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Hello! Im having problems with my vegan lip balms cracking really badly. I didnt have much problem before when i used a round tube. But now im using the oval tube for a custom order and when removing the lid it makes the lip balm crack almost every time. I have been using 24% wax for a long...

i added some EO to my liquid soap and it turned the top into a jelly like crust....i tried heating and cooling, no change. i added a tiny bit of water and heated and covered with saran wrap this time and cooled. its almost cool now but it still looks like there is no change. i did this with 3...

last time i made a batch of liquid soap for foamer bottles i added 1% EO and that was WAY too high. I ended up adding a lot more soap and taking it down to 0.5% EO in liquid soap for foamer bottles. for the less diluted liquid hand soap (NOT foamer bottles) should i do it at 0.5% also? or...

yo! so i made a liquid soap last week. with CO, OO, sunflower, ricebran, cocoa butter and unrefined shea superfatted at 3%, and I set the lye concentration to 91.1% (what my supplier says it is). and there is still some creamy stuff floating on top (the soap below is totally clear). i made...

I have tried the CP method for LS three times now and it has only worked once, the first time. The last time, it took FOREVER to get thick, and after it got really thick i covered it up and wrapped towles around it. even a couple days later the pheno tests was still bright pink. so...

lol im looking for a source of glycerin that is not made from palm OR soy and must be non-GMO. anyone have any ideas where i can find some?

what the heck happened?! i made 100% liquid castile with 3% superfat, 1000g of oils. i added 2 oz of glycerin because i heard that would thicken it up. and it seemed to work quite well. no glycerin used when creating the paste. the glycerin was added around the same time as the citric...

How can i thicken 100% CO liquid soap? I am interested in only natural methods, no synthetic chemicals. You can post non-natural methods for the benefit of others with the same question, but I wont be using anything that is not natural. I have heard that salt does not work for high CO...

I make 100% CO stain sticks with 0% superfat. But I dont like how hard it is. If I add some KOH, i figure that will soften the bar a bit, which will make it easier to cut, and easier to use. But I still want a totally solid bar, not dentable at all. How much KOH should I use? I have made...

the SMB calculator is down so I am using soapcalc. what do i put for the water amount as % of oils?

Should i factor the amount of EO i am using in the % I want for superfat? I want 8% superfat. So should i add 8% of my SF oils, or 5% (with 3% EO)?

For the pros out there, what are the best ways to make Castile soap? Should I HP it? How much of a water discount should I do? 30% of oils (if not HP)? Should I add salt or keep it pure? I plan to mold it in silicone so I don't have to cut it (sometimes its way too soft and...

i am making a face oil to use instead of lotion because i dont want the emulsifiers or the preservatives (allergic to all the preservatives i have tried) i already use oil on my face instead of lotion.....i wet my hands, add one drop of oil, rub my hands to spread it around then apply to the...

i dehydrated some carrots and currently have eggplant skin and beets in the dehydrator i know carrots and beets are supposed to work for coloring soap. anyone have any idea if eggplant skins would work? what about purple carrots for purple color? i could peel off the purple outer edge...

dont forget saturday at 9:26:53am its PI DAY do 9 decimal places! none of us will be alive next time that happens. i think i will make a pie to celebrate!

This soap is the perfect candidate for rebatching i think... 1. partial gel made it ugly 2. i cut it totally crooked 3. its not a horrible soap, but its a little drying to me (30% CO 70% OO with yogurt as half the water - SF at 8%). Not lye heavy. 4. i could make another batch of soap...

i hear some people add antioxidants to oils that have a short shelf life to help extend the shelf life. Is it Rosemary Seed Extract (liquid or powder?) or Rosemary EO that is used? And how much is used per lb of oil? What about other antioxidants? Which oils do people add this to? I...

i have been using refined shea which doesnt have much smell. i just got some Crafters Choice natural shea and it smells kind of like anise....is that normal?? my other shea smells nothing like anise. my refined is totally white and the natural is bright yellow

I am doing a single oil bar test I have seen the other sites that have done it, but i want to feel it myself, and include some oils they didnt. I used a mini mixer, so it did put a bunch of air into the bars. I wasnt going to hand mix all of them and the volume was way too small for a stick...

i made a yogurt soap with 30% CO and 70% 00 8% SF soap on Feb 1st. its now been a month and the soap is still drying to my skin. will it get less drying as it ages more, or is it just too drying for me? the recipe was taken out of the milk soapmaking book, and is listed as one of the...