Recent content by souljasam

Hmmm i need something that can mix in soap but is small cuz i do small batches and cant stick blend individual colors for swirls and stuff. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Anyone have any exp with FOs from soapsupplies.net? I have a list i may order and ill post it later to ask if those specific ones have any problems. They seem like a good deal cuz they for flat rate shipping.

well upping lye concentration is the same thing as a water discount. the amount of ly stays the same but you lower the water amount to make a stronger lye solution so it acts faster. maybe it takes you a long time because your using an electric mixer instead of a stick blender? i dont really...

Are you hand mixing? if so then from what ive read 100% olive oil will take a fair amount of time to trace even when using a higher lye concentration. If you are stick blending then i have no idea whats up because i dont think it should take more than like 20 mins with a stick blender with a...

Im looking to pick up something to mix my powder pigments a little more thoroughly and quickly. Does any one have any recommendations for something that isnt too terribly expensive? Im looking for like $5-$15 or so. Thanks

So i have some bentonite clay and i believe i read that its good for oily skin and helps with acne. Now my question is how much bentonite clay would i put in a batch that is 20oz of oil? Also i dont really have a recipie in mind yet, but i have tallow, palm, coconut, and oo availible. Any...

its called paypal here and in my opinion its great. i dont sell soap yet but ive sold a few random things like video games and such on craigs list and it came in handy as some people preferred to pay with a card or even paypal(which there is no fee at all for so i would heavily advertise the...

https://summerbeemeadow.com/content/advanced-calculator-solid-cream-or-liquid-soaps this lye calculator has an option for cream soaps which is basically what you are going for. you can add your lye %s in that calculator to tell you how much of each lye you will need for your oils. not...

yeah i live in western MA and we have the same heat wave. its rediculous. the heats been killing me and i had sweating on a batch of my soap for the first time. this heat wave is very unusual and should be over soon, but the humidity in the north east stays on the higher side all summer. i moved...

why couldnt you just pour your bar and then push the embeds to the bottom of the mold to make sure they dont have much soap under them? then if you need to you could plane/cut away any cp that was under the embed. seems like the simplest way to do it individually to me. you just have to make...

my gf hates the ones with black in em haha. i like the ones with black cuz it adds some contrast to an otherwise light colored bar.

Came out ok. The saran wrap touched the 2 bars with black x.x. It woulda been a bunch better if i stopped at a lighter trace.

like the latter you described.

So i just did my first column pour and it didnt go 100% perfect but hey first have a habit of that haha. my white color wound up setting a bit faster than the rest making the pour more gloppy and on top of that i forgot the EOs till the last white pour before pouring the colors on top for the...

Thanks :-). Im glad it did too. I was expecting the worst but after i added the coloring and glopped it i felt pretty good about it.