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Yes, a beautiful white with green flecks of mint. Once out in the air for 24 hours though brown started leaching out the mint itself is staying mostly green but it must be the oils in the mint that are yellow and brown spots on my beautiful white soap!

I made an olive oil rebatch yesterday and added peppermint as an accent. Someone told me this herb would hold it's color in soap. It looked beautiful coming out of the molds, almost pure white with beautiful green flecks, but today it has brown spots all over and the soap itself has darkened...

I will look for the word "Pure Olive Oil on the label and wording that supports that on the ingredients/information section. According to regulation from Ian's text: "Pure Olive Oil, by definition, is a blend of refined olive oil and virgin olive oil. It cannot contain rectified oil, that...

Im not sure. I was using Norma Coney's book. She has a lot of rebatch recipes. It seems to me that the recipes she has that use fresh ingredients like avacado lemon rind etc all call for powdered benzoin. So I thought it was to preserve the fresh contents in them. But I am told by others that...

I have the powdered benzoin. When I add to it to warm soap it turns into gummy lumps. I only add 1tsp per 24 ounces of soap. Does anyone know how to stop it from getting lumpy?

I do believe the word organic is regulated. For soapmakers at least, I know you cannot label and sell a product as organic unless you have gone through a certification process. So just making an assumption that there is little risk that the Organic olive oil is extracted with a chemical...

I have been looking into it. I read tha the best kind to get for any oil is cold pressed. I don't think they have to show on the label the method they used but I do know I have seen products featuring cold pressed method.

Most important thing I learned was that there is a lot of trial and error with candle making you have to pick the wax you are going to use. Then you will decide your wick size based on wax type fragrance and color. The wick size changes for the size shape color and fragrance of each candle you...

Candle making uses fo/eo like soap so you already have some of the supplies and know how.

I did not know that.........so now if I want use cocnut oil I will have to find a hexane free source if one exists

yes and it feels like forever to let it dry out again!

not to be a nudge or anything but if you are in anyway aiming for a chemical free product, vaseline is made with ppppppetroleum products. I think they do make a nonpetroleum jelly too................. Sorry to be a pain. ;(

No that is a big help I think I will try a batch in the crock pot tomorrow morning!

I use tuna cans and I take a little olive oil and rub it around in the tin then I pour the soap in. I put mine in the freezer and if it wont shake out then I set it in a little hot water to loosen the bottom. It will usually pop right out.

I have my first batch of liquid soap in the pot. Trying to decide what to mix in for color and fragrance!