Recent content by Colleen

I've just returned to soap making after a 4 year leave due to ill health. I am now making organic soaps and in an organic farmers market. I'm selling it raw cut ... cut your own ... by the ounce. My first week was the best sales I've ever had. 2nd week ... they moved me and I barely made...

OMG, I'm at work and want to run home to make bath bombs so I have enough for market on Sat. but today is very humid at the moment. I made my first bombs in years a few weeks ago and I guess it was beginner's luck as they turned out just fine. I believe it was the first time I used an oil in...

What are you using to colour your soaps? As I am using organic oils they are very green and adding the oxides just doesn't seem to cut it at all. Any ideas on what I can do to get my soaps colouring up better? Thanks in advance for any advice you may have.

I once did a pie soap. I made brown soap for the crust, then I made a dark red opaque m&P soap and used a mellon baller to scoop out red rounds (cherries) and then used a red translucent M&P, poured it into the brown pie crust and threw in the cherries as it was cooling and put some fluffy...

I believe that to be true ... the weight of your oils. I just received my 4 lb logs and I made 2 batches and made the total of oils and water to equal just over 4 pounds and guess who didn't have full molds. Duhhh, the light came on. Wish I'd found this forum first. Oh well. I'm on a live...

I'm an aromatherapist and during one of my courses we had an assignment to make and use a blend of oils in something other than a massage oil. I looked on line and it seemed most people selling essential oils were also selling soap. I found a recipe and made soap. Next semester we had the...

Michelle, you are just the gal I came searching for out here. I have been making CPOP soap for the past couple of months. I've been making soap off and on for the past 10 years. I just received my log soap molds and I'm so excited. I also just moved homes and using a new to me oven. So...