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I now just put mind in a cold oven. It insulates it enough that the radiant heat from the chemical reaction itself gels my batches.

My aunt puts my soaps in the drawers to scent them... Has never actually used them 🤪

Hello friends! So, I've been using the same CP soap recipe (attached) for almost two years now. I'm very happy with it! I'm planning to experiment with it because... SCIENCE!!! I've noticed some people on here talk about them changing/lowering their lye concentration to limit soda ash? Is...

Yes... This is what I meant... Sorry I didn't express myself as well as you can. But just because something is lab made, doesn't mean they aren't natural components that have had a little help getting to there final structure. Again, with my analogy of lab-grown diamonds/precious gems vs mined...

Please copy & paste the list into a new post, then add your name along with the next appropriate number. Sign up list: 1. AliOop - so many ideas "funneling" through my brain already 😉 2. CreativeWeirdo - Ooo! Ooo! I'm going to try a Pringles can for the first time! 3. 4.

Aren't oxides natural? and since micas are made from oxides, they're natural too? Even if it's lab-created instead of harming the environment through mining. To me, it's the same between lab-grown gemstones and those mined from the Earth.

the place I usually buy my supplies just brought Soap Noodles in as a new product. Is this what you mean? Soap Noodles Candora Soap

LOL!!! It could have been any of us! I learnt about it on a reply somewhere here too! There are so many wonderful things on this forum to find. I like to go to the "New Posts" tab and look through all those. I learned A LOT by doing that.

OH! ALSO... People also use butters in their soaps; shea, cocoa, mango, etc. I'm, personally, not a fan of butters in soaps, but there are MANY people on here who are. Butters will help even out the texture; not too hard, not too soft. You could also play with the Superfat. A 100% CO soap...

OO and CO are most common because they are inexpensive. There are MANY plant oils that can be used in soap, they're just much pricier and the overhead is often too much for bigger businesses. ETA: I don't sell; just a hobby and give as gifts. I use OO, CO, Organic and RSPO certified Palm Oil...

You could make soap dough; take little pieces and cover them with gold mica; mush them all together; let it set; then cut. Or you could do mica lines or drizzles in layers; either sculpted with a spoon or with a scraper. If you want something for planned out.

@Vicki C I can't even tell which are the soaps and which are rocks! AMAZING!!! @CLMP I love your layers! It's almost as if the flag is flying in the breeze!

Entry Photo: Inspiration Photo: Every year, during the summer, my parents have been renting the same cottage for two weeks ever since my sibling and I were little. It's part of a campground that my grandparents originally found and had parked their RV. When we were little, my parents would...

Thank you so much for the heads-up! I DID end up making a batch last night. Let's call it a "simplified" and "abstract" version of my original idea. I was worried about getting the post in on time, so...