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  1. Soaperella

    Confetti soap - How to make it look good?

    If you just can’t come up with a good design and want to use the soap up you always have the option of rebatching it. Toss it all in a crock pot with a little liquid….etc. (and definitely add plain yogurt for a nice fluid batch!) You can even reserve some of the shreds and mix them in before...
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    Confetti Soap - Why do the math like this?

    Soap Queen has a great tutorial for confetti soaps. I’ve made plenty of confetti soaps and aside from the occasional odd amount of soap being made because I want to use up all my scraps (I just use individual molds for the excess) I’ve never had a problem. And I just make my batter like normal...
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    Salt vs Sodium lactate

    To substitute sodium lactate at the standard 1 tsp p.p.o. (per pound of oils in recipe) you use 1 Tbsp of ordinary table salt p.p.o. & you want to add it to your lye water so it dissolves fully. I can’t speak to the difference in salt types, but I’ve used sodium lactate in every batch I made for...
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    Premixed all my powders

    I added a couple small nuts ( the kind used with bolts) to my bottles and it helps a lot to keep everything mixed and lump free, a quick shake is all it takes!
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    Max time for Frosting CP

    Well, I know you can pipe flowers and store them to add later on like embeds. And I recently saw a YT video from Royalty Soaps where Katie has been taking the leftover soap in her piping bags and putting it into a loaf mold, she figured it’ll take a year to fill the entire mold so that tells me...
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    Hemp butter in cp soap?

    I am in love with hemp seed oil ((havent tried the butter yet) and I formulated a CP recipe I’m really excited to make tonight. I wanted a soap recipe that was 5 or less oils, had lather for days, conditioned well, and basically performed outstandingly in every other way to boot. No biggie...
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    Hemp butter in cp soap?

    From Wholesale Supplies Plus: Contains Hemp Seed Oil, thought to have the highest amount of polyunsaturated fatty acid contents of all natural oils. Considered a one of the "driest" natural oils as it absorbs quickly into the skin. Provides excellent lubricity without being greasy. Similar to...
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    Hot Process question re:additives

    I saw someone else mention making hp in the microwave, they put it in a bag? Is there somewhere that discusses microwave hp soap? I’m new to this and curious about all options and methods out there as I try to find what’s best for me. Thanks!
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    Ack! My bath salts are melting!

    Can anyone explain what I’m currently stumped and mystified by with my bath salts, and if they can be saved... I made a large batch the other day and when I was done mixing them up I put them in the oven to dry out, this is something I have always done and it always worked great. This time...
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    Hot Process question re:additives

    I have been on a quest for HP info non stop since I decided to try it and I’ll tell ya there’s a lot of tips, ideas, tricks out there! So many I haven’t made a single batch yet, trying to sort all this info out! But one tip I’ve read and seen many places is to add 1 Tbsp. Of plain yogurt ppo...
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    WSP SUPER SALE !

    Mine too. Makes ya a little crazy sometimes, but them I browse around other wholesalers for a bit and see the whopping shipping charges they all have, and I forgive WSP again :-) glad I’m not alone!
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    MidnightSoapers?

    Ahh, its wonderful when you discover your people! I love to wait til 10pm-if I get an early jump, but usually I begin around midnight or 1am. It’s so peaceful, quiet, calm. I’ve got the whole place to myself with no distractions and I can create! I read something once that said 3 am is when we...
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    WSP SUPER SALE !

    I love WSP (a bit too much!) but I sure do wish we got a little more of a heads up when these huge sales were coming. I just spent all my money for the month, less rent and living expenses, at WSP last week. I tend to do this most months with the hope to start a small business one day, and it...
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