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  1. madde hughes

    Soda Ash

    Hi, We are struggling with soda ash pretty badly. Here's the kicker though, it is NOT on every soap. Just on some. We can't figure out the rhyme or reason behind what makes some of them get the soda ash and others not. We've been reading and doing research, and one of the things we read about...
  2. madde hughes

    Soap that won't harden in the mold

    So I have tried this recipe twice now. The first time was when I had first started making soap, and I did not put it in the soap calc or anything like that. I just followed it straight from the book, which is The Natural Soapmaking Book for Beginners by Kelly Cable. The recipe is called...
  3. madde hughes

    Purple micas…

    Hi guys. I am struggling very much to get a vibrant shade of purple in my CP recipes. I’ve used TD to turn the batch white first and then added my dispersed mica mixtures. I use the ratio of 1 teaspoon of mica to 1 tablespoon of sweet almond oil. I have used any different CP recipes and I...
  4. madde hughes

    Quick Mix Substitutions..?

    Hi, I am fairly novice at soap making. I use brambleberry and some other sites to get recipes from since I am still learning. A lot of BB recipes call for the Basic QM, Lots of Later QM, Swirl QM, etc. I was wondering if anyone had recipes to use in place of that? I dont like the idea of having...
  5. madde hughes

    Devious by Nurture Soaps

    I used Devious in Brambleberry's Pink and Gold CP Soap Project, and everything was going just fine until I added the "Devious' FO from Nurture Soap. It has Vanillin in it. As soon as I added it, my oil and lye mixture seized in the time it took me to set down the fragrance oil bottle and pick up...
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