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This is really interesting! I am learning new ways to make soap, new things you can actually make soap out of, and now that the 'cure time' isn't as huge as an necessity as I had originally learned, I am liking my profession more and more, LOL!!!!! Loved it before now that love is even stronger...

thank you for your replies, I knew that a soap got milder the longer it aged, I can not imagine telling people that a soap is okay to use right after it's gelled, just because your going to get someone who is going to go off and make CP soaps allow them to gel and sell them right away...

I've always understood that a soaps 'cure time' was to allow the soap to mellow for the PH in the soap to drop, now I just read off of this one soapmakers site that soap is done after it has been allowed to gel, that the saponification is complete at that time.... IS this right? I have to...

Okay, I made a batch of Goats milk soap the other day and it overheated on me, I got a small pocket of a brown stringy area......not a huge area that goes all the way through, but it goes through a small set of bars.... My question is this, do I need to toss those bars or can I use them? did...

I would like to know why consumers wouldn't like these, Mine are incredible, I have NEVER had one single complaint about my candles, The scent I get out of them are amazing! I do understand that everyone has their own opinion about things....... However, Palm wax is extremely easy to work with...

I have bought certain fragrances from my local craft store also, and to be perfectly honest that is the reason why I never really wanted to get into making candles, they NEVER smelled! So I got a good kit online, tried a new wax, and fell in love with the whole process, and have been making...

Yes I do i sell them on etsy, there is a link under my name on here, you can click on it and it will take you right to my etsy shop...... thank you! I've been making soaps for a long time, i first started off making M&P soaps, then I decided I wanted more control over it, and I started to...

over the weekend I've made 3 batches of soap and one more today, Monday. the first one I made was a Goats milk and Yogurt soap, I scented it with Lavender and Lemongrass, well I unmolded the loaf on Sunday morning, and went in to check it today OMG it is SO hard already! I had no idea! The...

my upstairs bathroom has 4 different kinds of soaps in it, ones mine, which gets used by my 10 year old daughter, then there are the 5 y.o twins who like their M&P crayon soaps and well of course they CANT share so there are 2, and then there is my husband who has to have his own, then my 13...

those are AWESOME looking! The swirls look incredible, especially for your first batch! I mix my alternate color in the pot then pour it all into the mold and it swirls on it's own. but that is just me........ I know a lot of other soapers who only swirl the tops, and the effects are just as...

See, I was getting it all confused, i was on 'Snowdrift Farm' web site and their poly sorbit is listed as a preservative...... Had me all messed up there for a bit, LOL..... I was looking at the those two Tabitha, out of the two which would work best in temps of up too 180+ F deg? I will do some...

Okay, I have a huge soap agenda here the next few weeks, and I am going back to making some liquid soaps for the Holidays and because I am getting SO many requests for it. I make my liquid soaps from scratch, I create my own recipes and do it all myself, none of these base soaps...... Anyhow...

I don't go by any calculator, except the one I use to figure my numbers..... Sorry, I'm no help there, However, I do have a pure Olive oil soap, actually 2 batches, and they are still soft it's only been about 3 weeks, i was able to unmold them after 48-72 hours, I then left the soap logs on the...

I like to add my clay to a small amount of soap at the time of trace, but I like to swirl my soaps, just for that little bit of 'pizazz' I add my fragrance at a light trace...... as for milk, yogurt, aloe, and those thing, I like to add them with my lye, I haven't had the opportunity to make...

I love those eyeball soaps, and the skeletons OMG they are awesome! My kids are freaking out and want some! Looks like I'm going to be doing some Halloween soaps over the next few weeks! LOL

before you purchase, I'd try to contact the company, and find out if they are an essential oil, an extract, a flavoring, or a fragrance oil, then see what they are approved for. they should have that information on hand and be able to give it to you.

I have an order going out tomorrow, and I have to fill and order this weekend, 2- 16 oz candles, however I am going to make me some yogurt & GM soaps this weekend. I have the yogurt & GM in the freezer already divided up. Now I just have to figure out which fragrances I am going ot use.... have...

Generally for babies, I would only suggest pure castile soap! No fragrance, especially for newborns...... Leave all other ingredients out of the mix, just pure olive oil. Babies skin is very sensitive, and they are highly susceptible to essential oils, so essential oils are a big 'NO NO'...

I have read you can speed up the cure time a little by, putting the entire batch of soap, mold and all, wrapped in a blanket and put in the oven, let it 'bake' at 250deg. for 4 hours, then shut off the stove and let the whole batch sit in the oven over night........ however you still have allow...

nothing for nothing, but how is a caustic 'food', 'kosher'?