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Hi! I forgot to add my castor oil to my recipe. I have a recipe with OO, Coconut, Palm, Palm Kernel oil, and castor. I superfatted at 5% and the castor oil was 5% of my recipe. Is it lost? Or have I just made Laundry bar soap?

Hi! I was hoping to make my own butter blends...I notice that often the butter blends are a mix of avocado oil with soybean oil. Has anyone ever tried to make their own blend? I was thinking of making a blend of evening primrose, argan and soybean...do you see any issues with this? Would I...

Hi! I want to rebatch some cp soap I made about a week ago...is it too soon? Thank you!

Hi! I seem to have the worst luck with blue oxide (and sometimes purple). It tends to morph into other yucky tones. Does anyone know of a brand of blue that they never have problems with? I spend a lot of time planning my colors then they just go all cameleon on me :( and I'm searching for a...

Hi! I tried my hand for the first time at doing a pencil line in cold process soap with mica, as well as a mica swirl on the top of the soap. Now that the soap is cut, when I touch it my hands look like they have eye-shadow on them. Does this always happen? Will it go away? Or do I need to...

Hi! I was considering using lanolin in a solid lotion bar but was wondering if anyone has already done that and if they liked the final product, etc. Just a lot of money to invest if so wanted some feedback on how it has worked for you. THe lotion bar recipe I use now has cocoa butter, shea...

Hi! I am about to buy colorants for my cp soap. Which do you prefer and why: micas or oxide? Thanks!

Hi! I have had quite a few people shy away from buying soap that has sweet almond oil or hazelnut oil because they have nut allergies. Would that affect them? Should I just avoid using them in my recipes? Thanks for the help! Ann Marie

Dear Cold Process Soapers, I am in the process of organizing my soap kitchen and now that I have so many things I am wondering if anyone has tips on how they organize all their things in the kitchen alongside the normal kitchen stuff. Would really love any ideas on how to store all my FOs...

HI! Okay, after making 50 tubes of lip balm I found out my recipe is grainy and needs to be changed. Does anyone have a simple way of emptying out my tubes and cleaning them or am I doomed to disaster? Thanks for the advice!

Hi! I was wondering why some of my beer soaps sweat? Is there any solution to that? will waiting it out make i go away?

Hi! I made a bunch of lip balm that i liked in the moment. I went on vacation and was in the sun a lot and my lip balm was very grainy and melted more than I imagined. this is the recipe I used: Mango butter, Cocoa Butter, beeswax, castor & avocado oil, vit e, flavor oil. what can I do to...

Hi! Just wondering where you like to buy your flavor oils? Looking for the best quality oils and and any favorite flavors. Thanks!

Hi! I made my first body butter with this recipe: Sweet Almond Oil, Chamaemelum nobile extract, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Evening Primrose Oil, Tapioca Starch, Fragrance, Tocopherol It whipped up nicely but I don't notice that it smoothes or moisturizes my skin as well as an emulsified...

Hi! I am just beginning to make lip balm and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on flavors that their customers seemed to like best? How does just unflavored lip balm sell compared to the flavored? THanks for the help!

Hi! Going to start making lip balm and just wanted to know which are your favorite lip balm oils? I have used some handmade lip balm but didn't feel like it worked as well on my lips as the "store bought" stuff. So I was hoping to make some that was just as moisturizing. Any suggestions...

Hi! I am going to make my first batch of lip balm. I was wondering if anyone has ever used lanolin and what they thought about it? About how much % would you add and where is the cheapest place to buy it? If you don't think lanolin is a good idea, which oil do you find the most moisturizing...

Hi! I have been making milk baths lately and wanted to add a little chamomille powder to my recipe...just wondering if anyone has ever tried this (its not tea, but powder and would go directly in the water) and liked it or has objections? Thank for your help!

Hi! I am going to do my first pvc pipe mold cp soap and saw that a lot of people do different things like petroleum jelly, platics liners, or just freezing it out...I wanted to just use freezer paper, any objections to that? Thanks for the help! Ann Marie

Hi! I can no longer buy lye where I regularly do (hardware store). Just wondering where a good online deal may be. I am on the west coast if that makes a difference (and WSP doesn't sell it anymore). thanks for the help!