soap. Have you ever heard of it? http://www.yousmellsoapDOTcom/Divine-Pa ... -3pack.htm (replace DOT with a dot)

I'm having the following learning challenges and I'm hoping others have worked around them and could give me some insight. 1. Your Lip Balm recipe has a percentage of waste that is left on the lip balm tray so you make more product then 50 * .15. You adjust the portions of your recipe to 50...

So my 14 year old niece who lives with us keeps using both a facial scrub and a scotch-pad (one of those green flat scrub pads) on her face. I keep telling her to stop and that she is doing more then exfoliating dead skin cells. She is so concerned with her acne that she doesn't care.. ugh...

I made some grinch soap for x-mas using Citrus Green lab color. A few bars were placed near a window and the soap exposed to the light turned blue after about 6 weeks. Odd, have you experienced this lvl of oxidation before using lab colors? Cheers, Ken

I would love to try Coconut Lime Vertabim White Vanilla Sugar before I sink that much money into buying them. If you have them and wouldn't mind parting with a cotton ball's worth, I would love to hear from ya. Cheers, Ken

I buy my beeswax for my lip balm locally. This time my supplier didn't have any bricks of beeswax available but offered to give me some for free if I wanted to render it down myself. So I spent a couple hours on that tonight and will spend another half to an hour cleaning pots tomorrow for 5...

What is the best place to buy cellophane rolls and how do I calculate the width I need? Thank you, Ken

Just wanted everyones opinion on whether I should sweeten or not a Lime Expressed Lip Balm? -Ken

So I've been having a bit of Insomnia lately. Going to bed at 10:00 waking up at 1:00 and not being able to go back to sleep till 6:00 or so. Needless to say, I've been grumpy and tired for a while. Not that you all are my shrink but I think my Insomnia is caused by stress of unemployment and...

I need some thoughts on what to include in a gift basket for Valentines days. I was thinking a bar of soap, linen or body spray and a bath salt or lotion. Do you tailor your products to the male or female purchaser? ie. if a man is buying it, perhaps include items that may be used the...

Hello everyone. I haven't been on in a while due to some family illness but I'm back and decided after cutting my last crappy uneven bar of soap I was going to make my own soap cutter. I've been using a plastic miter box and it works good but my largest mold (7lbs) is a bit to wide for it so...