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I had the bumps on a batch of soap I made and I did some research and I figured mine was from the stearic acid in the palm oil. It looked like little pimples all over the top of my soap. What I did to solve this was to melt my oils to about 165 degrees and mix consistently while the oils were...

Thank you ladies...great ideas!! I will try that.

Good morning, I have been making hot process soap for about 6 years now. I'm attempting cold process soapmaking. I made a batch this week...the oils were around 95 degrees and the lye at 90 degress. Because my soap has a bit of a top, I didn't insulate it and it partially gelled and got soda...

Have you thought about making your own silicone mold? I'm going to attempt to make my own. I've been watching videos and reading up on it and it does look easy....we'll see! I'll have to post pics once I get those done.

Those are so beautiful!!! The ladies that receive them will love it.

I currently use the 5lb Brambleberry mold and I use 50 oz of oil. It gives me room to work without making a big mess. You could increase it up to 8 oz like shunt2011 said and that should be perfect if you want a slightly taller bar. Good luck!

Just wanted to say great job on the new display! Your banner is nicely done and the butterfly adds a nice pop of color! :)

If you live near a Whole Foods, they have a section with Essential Oils. I wanted to make some sugar scrub for myself and bought the grapefruit EO and the prices wasn't too bad for that particular EO. Their selection is decent.

I use to give out full bars when asked for samples. It got to be really expensive, especially when people wanted to try different scents. So, what I do now is cut one bar of soap into about 1/4 inch pieces and put each individual soap in a small glassine bag. I print out a label with the name of...

I'm not sure if palm shortening is the same as palm oil. Soaper's Choice has palm oil and the price is really reasonable!

Pretty HP Top I HP all my soaps and I love the look of the top. You should use a chop stick to swirl the top. Start at one end and swirl in little sections. Hope that helps!