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I see we got off topic here so the consensus among you all is to not sanitize the pipettes (I sanitize my bottles with alcohol and steam). Just making sure. I can only imagine that dust and other thing settle in the warehouse where these thing are stored and I would not be a fan of rubbing that...

Thanks. I was under the impression that DOS only happened in Cold Process. I will be on the look out. Oh I forgot to add that those are HP bars. I have no interest in CP. I figured out how to make a smoother bar. That's about it. I am not adding soap immediately. We are just listing 10...

You mean like a mid or base note? Ylang ylang for example?

Hi Relle I've made 5 batches so far. They seem ok. They are very hard non drying. Even though they are hot process I let them cure about 2-3 weeks. Not sure what else I should be looking for as far as quality. I made my first batch 6 months ago. How long should I soap before I sell? I've...

I would never never never reuse pipettes. Cross contamination isn't good. I think you misunderstand my question. Let me try to simplify. Can I use the pipettes directly from the manufacture out of package without sanitizing them? Hence why I asked about drawing alcohol up into them. To sanitize...

Hello I'm hoping to open my Etsy shop in the next few weeks. I have some oils to add in the mix with my line (e.g Marula Oil and the like) I use a stainless steel funnel that I washed and spray saturated with alcohol for about 2 mins to fill the 1 ounce bottles which was kind of a pain because...

I purchased some FO/EO blends. We will see how that works.

HAHAHA!!! A few batches back I was busy running my mouth and poured bergamot in my batch immediately after the cook and got a big steamy poof of citrus in my face. I was lucky, huh? LOL!! However, a bar from that batch smell like nothing now. :-( When do you add the sodium lactate?

I have about 3-4 batches under my belt and I realized that most of my citrus oils have been flashing. These are essential oils b/t/w not fragrance. Can I cool hot process soap to 115-110 degrees? My bars come out really smooth for hot process even the tops. I pat them down and it almost...

I think I may try it both ways but it may be easier to incorporate the oatmeal throughout during trace, no?

Thanks!

When do you add things like honey, clay or colloidal oatmeal to the hot process soap? At trace or after? Also with the honey do you use powder or fresh raw local honey?

Ok. My soap isn't like that at all. Just sticky. I think it's the glycerine as was stated earlier. Thanks so much for the advice guys! I actually haven't had any issues with soaping yet except for flashing some eo's. Next go round I'm going to add some clay and botanical extracts like white...

Explain soap scum please? I thought it just accumulated on my shower. lol!

The soap dish is well draining and I live in a humid climate here in SC. Also I cant believe I typed quiet instead of quite. Screaming baby and lack of sleep. :-D I want to sell on Etsy so I am just trying to get it right.

So does a soft bar equal a sticky bar? The bar is rock hard. Like super hard. I mean it was soft when I unmolded it but it has hardened quiet well. I could just be complaining because I am use to using commercial soap. LOL!

Ok guys I can't find the recipe I used for the olive, palm, shea but here is the one for the other oilve oil 38% shea butter 20% palm kernel oil 32% cocoa butter 7% mango butter 3% I let this sit out for about 2 weeks. The olive, palm...

Not sure if this is a think or just normal for non-commercial soap. This is my third batch. The first was an olive/palm recipe and the second and third were my own formulated through soapcal. Those batches contained olive, palm and shea and then olive, palm, shea, cocoa and mango butters...