Recent content by SoapyD

You could also consider a M&P kit for the super beginners. And to reiterate a previous post - I want to make cheese!

I had to go look at the website too, and they have "guest" soaps that are listed as 4.8 oz, for $7.00. Also a bunch of "glycerine" soaps that look like MP. Very strange.

The best lip balm I've made did not include castor or candelilla wax, but did include shea butter and lanolin. It's firm in the tube, but very slippy and glidey on the lips, and my testers rave that it's the best one they've ever used. I know candelilla is harder than beeswax, and if you were...

My box hasn't arrived yet but it shows on the website what is in it, and I'm getting the eyeliner, but no idea what color it's going to be! The only makeup I use is on my eyes, so that's good, but I'm also getting a couple of skin care products, which I'll end up giving away because I make my...

I've been a Birchbox subscriber for about 9 months now, and at first I loved it, and thought it was really fun. Lately, though, I've been thinking about cancelling. I don't wear a lot of makeup, and since I've started soaping and making a lot of my own skin care products I'm getting more and...

Yep, my melting pot is totally in the water, just not touching the bottom of the saucepan. I also make sure that if I'm only doing a small amount of wax, that the water level isn't higher than the level of wax in the melting pot. Too much water and the melting pot wants to float - not very...

I have a little round steaming rack from my rice cooker that I don't use, so I just put that in the bottom of my saucepan, put in water, and put my melting pot on the little rack so it doesn't rest on the very bottom of the saucepan. I got the saucepan for a few bucks at Goodwill, so I don't...

Congratulations! When I first read the title of the thread, I thought you said your DOG's name was now a trademark! :lol:

My nephew was diagnosed with sleep apnea a year ago, got a cpap machine, and it literally changed his life. He has a young wife and two little kiddos, a steady job, good house, life was grand, and he was feeling suicidal. Turns out he wasn't depressed. He's been functioning with serious...

When looking at the individual item descriptions, I see this note: For every olive oil soap sold, LATHER will donate the equivalent of five bars of soap to Clean The World, a non-profit organization that recycles and distributes soap around the world to people in need. Nice!

I'm confused. She says it's mashed potatoes consistency but is trying to get it to trace. Isn't it already past that? I realze now it's been a couple of days since her post. It should already be soap now, right?

I agree with talking to a tax accountant. I am NOT a tax accountant but I work in wholesale in California. I have some customers that have provided me with a California Resale Certificate certifying that they are buying my products wholesale and either reselling them directly or using them to...

I like this idea!

I haven't tried to calculate your recipe, but it looks like some items are being measured by weight and some by volume. All oils, lye, and liquid should be measured by weight.

Yes, you got it now! :D castile is a type of soap that is all olive oil with no other oils. It can be made using the cp process. Edited: debbism beat me to it! I wouldn't set your soaps to cure on a cookie sheet. You want to avoid metal.