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Ok so for the most part all of my FO's say the same usage amount so I use .8oz PPO in the lye calculator and go with that. I recently got black raspberry vanilla and it says the usage rate is 3.5%. Do I just take the amount of oils in my recipe and multiply by 3.5% or do I use the whole weight...

Is it OK to cure soap on untreated wooden racks or do I need to line them

Ok so I usually use aloe juice in my soaps but I was out so I used inner filet aloe I had. It was cold when the lye was added. I also added a tsp of sugar to my water and this is my first time doing that. My soap recipe yields a pretty white bar of soap which makes me super happy. What Im...

Ok so I have a recipe that I love and in my wooden loaf mold worked beautifully. I wanted to do some FO testing so I used a slicone mold with different cavaties. that soap has been in the mold for 3 days and its still sticking at the very bottom when I go to remove it! I dont understand why...

Ok so I made a honey, goats milk and oatmeal soap the other day. The entire batch has milk and oatmeal but the honey is only in the bottom layer. I mixed the soap and everything was fine. Molded it and put a lid on and placed it outside so it wouldnt overheat. I live in indiana so its pretty...

I have a oil blend fat is 90% soy bean oil and 10% olive pomace oilhow should I put that in the calculator

Ok so bulk apothecary has all natural fragrance oils and I was interested in maybe using those. Has anyone used them? they have no reviews on their site.

I have been making soap for about 6 months now. I recently started breaking out in a rash all over. Im curious if anyone else has had this problem with their soaps. could it be the fragrance oils?

I am looking for a good supplier of fragrance oils. I have currently been using wholesale supplies plus but Im a little concerned that maybe it causes allergies. I would like fragrance oils that do not contain parabens, phalates or formaldehye. A company that someone has had good luck with.

I have searched and searched for a hair mousse recipe and have found nothing to build upon. The thought had crossed my mind to use a foamer bottle to get the mousse like texture (well not quite like commercial ones but close enough). I have always used a mousse on my roots for volume and would...

I want to use some aloe oil in a recipe and I use soapcalc to formulate my recipes. Aloe oil isnt listed though, it has aloe butter. Do they have the same properties?

OK so I am trying to find a good scent for my shampoo bar. I was thinking coconut papaya. What do you guys think?

I am making my first liquid soap, or at least trying to. It has been cooking for 3 hours. I used a lye calculator and used 6oz water 3oz KOH 15.9oz oils I did use plam kernal oil flakes as one of my oils so would my water ever really test clear? how do I test this soap?

OK...so alot of people on youtube and the web take bars of soap and turn it into liquid soap or bodywash. I have done this with a commercial bar of soap and it does work. However, I thought hey I am gonna do this with MY soap to get a liquid bodywash and it never thickened up. Anyone have any...

My lotion is all finsihed and I love it, however I did not add enough EO's. I only added 5 drops where I needed 10. Can I still add them and mix them in or is it too late?

Ok so I have these really nice .25oz containers that I want to use for my lip scrubs and eye creams etc. I am unsure how to fit all the ingredient information and business info etc on this jar. It is so small that the text is tiny with all of that on there. The side of the jar is rounded and...

Ok so I use germall plus for my lotions. It says to add at .5% so I have a recipe that has 10 oz of other ingredients, my calculations say 1 gram of preservative is what I need. Did I do that right? Seems like such a small amount

does anyone know of a body butter recipe that wont melt? I want something that will stay stable.

Ok so I am actually in the middle of making a Hot process soap right now and I cant find information for flash points on the website. Does anyone know a good temp to shoot for? I dont want to lose my fragrance!

OK..I am trying to figure out if I need a preservative and IF I do which one should I use. I use germall plus for my lotions because they contain water and HAVE to have a preservative. Now I am making sugar scrubs. They contain no water but you know how people are and could stick their...