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Happy Easter Everyone

Isg and dibbles, thanks so very much.

Hi everyone, I was contacted to supply 1oz/30g size soap to an hotel. I’m thinking silicone individual cavity mold because I don’t like lining mold. Please recommend any perfect size you know. Round, oval or rectangle. And if I have to settle for wooden, what dimension will be perfect? I have...

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I made six huge batches of soap for a custom order (using rose clay, turmeric, rose buds, Lavender, chamomile, calendula, cocoa powder, honey and beeswax from my beehives). Also made some beeswax votive and tapered candles for my websites. I spent over 7hrs standing in the soap room to get all...

@soapprentice @saponificarian I'm in for a soap swap too.

Welcome Saponificarian You can get some more soaping oils and butters locally but not from same source. Castor oil, refined palm oil, sunflower oil, canola oil, tallow (I render it myself). It took me time to discover my sources but I now get 90% of my soaping oils in Nigeria. Good to have...

If you check the Brambleberry website, it says blue slushy mica tones down in cold process. The colour might not be well mixed too.

Sorry to say this, but I don't think you ready to sell your soaps. You just said you are a newbie, you need to try your hand on so many batches before you can be ready to sell. Anyways back to your question, some micas are not suitable for cold process. Your sources/supplier should indicate if...

They state that all oils are phalate free, and a general usage rate but didn't state the vanilla content. That is where I have fear, I don't won't my soap turning brown or tan unexpectedly.

I came across bulkoils.com yesterday. Has anyone tried their fragrance oil? They are kinda cheap. Please tell me the what you think about the fragrance oils, if you've tried some.

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I'm not so sure if there is any other person from Nigeria here. I'm from Ondo state, a south western state in Nigeria. I live in the state capital but my hometown is right next to the capital. Here is the view of my hometown from the popular idanre hill

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Some of us are not just lucky to have so many oils to play with...the total cost of the oils drives me crazy anytime I buy from abroad. Palm kernel oil Soybean oil Shea butter Canola oil Sunflower oil Olive oil (kind of expensive) Cocoa butter(expensive) Coconut oil These are the oils/butters...