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If you are in business, then I STRONGLY recommend that you get a tax accountant. I cannot stress this enough. Unless someone is a tax accountant for the state where you are doing your business, they cannot effectively advise you on taxation since tax laws are convoluted and change very...

Anyone have any experience with Ghee as a soaping fat? It's listed in Soapcalc and I thought it would be thematically apropos for a soap with the Nag Champa FO. After dinking around with the numbers, I found that this soap would be low cleansing, but also low conditioning? Usually if one is...

what is the general attitude about Felted Soaps, nowadays. Once upon a time, they were used as a way of prettying up soaps that had discolored or were "scratch and dent". Now, with the advent of needlefelting popularity on the rise, many very artistic felted soaps are out there with...

Smell OOB: Awesome... smells like Eggnog Smell in CP: No morphing so far... smells VERY Eggnoggy... There is a hint of spice in the background. The dealer says this FO accelerates trace a little bit... I disagree. It accelerates trace a LOT. My batch went from thin trace to butterscotch...

Goats-milk + fast trace FO + corrugated plastic mold = self immolating soap? Seriously... the goatsmilk was YELLOW when I put it in the oils. Schoolbus yellow, but yellow nonetheless. When I added the FO, a light trace became a medium trace became butterscotch pudding in less than 20...

I am looking for a good Sweetgrass FO or EO for soapmaking. I am planning on CP and would like something that does not mutate too much; the person for whom I am making the soap is a bit of a Sweetgrass aficionado. Thanks in advance for any help or recommendations y'all can make.

Hi all... I am calling on my more experienced forum-mates for an odd request: I am looking for things that will color the lather of the soap but not leave a stain on the skin. The colors of the soaps are not as important as the colors of the lathers... I know that I can get a rather grim...

Work today is incredibly boring and I have a yen to make more soap. I have SO MUCH to DO before Christmas. Sorry for venting, but I needed an outlet for my frustrations!

SO I have been watching a LOT of YouTube lately, and I keep seeing entries for RTCP (Room Temp Cold Process) where all the oils and the lye are at room temperature instead of the usual 135. Thoughts? Feelings? Experiences? I am curious about this because I want to know how one does this...

So I have a line on some pure Osmanthus and Tilia Flower absolutes (not diluted) for a reasonable price. I know in perfumery, absolutes are used at a much smaller fraction of the total weight of carrier than Essentials and such. My questions are thus... how much less should I use in...

Hi all, Last night I made my first batch of CP 100% EVOO Castile Soap. It was also my first batch of CP soap ever; I know, I know, but I am the kind of guy that jumps in with both feet and learns from messes along the way. SO here is my issue.... I let it sit in the mold overnight and it...

Hi, I'm jack and I am new to soaping, but competent to expert with most of the other domestic crafts. I finally got brave enough to start handling concentrated lye and hot oil; now I am HOOKED! I look forward to getting to know you all here on SMF. In case anyone is also on...