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thats great info.. How do you get it in there? Do you have to melt it forst?

I love bananas. How does it smell??

I havent tried the others but sweet orange always works for me and i dont even use that much. Especially if i use undeodorized cocoa butter, they smell divine together.

Wow, you guys could start an exchange or something like that. Is it really that dangerous to use a glass jug for the lye water? Im kind of terrified now. Will go buy a plastic one. :o

Stockholm , Sweden. A But their mommy is from Cairo, Egypt.

Hi all! Does anyone have a recipe for solid deodorant that doesn't require alcohol? I once saw a seller online who made these but now i cant find her page again. Any help appreciated. Thanks!

very nice! The lemongrass and lavender, is that whipped soap?

i made some body butters with water and oils and used beeswax instead of e wax. It worked for me! Didnt try it for melts or anything else.

I have an issue which is maybe not really an issue at all, or maybe its just me. but i like it when i use a soap, that the scent will remain on my skin, so i can smell it afterwards. This happens with commercial soaps, as well as Lush products, etc. But not with the soaps i make. I use 1...

thanks! I thought i would have to wait a day or at least a few a hours, you have just made my life a lot simpler.

Thanks for the tips Cookiechan. Ive seen them on tradera too(no comparison of course with all the yummy soaps on etsy, for example). All very "lagom". And i think its possible to sell on etsy, i know someone here who sells her jewellery from stockholm on etsy. Maybe thats an option.

wow...air condioning??? well that explains why not many people sell handmade soap over here. what a fuss.

I have no experience , but i follow the blog of a spanish soaper and one of her recipes is for Laundry soap. She says she uses "Used oil" (doesnt specify which kind) and ive wondered whether it makes a difference(guess not). Heres the link, its translated into english just scroll down till...

Cookiechan, do you sell your soap? Ive been fiddling around with the idea and Läkemedelverkets website for some time and have to say its a bit overwhelming.

well if you guys put it that way...im a transplant from Egypt in Sweden. Not so many soapers here either and materials are so expensive AND hard to find. Sigh.