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  1. hopalongkat

    Soap Cutters

    I'm looking to buy a nice soap cutter. I wanna go with a Bud H cutter, but I can't decide between single bar cutter or 12 bar cutter. I mean, what's the difference (besides the obvious)? Is there any difference in cutting single bars one by one or cutting them all at once?? Just want some...
  2. hopalongkat

    Vit E in lip balm

    I have a lip balm recipe that calls for "5 drops of 100% Pure Vitamin E Oil" and that whole batch makes 10 tubes. So I just bout some Nature's Gate Vitamin E Acetate Skin Oil 32,000 I.U. Now it does say "do not use on face or eye area; for external use only". That should answer my question...
  3. hopalongkat

    Black Raspberry Vanilla

    Used BRV from Nurture Soaps. In LOVE with the smell!! Worked very nice in the soap as well. First time attempting a tiger stripe also (I think that's what you'd call this?). I cut it with a knife, and it ended up dragging pretty bad, so the colors were a little muddy Definitely needed a wire...
  4. hopalongkat

    Discoloring fragrances

    I have a couple of Discoloring FO, Turkish Mocha, Burnt Sugar, Pumpkin Spice. If I split a batch of soap, add the FO to one and then do a drop swirl, will it discolor to look like a true drop swirl?? Hoping that description makes sense! I can see it in my head, but I'm not sure if it will come...
  5. hopalongkat

    Recipe too soft??

    Here is a recipe I tried a few days ago: 17.5% Olive Oil = 5.95 oz 15% Coconut = 5.10 oz 12.5% Avocado = 4.25 oz 20% Sunflower = 6.80 oz 25% Rice Bran = 8.50 oz 10% Cocoa Butter = 3.4 oz Lye: 4.60 oz Water: 11.22 oz Superfatted by 3% I used Bramble Berry's Lye Calculator; haven't...
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