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Do you 'zap' test AND check pH levels in your soaps? or do you just do one. This may sound like a dumb question but what pH should soaps be when fully cured??? is it the same pH as water ... 7???ish

Iv got some new small molds delivered today but they are made from quite hard plastic. would m&p soap be easier to remove then cp??? they are just molds for decoration

So i purchased some fragrance oils which got delivered today - smelt really nice in the bottle but now iv added them to my soap batter i cant smell a thing??? my batter mix was only 400g and i used 20ml of fragrance oil???? i should be able to smell it right???

How can I make a tiny snowflake or star to go on top of a soap xmas tree? I cant find any moulds small enough but Im stuck for items on how I can make them? Any ideas you lovely people x

I am trying so hard to control my new soap making addiction but it is so very hard. I just have so many ideas running around in my head and I want to make them all now .... but I must hold back or my house will be over run with soap which I wont be able to use in a life time :lol: I...

In soap making what is the difference between using extra virgin coconut oil and Fractionated coconut oil? Do they both hold the same kind of properties? Also does anyone have a link to a site that lists all the common butters and oil used in soap and what they do in soap ... ie, bubbles...

Ok so here's my 1st swirl attempt. I did in pot swirls (think that's what it's called) where u swirl the colour in the mixing pot before adding to the mould. The colours keep changing so will be interesting to see what these look like in 6 weeks. Iv failed so many times I'm becoming an...

Quite pleased with these cute little cup cakes. Lemon pie style and some random pink blobs which were from this mornings attempt at frosting. I thought I had messed it up so just put it in moulds, ended up fine lol Iv failed so many times I'm becoming an expert

Well for a beginner I think Iv learnt quite abit already :cool: 1. How easy it is to get false trace 2. Using a lot of olive oils takes longer to bring to trace 3. Oils separate if not brought to trace 4. Soap can get too hot and go lumpy/grainy 5. The warmer the oils/lye the faster the...

Ewww quite frankly un scented soap just smells like fat It smells like how I would imagine a liposuction operating room to smell like lol Does this smell fade during cure? As I would like to eventually have a range of non scented soaps. Iv failed so many times I'm becoming an expert

Try my 2nd lot of cp soaps today and Im sooooo happy. Everything went very well this time ;) I used a slightly different recipe, with less olive oil and I made sure I reached trace properly. I did think it was thickening up a bit to fast to get in the moulds but I only did I very small batch so...

So my 1st cp attempt didn't work out so well. I didn't bring it to trace properly so the oils separated. Had oil spilling out over the top of the mould. The bits that have started to set are quite soft and oily. Can I rebatch this? Does it matter that I lost loads of oil that spilled over the...

Ok ok don't laugh! It's a bit of a disaster hahahaha The frosting was perfect tho! The loaf bit isn't setting, I have oil spilling over the top now ... Oh my! I think I didn't mix it properly But here's the top lol Iv failed so many times I'm becoming an expert

Ok so Im super excited, I have all my ingredients delivered so I can make my 1st batch of soap tonight once kiddies are in bed. but ... where should I cure/store on soap once made? I have a handy shelf in my airing cupboard where I dry out my bath bombs etc ... is this ok or is it too warm?

My mum bought herself some frankincense resin today for an oil burner, the smell from it is amazing. Iv never seen resins before. Just wanted to know if anyone has used any resins to scent their soaps? The smell seems much stronger than eo's and resin is much cheaper to. Iv failed so many...

I bought some coffee the other day but when it was delivered it wasn't instant coffee it was the type of coffee you use in a machine. The fine powder type coffee. I don't have a coffee machine so this is pretty useless to me but .... Can I use it in some soaps maybe? If so how? Just for...

Just a quick question, other then eo's, is there others ways to naturally scent soaps? Does using honey give a honey smell? Does using goats milk make it smell like goats milk? Etcetera etc Iv failed so many times I'm becoming an expert

Hi every1, iv been making cosmetics for a while now such as body butters, lotion bars etc ... All the easy stuff I would really like to try cold process soap making. Iv watch many vids on you tube but soon get sucked in by all the beautiful advanced techniques lol Does anyone have a very...

Should we be adding a preservative to the frosting if we use water in frosting mix? If so what should I use? Has anyone ever made frosting using oil instead of water? I don't use water in my bath bomb bases, can never get them right so I substituted water 4 oil and get perfect fizzy bombs...