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Got a bottle of it, but don't want to start using it in everything and having all my soap colors morph! Experience with it and results?

Thank you! That was very concise!

I have KOH from essential depot. Never opened. Got it few months ago but the process of liquid soap making seemed tedious, so never got around to it. I want to try it now, but see that there are different purity levels of KOH it looks like from soapcalc (speaking of which, how to you test...

Some places say you do not need to, others say you do. I figure for the extra water to make the soap (honey viscous) it would need some preservation. Thoughts?

Can i ask how thick was your acrylic soap mold? 1/4"?

Is it resistant enough like hdpe 2?

I guess so, I don't know what's in it that ifra doesn't want. I would have to check but ifra is a horribly complicated website to navigate. And on top of that idk if manufacturers even specify if their product has that bad component taken out

http://www.ifraorg.org/en-us/standards-library Under prohibited, under verbena oil Is there a reason the e.o is prohibited? What is your favorite source for a verbena f.o?

I was looking at the prohibited list and verbena is on it. But i see that many companies use it. What gives?

Thanks! That seems pretty straightforward. Do you know about other products like body oils and lotions?

It's really thick! Like molasses. Do I warm it up and use it neat in my soaps. Or do I dilute it to 3% with a carrier like jojoba?

How much water do you add to rebatch (steep water discount) soap? I do not have sodium lactate or goats milk. I do a 1.5:1 (W/L) ratio. Nothing is wrong with the soap, but i hate the color. Company said it wouldn't morph but it did, and now it's a light blue grey when i was going for a deep...

Phlalates! Yes, that is the word. if a company doesn't say it is free from that, would calling them be able to clear that up?

Hi there, a long while back a person on a facebook group said she get's fragrance oils free from certain chemical. The chemical i guess can cause reproductive or cancerous harm? Idk. I was wondering if you guys could clue me in to the name of that chemical to look out for. I totally forgot what...

Hi there, I'm really interested in doing hot process in my specialty soaps, as to control what the lye monster eats. But am scared of the volcanoes and all the crazy things i have heard about it. I have a few questions about those familiar with this process. -Natural colorants that...