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Love my new soap cutter!!! And don't worry, Jonathan didn't get near the wire arm ;)

Just something I learned in my quest for an easy lining method- but I used a big regular sized trash bag to line the soap mold with-big mistake! not only did my soap have horrible wrinkles, naturally, but it had a really nasty plastic smell to it in the shower. I initially thought it was the...

I'm trying for an economical soap batch, from your experience which has the longer shelf life in cp soap- canola or soybean?? About how long do the bars last??? Obviously it's not an issue if you use the soap immediately, but in hoping to sell- here's my economy bar recipe- Lard 30 percent...

Hi all! For those with experience with beer soaps, I'm going to make my first batch. I know the beer has to sit out and get flat prior to use... What beer is best?? What percentage to lye? Can I replace all my water with it and mix the lye in directly?? Or add at trace? What FO works...

Where is the best price olive oil??? So far I've found costco to be cheapest. Anyone found it for less than $2 per pound? I'm talking cheapest, pure oo here, thanks!

So here is my first linear swirl... I've done them before, but always varied my lines and it didn't render the same effect. Here, I was sure to put each color in separate areas of the top- makes it much better!! Soap queen. Com has YouTube examples

wondering why the same oxides give such different results? The soap on the right is bubblegum, the white part faded to brown but rest of the colors stayed neon...the left soap is monkey farts. Both have vanillin in the FO, gelled the left soap, 1/2 milk... Otherwise recipes are about the same. I...

Does anybody know how to prevent or mitigate separation from the glass of soy candles?? I can't recall the soy type, it's middle of the road priced, no additives. Poured at 110 or so.. Would stearic acid help? Thanks!

Okay, so I haven't been soaping for a few months, Christmas soaps/shows wore me out!!!, but I'm back to soaping, which means in turn, I'm back to learning from all of you again ;) I am tweaking my recipe and am up to 15% castor and the soap is okay except its rather sticky/wet in the mold even...

does anyone buy the beeswax yellow pellets from soapers choice? it was a great price, but there's most definitely a plastic smell to the beeswax. I used in my lip balm, was great moisturizing chapstick but with that darn plastic smell despite 3% flavor oil, heres the basic recipe: 1 part...

Hi all, I'm enjoying my soaping adventures so much that I've branched out to soy candles, lip balm and now lotion. I've bought the goats milk and honey base from wholesalers which is great, but want to try my own lotion w/o H20 so it won't mold/bacteria. My recipe calls for 1/4 cup of...

Hi all! Well, I've been trying those soapqueen darn swirls again, and I have put two batches in the freezer right after pouring to deter gel...so I made these this past Sunday and theyre still zapping me when I taste them, sometimes I taste soap though...so my question is- how long does it...

Am I the only one who is officially taking over the dining room with all of the soaps, molds, and other paraphernalia? Thank goodness for understanding spouses! And Santa watches over the progress...

Just wondering if anyone has had success w/ this FO?? I'm hoping it will work in CP, b/c its just easier to do the oatmeal bits with CP than HP, even if that HP is liquefied by Sodium lactate...any thoughts or experiences to share? as I posted earlier, stay clear of the bridezilla bouquet FO for...

So, I've tried bridezilla bouquet from justscents and it ruins CP!! just FYI, next time I'll be adding it to HP, a word to the wise! oh, also had oil separation bad (but not horrible) with sea and sand FO from justscents...and pink grapefruit...alright, that's it, I'm switching over to HP!!;-)

The Very FIRST batch of soap I did was cpop and LOVED that art of soaping instantly!! No joke, I slept w/ a slice of my new 'sweet pea' soap under my pillow :-P So lately I have been having no luck w/ cpop...been trying all those new fangled swirl techniques showcased by the marketing genius...

I just used Gingerbread Cookies FO in a batch of candles and they don't smell ANYTHING like it! Maybe picking up a bit of spice but it is such a disappointment!! I purchased the scent from Justscent.com fyi...anyone have a good gingerbread FO that's reasonably priced?

Two quick questions for those more experienced candlemakers: 1.) How do you guys clean your soy wax instruments (bowls, spoons, etc.) without clogging the kitchen drain?? should I be cleaning them outside- but that would be quite hard w/o hot water, and especially in winter....:-? 2.) I just...