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Thanks Earlene! This was a helpful resource. Especially the section titled Are Businesses Required to Provide the New Warnings? "Additionally, small businesses with fewer than 10 employees are exempt from Proposition 65’s warning requirements." If I'm interpreting this correctly, any business...

It seems as though most essential oils now have a Prop 65 warning which states that they contain chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer or reproductive harm. IF I include these same essential oils in my soap will I also have to include a Prop 65 warning? I've noticed and...

That’s fantastic, thank you so much. The majority of my research has been about oils and their fatty acids, it’s probably time to take a closer look at NaOH. I wasn’t aware of its hygroscopic property.

I recently read that Soapcalc assumes the NaOH that one uses is 100% pure. I’m using 98% pure NaOH, so am I correct in assuming that I’m actually adding an additional 2% superfat just by using this 98% pure NaOH? If this is true then new soapers should really be aware of this.

Yeah that's too bad about the minimum purchase policy, the site itself looks really helpful especially with all of the relevant documentation listed for each fragrance. At some point I may have to bite the bullet and try them out. Good suggestions! Sultry Black Jasmine looks interesting, a...

A friend asked me to make her some soap with a jasmine fragrance and I'd like to know if anybody has a go to or favorite jasmine fragrance oil.

I like to use exfoliants in my soap recipes such as different types of seeds and oatmeal. Normally I just blend the oils, exfoliants and lye solution until thick trace so as to make sure the exfoliants don’t sink to the bottom of the bar when poured into the mold. The problem is that sometimes...

Does added sugar reduce the shelf life of CP soap or contribute to rancidity?