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I so wish I had taken photos. So newbie makes first bath bombs, she can't go wrong they are all fabulous:) Then I bought some citric acid. It said "fine" for silky .... whatever. I didn't read the bit that said that it was better for a press rather than hand made moulds. So, I added the...

Still at the bottom of the learning curve! I bought the same mould from two different sellers. The first one was good so I tried to use scraps from the first mould to test the second mould. The first mould took around 16g, so I heated this much. It started to melt but by the time I had taken...

After I have poured into the moulds, I spritz with rubbing alcohol to get rid of air bubbles. The surface, once the soaps are ready to de-mould, still look a little "rustic". I know that I could cut away the rough part, but is there anyway this could be made smooth during the cooling process...

Has anyone else tried this? I made a couple of bars, no fragrance or colour, just to see what it was like. This is made with just 5% African Black, I have a bar of the real stuff on order to compare. The soap base is brown and translucent but after use the edges look grey and not terribly...

A friend bought me a set of these candles and they look gorgeous. I have yet to make my first candle in more than 30 years, and I would love to decorate mine with something similar. I have searched the web with no success, I am not going to go into competition with these sellers, but can...

I am itching to make my first bath belts, but when I look up recipes, I seem to be one ingredient short. As I have not made them before, I am a bit wary of just switching ingredients because I don't know what may happen! Can you suggest some recipes for the following ingredient please...

I am new to this, I don't know what a lot of the fragrances smell like. Can you suggest some fragrances/combinations for men please?

I was wondering about making some bath bombs for a friend's children, she has two under 4. I looked on the link about babies skin but didn't find anything that was helpful. So far, I have made 4 lots, all have been awesome (so I am overdue for a failure) but I wondered if there was any advice...

I have made two lots of bombs using this recipe. I wanted something simple.. http://www.thesoapkitchen.co.uk/acatalog/Recipe-Bath-Bomb.html The first lot were probably too wet, they came out of the moulds round but they were misshapen after an hour or so, flattening out on the bottom. I only...

I have about 15 samples 2g each of mica. I am new to soaping so I thought I would ask here before I go ahead. I was thinking of making these into colour blocks. Mixing with alcohol and then adding to about 30g of clear m&p. These could then be used later to add colour to soap. Does this...

Yet to make my first soap, this will probably take place mid November when we have returned from holiday. In the meantime, (inspired by books) I really fancy trying crystal clear soap with embedded flowers. Found a possible base. Sellers blurb says: Crystal Clear Soap Base is a vegetable...

Hi, this is my first post. Whilst I was on line ordering my candle making kit (not made candles for 30 odd years), I became very interested in soap making. I have bought a couple of books, awaiting delivery. I have two initial questions. 1. I have read through some of the posts and I have...