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just made a batch of soap with only 30%water in a almost all hard oils. Yes, now I know how fast it can set up!! I haven't made soap for about 6 months, and I rushed the thought process, only thinking to lessen the chance of soda ash. Well, that side of it worked, but it made me think of...

I love the smell of cedarwood(Virginian), I'm making some wax tarts and have added some grapefruit EO. Not right though, need something else, or ditch the grapefruit and add another citrus. Any suggestions ? Or should I be looking for a different group of aroma?

Don't know if they sell this product in the USA, but I love this smell of body products. I'd love to make some body butter using essential oils to replicate this smell. Anyone have any idea? Or is there any UK suppliers who sell a perfume dupe?

I love neem oil soap but the smell is - well, being nice its earthy!! Any suggestions for an EO which will blend nicely with this oil. I know I'm never going to mask it. I have vetiverte, patch, lemongrass, roesmary, ceder,peppermint, geranium, lavender. Perhaps looking at an indian theme here ?

I've made salt bars before , but never hot process. Reason is I want to put in some lovely EO,s that I have. anyone tried this? Also I have some Shea butter and I would like to add that as the super fat. Should I not do this or stick to CO as the SF

Must have weighed my oils wrong because I had too much batter for my mould. Now I have a soap which is too soft to cut. What should I do? Leave it for months and see what the lather will be like(mega super fatted) Re batch?(don't know how much lye to add) Cut for imbeds Would...

Hi there, I'm using soy wax to make my candles, I saw somewhere to add fragrence to wax at 180 f for best scent retention and throw. Is this correct ? Seem a bit high to me, but I'm new at candles so could do with some help. Thanks.

Just started making candles, so I thought I'd make some wax tarts. I've used soy wax, and candle friendly scent at 5%. Colour is candle powder. They have come out ok and smell lovely, but there is a white bloom on the top, swirly white. I thought I'd mixed the wax thoroughly using a milk...

Got my black walnut hull powder today! It smells. Nutty!! Any suggestions for EO,s to go in it. Got most of the usual CP essentials oils. Once made I'll post picks, but I'm going for the natural look so no swirls!

I've seen some lovely coloured soap, using walnut product - dark brown but lovely and translucent With specks of dark brown. I've seen two items for sale and I don't know which one would give me the look I'm after Black walnut hulls powdered Walnut leaves powdered Has anyone used...

I'm always looking at the ingredients in CP soaps, online, shops and farmers markets. I note that most are just 3 oils - olive coconut and Palm. I don't sell myself, but I'm always looking for that special bar, hard ,creamy bubbles, conditioning. I add castor to mine, because soap calc tells...

Just had to throw out a batch of soap, which totally riced when using a new fragrence. Good thing I only did a small batch. This fragrence is advertised as being suitable for CP soap making, obviously they are not soap makers. Never again!! I will stick with the supplers that I know in...

Has anyone used old oil to make soap? Re-cycling is the big thing in the UK, and I could get an unlimited supply of used palm oil. But what would the soap be like? Would it have a smell? Would it react with the lye the same? Different SAP value? Anyone have any experience in this? Perhaps...

I've done quite a few cold process soaps, but never any hot. So I thought I'd do a 1000gram batch and split it into two equal halves, same colours and fragrance, one cold half, and one in my slow cooker - hot. The cold process went well, I added dried seaweed and poured into mould. The...

Looking to make some curls out of HP soap. Anyone done this? Does it help to add anything to make it more pliable such as glycerine?

Seen some posts on using Mylar and other things for lining moulds. This is a job that I really hate, so I bought some foam sheets, in the uk they are called funky foam and come in A4 and a3 sizes. I marked the size I wanted from a paper template and cut the liner. It's worked great! Soap...

Can anyone suggest an EO that has a flower smell(except lavender!!) that is a reasonable cost and holds well in CP. Perhaps there is a blend that might smell flowerlike ? Or will I have to use A FO? All my soaps are mints, lavender, lemongrass and I fancy a flower smell!!

I live near the sea so have collected some seaweed, dulce and bladder wrack to make some soap. I added 2 teaspoons of dulce, and one of bladder wrack into some avocado oil before adding to my base oils 1000 grams. The bladder wrack was a bit scratchy in the oil so I strained it before adding...

I know this might seem to be a silly question, but here goes!! I've been master batching my oils at 5% super batch If I want to super fat at say 8% do I just add 3% of another oil of my choice of the total oil weight. So if my original receipe is 1000 grams of oil, do I just add another 30...

I've seen a video somewhere, where something was added to melt and pour transparent, she then made curles with a cheese slice and then put it in a mould and poured in CP. I think it was glycerin , but does anyone know how much to add ?