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I'll admit I don't know everything about soap making but I thought I knew enough to never see this happen. "This" being I DONT KNOW. I feel like overnight my soap was abducted by funghi-aliens and impregnanted with a beast that will devour us all. I immediately threw it out when I got home and...

at it again... made a couple new soaps in the past few weeks! these are the (mostly) successful ones. i also tried to make a chocolate orange soap which was just a hot mess. "gaffer's basil" olive, coconut, palm, sunflower, and avocado oils. basil, patchoulli, and clary sage essential...

Hi again! I am a new soap maker and have made a dozen or so batches of successful soaps. I was really on a roll! Then the weather started getting warm all of a sudden, and my soaps began coming out very strangely! Some things that have been happening: -I sometimes get tiny bubbles all over...

this might be a stupid question but this subject hankers me every time i make soap, so i have to ask... ive seen EO reco's at .5-1oz per pound of oils. i measure out all of my oils by weight, of course, but how do i measure the EO's? weight, or volume? thanks :)

I recently purchased some water dispersible (my bad!) TD from WSP (http://www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/ProductDetail.aspx?CatalogID=17&GroupID=793&CategoryID=2077&ProductID=440&ProductName=Crafters+Choice%E2%84%A2+Matte+White+Pigment+Powder+-+For+Water) I have been using the bramble...

I did my first CPOP soap a few days ago. It was a success! Soap was really hard and set up after 8 hours (put it in at 170f for an hour then left it in the turned off oven over night). My first question: If my oven goes down lower than 170f, should I be setting it a lower? I read a lot of...

I have been using parchment paper to line my wood mould. I've seen people use butcher's paper, and I've also seen something that looks like silicone lining (what is that?). What do you use ?

this is my first photo post! i finally worked up the courage to share some of my soap. now, i'm still a beginner, so i appreciate ANY feedback. i've only made a dozen or so batches of CP in the past few months. still learning and this forum has been super helpful! THANK YOU! i made a...

i came across this really strange swirl today. with the black and white it almost looks like an xray! wondering how this kind of swirl is done. the white is gradiated from the center and its crackly on the edges... ive not seen this before! any thoughts?

Hi all! I am a newish soap maker. I've made about 15 CP batches so far and I am ready to get into more interesting techniques. This forum has been extremely useful so far when I'm planning (or panicking!), so thank you all! Now I have a question I haven't been able to find an answer to.. I...