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Would you tell me how to calculate safe usage rates with FO EO blends? Can you tell how you find safe usage rates for the FO/EO blends?

I know this is an old post, but how do you calculate safe usage rates when using both FO and Eo?

Hi there! I was wondering how people safely calculate mixing an EO/FO blend. Are there safe guidelines?

Hi! I have a question about melt and pour embeds in cold process soaps. I made some cute holiday soaps this year, but when trying them out, I noticed that the soap right around the embed wore away much faster than the embed and I wound up with holes around the embeds in the middle of the soap...

No, different brand of the fragrance that may have less vanilla in it.

Th Thanks for the reply. I did try a batch with TD, and its uninteresting color, not dark brown. That doesn't really bother me, but it seems like the color runs a little bit when I use it. There is a little brown bleeding out, even with no coloring but TD. I used 1 oz of oil for 37 ounces of...

LOVE Nurture Soaps. I’m making one of my holiday soaps with Three Wise Men this year. It’s a good musky holiday scent for my friends who are allergic to pine scents. And personally, I love that they will combine your order if you add something the next day, plus, they have reward points. I wish...

Hi there! I've been on a kick lately of making some original soap recipes and soaps that different areas are known for. One that I simply cannot find and am so curious about is a portuguese soap called azul e branco, blue and white soap. I see it online to order occasionally, but can't track...

Hi! Would anyone know if soap making (cold process) produces any off-gassing of fragrance oils that could be hazardous to pets. Mainly birds?

Ah, thank you! It was a tobacco Vanilla.

Hi! I have a question about colorants. I mainly use mica, one that says it's for soap. I made a swirl a few months ago. Most of the soap was natural (yellowish) and used brown Mica and swirled a bit inside it. It looked great when I cut it. But during the curing, the entire bar turned brown...

Same happened to me last year around the holidays. My spiced orange soap and the pumpkin spiced soap both traced pretty hard. I cut it down, almost completely out for the next batch and it was much better. And it was such a strong scent, I can still smell it's there.

Thank you! I will try them! And would mica accelerate at all?

Hi there! I am relatively new to soap making. I have had some wonderful batches and some puddings that were nearly useless. I believe that fragrance oils are my biggest issue (I blend around 75-80 degrees and I use the stick blender sparingly). My question is: How do you know you're choosing a...