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Like many of you, soaping is my full-time passion, but not my full-time income. With work, our goats, and now our garden, my soaping time is at a premium. I really need more hours in the day. However, I have been researching master batching for oils. I really feel this would be a great help...

I use a cigar band type label on my soap. The soap name is printed on the cigar band front, and I use a printed 'address label' on the back for my ingredient list and contact information. Now that I am beginning to offer scents I am wondering. Do you all have different labels/bands for each...

I saw a lady on a You Tube video this weekend talking about her soap. She said they ph test every batch to make sure it is at 7. Do you all do this? Is it important to do? Where do you get your test strips? thanks!

I bought some flavor oils for lip balm and I was wondering. Can I use these to scent lotion bars too? They are all the same right? I got them from Elements Bath and Body. Also, if I am going to make sugar scrub cubes from cured soap, can I add color and scent to it once I get it melted...

Do any of you make scented laundry soap? I would assume you make a scented laundry bar for this. Do you scent it stronger that body soap?

This morning I started to cut two 6# logs of soap I made last week and they were yucky, and its my fault. When I poured them I got to the bottom of the pot and realized some of the honey mixture added at trace had not been blended in well. I gave it a quick stirring with the spoon and poured...

Has anyone made soap to use as sachets, or do you use your soap as sachets? I was wondering if soap was made really fragrant could it be used for this after it cured, and how long the scent would last?

Well, I did it. I made a batch of purple tinted, lavender scented soap. I used lavender EO at a rate of .5 oz PPO. Now, here is where you all come in... I added the EO at trace and blended very well. It took it a bit to blend. Today, three days later, there was EO drops on the top of the...

I always seem to ask dorky questions, so I can only hope someone else is wondering, just not asking. lol. I have made a BUNCH of powdered laundry soap to put in my booth. In researching an average price, I turned to Etsy. Here is the quandry. I can't wrap my head around how they are measuring...

I always seem to ask dorky questions, so I can only hope someone else is wondering, just not asking. lol. I have made a BUNCH of powdered laundry soap to put in my booth. In researching an average price, I turned to Etsy. Here is the quandry. I can't wrap my head around how they are...

You all have heard me say that I don't use scents in my products. However, I am DYING to make a smelly-good soap! I have looked at several sites and can't even begin to know where to start. If you could recommend just one essential oil scent, what would it be. Also, do the individual oils...

A few weeks ago I posted about a double batch of soap that took for ever to trace. Speculations were that it was the thawed olive oil, not running the recipe back through the lye calculator, even the temp being too high. Well, yesterday, I tried again. This time I used the lye calculator, made...

I have made several recipes lately to come up with a lip balm I like. Many I have seen online contain cocoa butter, so I ordered some and tried it. The two batches I put it in seem to be very drying to my lips. Has anyone else had an issue with this? My lips are very dry naturally, so I...

I tried to search this out, but did not find what I was looking for. Do any of you use carrot oil in your soap? If so, what % do you use? Is it used like shea butter or castor oil? I am thinking carrot puree and carrot oil. Thanks!

Do you wrap your soap? I have been invited to share a booth in a 'craft mall' type setting and don't know if I should wrap the soap. I hope it wont't be on the shelf long enought to get dirty, but one never knows. I will be the only soaper so I hope that helps. I don't use scents so that is...

Have any of you ever done a group fund raiser with your soap? I sold Tupperware several years ago and they have a regular program. They take a few of their regular items, mark them up 40% and offer them as the FR. The group gets to keep 40-50% of the sales, depending on the Consultant...

Please forgive me if this is somewhere on the forum. I tried to search and even looked at all the thread titles MANY pages back. Do you make a laundry bar? Do you use coconut oil and lard, or do you use only lard? Do you use something else? I have found several recipes on the internet, but...

Greetings! Can we have a little discussion on cost and pricing? When figuring the cost of my soap, I have been adding all raw materials, a labor cost, and packaging/labels. Do you all use these same factors? Also, because of the different recipes, not all the soaps cost the same to make...

I asked this question on another section, but it was only answered by an administrator, so I will ask again if that's ok. How much soap do you all make? The post that prompted my question was the soaper who said she make about 6 logs a day. To me, that is a LOT of soap! Do you make that...