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Hello soapers! I wanted to make a woodsy type of soap and decided on tiger stripe concept with two shades of brown (brown iron oxide and cocoa powder) and yellow (yellow iron oxide). After unmolding my creation the next morning I was in for a surprise - its about as purple as it gets! Im not...

Hey guys! I recently tried a cuticle remover at a store and was surprised at how well it worked. It tidily removed all the dead skin within a minute or two and for someone who suffers from constantly torn cuticles, it was a miracle in a bottle. But that miracle in a bottle seemed to cost an arm...

Dear Soapers! So, I just learned that scent transfer is a thing =/. I had two batches of soap curing on the same rack and unfortunately the scents got all muddied up. They must have been together for roughly three weeks... Any chance that the original scent of each batch will come back if I...

Dear Lotion Makers! In my experience the heat and hold portion of lotion making, where you bring the water and the oils up to 70 Celcius and hold it for 20 minutes, is by far the hardest part of the entire procedure. I just cannot get the temperature to stay put at 70, so for the entire 20...

Dear soapers! I have been having particular difficulty with scents not only sticking to soap after curing, but not being present even as early as just after unmolding. The last batch of soap I did was done with full precaution with scent in mind - I used 2 tablespoons of clay, I soaped at no...

So after managing to successfully and repeatedly make soap without it volcanoing, separating, overheating, glycerin rivering, or any of the other fun stuff that soap can do, I finally decided to try making a swirl. And not just any swirl - a butterfly swirl. After worshiping the butterfly swirl...

Dear soapers! I have been having difficulty with EO scent sticking to my soap and after doing some digging around I came the conclusion that I was probably using too little of it. I already use clay, soap at roughly 110, use an anchor scent and keep my soap out of direct sunlight in a cool...

Hello Soapers, Creamers and all things fun! I have a problem with my creams that I was hoping someone could help me out with. I tried out a number of recipes from craftymonkey (bless her soul, her blog is bursting with information) but her cream recipes are not quite turning out right for me...

Dear soap makers! I made a batch of Castile soap back in October and then have put it in a shoe box, stowed it away into a closet and forgot all about it to let the soap age. I have since pulled it out and decided to inspect it. Apart from some DOE on the surface, there is a troubling gray...

Dear candle makers! I have been trying to make some soy wax container candles and although the candles smell great on their own, they seem to have no hot scent throw. I have used the maximum allowable fragrance content as per factory directions for the soy chips and have cured the candle for a...

Dear soap makers! I was wondering if anyone has made pet soap for either dogs or cats? My furry friends sometimes get into all sorts of messy things and water just does not seem to handle it, so I was wondering what kind of requirements pet soap might have. As with people soap, I was hoping for...

Dear soap makers! Hubby has asked me to make him a batch of liquid soap, and after checking out a couple of very detailed posts on this forum I decide to give it a try! This is what I used: 65g Olive oil, 25 g Coconut oil, 10 g Castor oil, 20 g Potassium Hydroxide, 65 g Glycerin. I boiled the...

Dear soap makers! I recently came across a number of entries saying that some soap makers add their fragrance to the oils before they add their lye, as opposed to adding the fragrance at trace. One in particular who seems to be doing so is Auntie Clara as I have read on her blog. I have also...

Dear soap makers, I am still a very beginner soap maker and appreciate your help greatly. My 4th batch of soap separated again, just like the 2nd one (with the third batch being never spoken of again). At this point I am flabbergasted that the first batch turned out without a hitch. I think I...

Dear soap makers, My new recipe for a shampoo bar soap did not turn out at all. 24 hours after being molded, half of it is gooey and the other half of it is solid and it is a bog green color. I am not sure if I should wait and see if it will harden (perhaps I used too much liquid oils), or if I...

Dear Soap makers! After having read wonders about including egg yolks into shampoo bar recipes, I was hoping to give it a try. However while trying to come up with my own working recipe, I ran into some trouble with the lye calculators. None of the online lye calculators seem to have egg yolks...