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I made a batch of roses and heart melt and pour soap. I used a little bit of Kaolin clay as an additive but it didnt melt in too well. Advice?

I was talking to a lady where I work and she was asking me about my soap. I told her I make cold process soap and she asked is that the stuff with lye? I told her it is. I told her that the lye goes through a process (saponification) once the lye and water mix meets the oils when it's 100°. She...

I'm going to make Emoji soap but can't figure out how to make the eyes. I have the molds on the way. I have a poop Emoji and the sunglasses Emoji. I've purchased the brown color for it. haha. I have the other colors needed. I'm just trying to figure out how to make the little eyes.

Today I decided to take a nice walk over to our local farmers market. While I was there I found some interesting things at the spice and tea table. They had a special on their salt and spice items, so I bought five packages of interesting things. I purchased pink Himalayan salt, black lava salt...

I thought it would be fun to make a batch of Plato for the kids at school where I work. So I made a big batch and they love it. I scented it it with a Christmas tree fragrance oil and it smells amazing! Here is my recipe :) Playdoh 3 cups flour 3 cups water 3 tbs olive or other liquid vegetable...

My first attempt at making cp salt bars didn't go well, so i thought. I had very dry flaky bars that broke into pieces. So I grated it all into a big bag and sealed it not knowing what I was going to do with it. So recently, I was feeling adventurous and I opened up the bag, scooped some of the...

They say third times the charm, let's keep our fingers crossed that I got it right this time. I pasted my recipe below and a photo of my globs. Don't bring up the color, I don't want to talk about it LOL!

These are Photos of four batches of CP soap. I'm still not very good at swirling. I've only been making soap for about three months and I do about 1 to 3 batches a month.

Hello, I wanted to run my salt bar recipe through the forum before I started making it. So here it is in all of its glory. I messed up last time and did 5% super fat instead of 20% super fat. Whoops!

I only used 5% super fat when I made my CP salt bar. Is this OK? I read in some places I should've use 20% but in another place I read 8%. Is 5% too little? Should I just throw the stuff away. It looks like peppermint bark LOL :-)

I wanted to make something fun this holiday so I decided on a theme of "Black Christmas," so I made Cthulu soaps and coal soaps in a Christmas scent. I used activated charcoal for the color.

I was making soap bars today for eczema and psoriasis. When it came time for the activated charcoal bar I accidentally poured about 3 ounces into my 1 pound mix and a poof of black dust floated around my face and in the air LOL! These bars will be very dark. Will this be bad for skin or OK to...

I bought some Nopales (cactus) at the farmers market and I thought I'd use it as an additive in some cp soap this weekend. (Dont worry i remove the prickly stuff haha) Has anyone tried this?

I have four soap bars in mind to help with eczema and/or psoriasis. The soap types are: Pine tar, salt bar, goats milk, and charcoal cold process soap. I am making each type individually and not mixing ingredients or adding fragrance or essential oils. Is there a good base to start with? Such as...

My mom has diabetes and high bp and I was wondering if there are certain ingredients that can hurt her in cp soap? I want to make her a few soap bars for her dry skin tone and make something moisturizing that won't hurt her diabetes or high blood pressure.

Do i win a prize or get a sticker? :) I made some patchouli & rosemary CP soap and noticed my INS in soap calc was 160. I read that is a good thing but on Brambleberry i read it doesn't mean jack. Darnit i was hoping it meant i made a great batch of soap. Im not sure if INS means anything...

I infused rosemary into my distilled water on my slow cooker. I strained it and let it cool. When i added it to my lye it the water/lye mixture turned brown. I mixed it with my oils and not sure if this is ok or what.

Excited to get more creative making my second batch of CP soap. My new FO's finally arrived...my precious...

I love going to the Farmers Market, even when it is 95 degrees out. I found some great items today: 3 lbs organic/local beeswax, 1 lb of cactus (i did not know it is edible,) and some fruits n veggies. I definitely am using the beeswax for a few different things like balms, lotions, soaps (when...

I took a class on CP Soap Making but it was not so great. I decided to join this forum because I see so many experienced soap crafters sharing info and tips, debates, etc... I tried my first go at making cp soap. One looks fine but the other has weird white stuff in it ??? I hope it goes away...