Search results

And I saw it coming too. But I didn't find a cold spot.

I'm in Canada and my insurance only covers me for selling in Canada. A distributor is interested in selling my products to her US customer base - is that even possible? I googled and I can't figure out if there is any affordable insurance that covers a Canadian soaper in the US. My current...

Is there a soap stealing fairy or something? I've made at least 7 batches since October and I'm doing a neighborhood sale on Saturday. I'm lucky if I can see fifteen bars in three fragrances to take :( where is it all? A friend came the other day and bought six but that shouldn't have done it...

You effed up a batch you were excited about... new fragrance (in my case, vanilla and wanted to do swirls with colour top but it went from liquid to solid in 0-10 seconds - and to top it off a partial gel and no sign of attempted swirls). Do you: a) Try it again right away, and try to get it...

I've been using my shampoo bars for about 18 months and they've been perfect for my hair and scalp. Then a few months ago, not so perfect, my hair was always greasy and so I thought maybe with some of the bars being super well cured (over a year old) that maybe they were now too mild and not...

Today I went to the hardware store and bought myself a nice big plastic bucket (11L) so I could weigh out all my oils in one big batch and maybe start making soap again. I really haven't had the time. It was umm.... well let's see. It took me a bit over an hour to weigh out, melt and combine my...

This fragrance was my husband's choice. He wants all of it too! It was cooler in the house so I just left it uncovered and yippee no partial gel!

So I haven't been around much I've been super busy and I moved house. But it's time to start soaping again... I love my silicone mould but the partial gel drives me crazy. I've tried covered and uncovered. The old place was very hot and the new house gets pretty warm right now too. I get...

This might sound odd but I was looking for a nice way to package soaps that are already wet so that someone who used a soap could take it home with them. I have been searching the web but everything seems to be muslin bags or shrink wrap. I'm thinking more a pretty bag that won't leak in...

I didn't really know how to search for this because the words are so common and I have no idea if there is a special name for it. So here goes. How do you make the soaps that have the picture on top? I had them when I was a kid. I was thinking I'd like to try it. But I am not sure what paper...

I decided it was time to masterbatch my lye so I made a 50/50 solution. However it has flakes throughout. I'm a bit concerned about that, is it ok to use? Normally when I make it as I go it fully dissolves with hardly any flakiness.

I'm finally getting around to making my 100% CO soap to make laundry soap. I also want to cut some to use as stain sticks. I know it's common to have 0% superfat but I'm wondering if I should use perhaps 2% for two reasons: One, because the stain stick is held in my hands to rub directly on...

Another soap-maker comes up to you at a market and looks at your soap, then asks you if you would consider a trade. What do you say? The backstory: a little while ago I was the other soapmaker and I was checking out another vendor's soaps. I don't make the same kind of soap and was interested...

So, I'm one day into a two day fair. I figured I never made much money selling single bars so I stayed up late last night making gift baskets. All day sold single bars and guest sized bars and not one basket! I was counting on the basket sales to actually make some decent money. Any ideas...

I was trying to eke out the last of my shea butter so I adjusted my 2 lb recipe for 2.5 lb (I also have a 3 lb version but I knew I didn't have enough for that). Unfortunately when weighing the oils I was 50g short of avocado oil - didn't see that one coming. What can I sub it with? What should...

I'm just throwing this out there - has anyone become allergic to CP soap over time? And if that is even possible, what are the symptoms?

Warm cider - I think I'm getting the hang of swirling. And the reddish one is holiday bliss.

I finally got myself some seawater - don't laugh but I was in Oregon a few weeks ago and filled a couple of water bottles. And I got the Oceanus fragrance from Voyager and it's perfect. So. Is this seawater even useable, and safe? It's been sitting on the kitchen bench since we got back. And if...

I seem to remember reading something about it not being a good thing to put florals etc. in soap? I am wondering why - will it go bad? Asking because I added some decoration to my soap. It's only just on top. I just wanted to. Hoping that's not bad.

Now I love it! It's months old honey and oatmeal that did nothing for me at the time now actually smells like honey and is so nice. And to think I was considering throwing them all away. Must start diving into the basket of old soaps more and see what else is hiding in there. I don't know what...