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Hi everyone, Do you need an assessment if you use ready made Melt and Pour soap base to make your own soaps in the EU? I use M&P for some embeds in my soaps. I would love some input from EU soapers on this matter

Hi everyone, I have recently relocated to the Netherlands from outside EU. I would like to continue to sell my soap. I know there are EU regulations I need to meet and follow. Has anyone gone through this process recently? I ahve one recipe that I use. Frangrances and mica colors change. What...

Hello everyone! I hope you are doing amazing! Has anyone had experience with using colorants from a company called ZenColor? My hubby bought me their ZenColor 5 set that contains 5 colors and is intended for MP. I am wondering if it will survive the CP? It was so nice of him to try and surprise...

Hi everyone, Does anyone know why my colours are bleeding and the edges are not crisp and smooth? See around the cactus and the brown part? I am using 75%olive, 5% castor, 10%coconut, 10% shea for the oil mix, FOs mixed with kaolin, sugar in water part. I am devastated that my pretty pretty...

What is the hardest and long lasting soap you have ever made? This is just a “what-does-this-button-do” type of a question. I thinking to make a small batch of the hardest soap I possibly can just to see how it behaves in comparison to what SoapCalc gives me. Any tips/ideas?

I was at the store today and saw refined palm oil. It is packaged in a plastic bottle and it was in liquid form. Has anyone soaped with this type of oil? I have used palm oil in the past but it was solid state. 🤷‍♀️

I want to make coffee soap next weekend. I looooooove coffee in soap 🥰 This time I want to skip the EOs. Is there a way to make the coffee scent come through in the final product? Not enough for the soap to have a decent scent. I am looking for just a little whiff so the final product is not...

I read on the internet about room temperature soaping method. This method is news to me. I have always done either CP or HP. Apparently you add lye water solution to your hard oils. The heat melts the oils. Once they are nice and melted - you add the soft oils. Has anyone tried this? How did it...

Has anyone tried using olive pulp in bar soap? I was just reading about moroccan soap which sounds just lovely but I dont have KOH just NaOH. I also dont have fresh olive pulp just the store bought canned olives. Has anyone tried using those? Any thoughts on this matter?

I fully expect the answer to my question be NO but still I always think someone somewhere outhere has figured something new and might be willing to share... Is there a rebatch method without a lot of heat? Like soaking the shreads in warm water? The thing is that I have about 2.5 lbs od soap...

I just had the scariest soaping experience yet and I can not figure out what went wrong!!! Please help! I have been making and selling soap for ages so this was my nth batch. Same recipe same eo same procedure its always been. I made the batch. Everything looked fine. Actually it looked...

I am making baby soap and I want it unscented meaning not EO or FO. I would like to have just a faint hint of something. It doesnt have to be recognisable. Just not completely unscented. Which additives would give unscented soap this kind of very mild scent? For example, I love the way cinnamon...

Just curious if anyone has tried distilling own essential oils and if you can share your experience? How long does the process take? What is the average yield from lets say mint or chamomile? Is there a way to increase the amount of oil extracted?

How tis everyone doing on this beautiful sunny day? Its been raining here forever. Today is the first day with sun in ages :D heh, its about the small things. Has anyone used chamomile tea instead of water? How strong is the tea? I am thinking of making unscented soap and I am looking for...

Hello, Has anyone made sealing wax from paraffin or bees wax? Does anyone know how it is made? I just got an order that requires some sealing wax for stamping the wedding logo on wedding favors. I have paraffin and bees wax available to me and quickly. Ordering is also an option but it...

So I have decided to embark on a new adventure - the liquid soap ! I have never made it. I plan to make a batch soon but before I do I am doing my research and reading about it. Naturally, I have some very newbie questions about it. Does superfatting work like in bar soap (more moisturizing...

Hi everyone, I have never made candles before. My friends birthday is coming up and I wanted to make some tea lights in small jam jars for her as a part of the gift we are putting together for her. I have the beeswax but I am fuzzy on the wick. Can I make a simple wick that would work out of...

Anyone out there figured out how to make soap leaves or sheets? I have seen soap leaves that claim to be handmade but I can not figure how how to make them aaaaand how to keep them from breaking? I am thinking MP or CP poured very thin but how to cut or get them out of the mould without them...

I am about to cry! recently my soaps are begining to misbehave. And my stock is running very low. Kind of stressed out about that. Every batch is something new and yet it has been made the same way a million times before. This is my eggwhite kaolin soap. Scented with lavender mint eos...

This is my CP charcoal soap with goat milk. It is a batch of my true and tested recipe. I have made it hundreds of times. I made it following all the standard soapmaking methods. Poured and went to sleep. I went to unmold it today and I found myself scratching my head. At the bottom there were...