Recent content by Ann Marie

Thanks for the help

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!

Do you think if I rebatched it the mica would blend with the soap or would it still end up staining?

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...

I also don't like the silicon liners since they can rip the sides of your soap apart, etc. I just cut a bunch of freezer paper ahead of time and it takes less than a minute to line the mold. I personally feel like freezer paper works best with CP as far as liners are concerned. If you havent...

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

I use grapeseed oil in soap and it is one of my best recipes.

Thanks for doing this!

I like Rustic Essentuals, Crafters Choice, Bramblerry. There are others with good ones but I just try to narrow down my suppliers to make things simpler. Good luck.