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I sell mine so I can't use food coloring. I feel like I mix until my arms hurt i think maybe I'll try to mix it into my epsom salts first. I have a love/hate relationship with bath bombs. CP soap is so much easier. Any other color tips? Thanks so much!!!

Are the soap colors you use glycerin or water based?

I've searched the forum and haven't really found my answer... I've been exploring all kinds of colorants, La Bomb, Lake powders, micas... Am I missing something with the La Bomb colors (FD&C dyes dispersed in glycerin)? I have tried and tried to incorporate into my mixture and it always...

I know this refers to the melting point and 92 is hydroginated. I need to purchase more co and was wondering if there's any difference in soaping and the final product than using 76degree? Thanks!

TKB Tomato Red - Does this tend to bleed over time or will it leave a crisp red swirl? I've used non-bleeding colorants from BB and they do bleed. thanks!

So it's good to use with the stearic acid streaks?

This has happened to my soaps too. It's hard to describe but kind of "lotion" like feeling and makes to soap look cloudy? Could it be stearic acid? I just rubbed it off and they look great. If not, Soda ash.

Yes, full water and gel. Recipe is 35% olive, 27% coconut, 27% palm, 5% castor and 6% avocado. Ran through a lye calculator and passed zap test. I don't think it overheated. It's a lavender fo that I've used many times before and it tends to not heat up as much. I've been doing more...

I did not use TD but it sure looks like it. It's on the edges of my soap too and it's soft and crumbly. I don't think it's lye and I made sure I mixed my batter. I soaped at about 110degrees. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks for the tips... Obsidian - I do this but was just wondering if there were any other tricks of the trade. shunt2011- where do you buy your cupcake boxes?

Hi, I'm new to the soap making forum and trying to find answers to my questions... my head is spinning! I put M&P embeds ontop of my CP soap. I guess this is a packaging question... Ok, CP soaps are supposed to be open to the air to dry and M&P are supposed to be wrapped to cut down on glycerin...

Hi. I'm Ree Lesher and owner of Dragonfly DayDream. www.dragonflydaydream.com I've been making soaps for about two years now and have recently started selling them at markets. What fun!!!! As the holiday season comes up, I find myself making something every day. I've been a lurker on this...