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I've been making soap a pretty long time and I've been lucky enough never to have experienced this before now. Is this what is called rice-ing? Is it caused by the fragrance oil not being mixed in enough? I tried out both a new recipe and a new fragrance (luckily in a small batch). Oh, and...

I have been trying and trying and trying. First they are too wet, then they are too dry, then I don't pack them right. Now I'm wondering if it's my recipe. 2 cups baking soda 1 cup citric acid 1 tsp. oil 1 tsp. fragrance Mix, mix mix then spritz with witch hazel if it needs more...

So I bought some jojoba oil to try out in my shampoo bars and I'm very excited about it. However, I'm not sure what percentage of the jojoba oil I should use in my recipe. I've run it through soapcalc a few times trying to come up with a recipe based off my current favorite shampoo bar recipe...

I've been bit by the soap gremlins. It's so frustrating! I've gone over a year without any DOS and then 3 batches have it show up in the first month that they were made. I just discovered another batch this afternoon with it. Why, why, WHY!!! I haven't done anything different. Same...

I have this amazing sugar doodle fragrance that I have an idea for making soap with but the idea involves sprinkling a little granulated sugar and cinnamon over the top for that whole sugar coodke cookie effect. Is this something that can be done?

Well I am here in the united states and I currently only ship to the united states but I'm wondering a few things. 1. How much am I limiting myself 2. Do I collect any sort of taxes? 3. Is there more to it then just filling out a customs form and taking it to the post office? 4...

Here are two of the soaps I did last week. I'm excited about them. Here is also my blog post about them in case you might be interested. http://simplymcghie.blogspot.com/2011/1 ... soaps.html

Here are my 2nd and 3rd successful bath bombs. I think I'm starting to get the hang of making these :-) They are Butter Cream and Snickerdoodle

what blends well with tea tree essential oil (what smells good with it)?

One of my best recipes that I use very frequently has canola oil in it at about 19%. I read on here somewhere that it can tend to make DOS in your soap but so far I've never noticed a problem. But I guess my question is, do people get turned off from your soap if they see canola oil listed as...

Hi there everyone. Well I have created my own shampoo bar formula and have been using it for around 2 months now. I love shampoo bars and this bar is better then any I've bought off etsy so far (not to toot my own horn :) ) But while I still love this formula, I'm finding my hair needing...

Hello everyone! I thought I would share with you my concluding blog post about my Bramble Berry S.O.A.P. Team experience. I had so much fun doing this. Enjoy! http://simplymcghie.blogspot.com/2011/0 ... usion.html

Oh how wonderful the timing of things can be. I am a small business owner and a mother of three ranging from 5 years to 10 months. In addition to my very busy, hectic life I have: Tomorrow we are having a totally last minute birthday party for my son which we have to plan and get things...

I made my first successful bath bomb today. Hurray! Just thought I would share.

Here are the last two soaps for the Bramble Berry Fall SOAP Team. I've had so much fun doing this. Here is my blog post about these last two fragrances. http://simplymcghie.blogspot.com/2011/0 ... and-7.html Mystery Fragrance #6 Mystery Fragrance #7

Here are my two latest mystery fragrance batches from BB. Here is my blog post about the fragrances. http://simplymcghie.blogspot.com/2011/0 ... and-8.html Mystery Fragrance #5 and Mystery Fragrance #8

Check out my new soap mold my husband made for me. It's fully adjustable and fully collapsible. Now (with my other mold that is the same size) I can make two large soap loafs at a time. Oh the possibilities. . . :-)

Here are my results of BB Mystery Fragrance 4 Here is my blog post about the fragrance http://simplymcghie.blogspot.com/2011/0 ... nce-4.html

Here are my results of BB's Mystery Fragrance #3 and here is my blog post I did about the fragrance. http://simplymcghie.blogspot.com/2011/0 ... nce-3.html

Here is why my BB Mystery Fragrance 2 looks like. While it's not as elegant as my last one, it was really nice and refreshing to do a simple bar. Enjoy! -oh and btw, thank you everyone for your wonderful comments on my last bars. You guys made my day!