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a nice video from one of my favourite youtube channels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXpvTuIcXy0

Let's vote for the cutest soap! https://www.facebook.com/Handmadeology/photos/a.478055790835.260679.80241060835/10152046522205836/?type=1&comment_id=10152051552510836&reply_comment_id=10152056295155836&offset=0&total_comments=1293&notif_t=photo_reply

I have been giving some soaps to my mother in law and to my sister in law and they became soft mushy on the side that was against the soap dish. That never happened to any of my soaps that i have been using at home. (But i have a proper soap dish that allows the soap to really dry) This soaps...

Has anyone been trying this natural FO s in soap? are they working? http://www.gracefruit.com/gracenotes-natural-fragrances/ https://soapmakers-store.com/index.asp?display=main&Col_Category=1Soap+Making&Col_SubCategory=Butters%2C+Solid+Oils+%26+Waxes&productID=1355

Yesterday I made some more single oil soaps, just to get the feel of what each butter / oil has to give to my soap. I got a little bit different result then what zensoapswap got. I tested Palm oil, shea butter, mango seed butter , Palm kernel oil , and cocoa butter. Some months ago I tested...

Naturally coloured cupcakes with botanicals and pink clay

Has anyone been trying to coat their wood mold with sealing silicone? I had my husband to make me a new wood mold that i can take easily into pieces completely and I am planning to try coating it with normal cheep silicone. Will it work ? Any ideas , tips, before I begin with the experiment?

natural soap and embeds coloured with infusions ( of madder root, alkanet root , annatto seeds , calendula) , cocoa powder , calendula petals , laurel berry oil

Hello! I have a HP loaf of soap that is not looking very great on top and I have been thinking to add some icing on it. Will the icing attach to the loaf? Is there anything I need to do before I start , like preheat the loaf, or something like that? I have been trying before to add a thin layer...

Hello soapmakers:) I am planning to make some shampoo and I can not decide on what surfactant I should use. Here is the list of the ones I could buy : Betaine, Kokosglucosid, Sodium Coco Sulfate (SCS), Decylglucoside-Collagentensid, Plantapon ® SF, Sodium Cocoyl isethionate (SCI), Dermofeel ® G...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc-z-ScK-JM I just wonder what is her recipe.... she gets a very flexible soap

I have been searching for soap tutorials on how to make roses and I found this french tutorial. I translated it with google translate and she is making the roses from a ready saponified loaf. very interesting. I have been trying this method one time with play dough and it is not difficult...

Hello dear soaper friends again! I can't simply find madder root powder in europe, anyone knowing any online shop? Thank you ahead!

Hello! I found this little roses silicone molds on ebay , I have been thinking that they would make nice small soap embeds. Do you think they have to sharp details? are the petals to thin? Will I be able to unmold cp soap from them and still have the rose in one piece ? has anyone else been...

I would like to buy a silicone mold that will not make my soap look like sponge when i CPOP. what are the options? Is it possible to successfully CPOP in silicone molds?

Does anyone know a good european essential oil brand? I have been using "now " lavender oil from USA and i really loved it but the lavender essential oil i bought from my german provider (manske shop) is not at all the same nice. the other fragrances where also quite a disappointment....

Hello! I have been trying mixing my oils in all kind of combinations and my latest recipe is : OO 40%, PKO 30%, shea butter 15, soy bean oil 15%(calendula infusion ). SF 5% I was happy that i managed to reduce my oil list to only 4 ingredients but i am not at all satisfied with the result...

I found this super cool tutorial from soaping101 and I gave it a try. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqOmawb4WLw I did things a little bit different then what I saw in the tutorial... I used a wood box and I filled the bottom with play doh and I filled also all the shells with play doh. I...

According to EU regulations one would not be allowed to make soap that looks like food, but there is a pretty well known soap shop in UK that is selling lots of cupcake soaps... how can that work...?

Hello! I have some soap nuts and I was thinking to powder them and add them into an little experiment batch . I just trowed them into my food processor and grind them a little bit and then noticed that the my soap nuts are not just shells, the black stones are left inside... Has anyone any...