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Made with my husband's 2 year old bourbon barrel aged beer, and scented with a bit of BBs Raspberry Porter. Can't wait to try it!

I have a friend who's requested a soap with sandalwood in it. I'm not a huge sandalwood fan on its own... too... sandalwoody? What pairs nicely with sandalwood? I tend to gravitate towards the citruses and the mints, along with benzoin, but I have quite a few different EOs and could pick up...

Eeeps! I'm excited - my first craft show is Saturday. I think I've got a good assortment of soaps, salt soaps, lip balm, mineral sea soaks, bath fizzies, bath truffles, and shower steamies. A little nervous as 2 of my batches of HP soap did not turn out - these are the first batches...

I'm looking for the name/author of the book about FDA regulations and good production methods. I've seen people talk about it on this forum, but I can't for the life of my come up with the right words to find it in a search on Amazon or Chapters, or anywhere else on the interwebs for that...

I've CP'd, HP'd, CPOP'd, and I really like making some nice CP soaps without scent or colour, curing them for a long time, and then grating them up and rebatching them. Does anyone else prefer rebatching CP as their chosen method? I feel like the odd duck, but I love the rustic way rebatched...

Hello fellow businessers, I just wanted to introduce myself in this forum, now that I'm able to - I previously thought I could participate here after 2 months membership - oops :/ I stumbled across this forum as I was specifically looking for a forum dealing with the business side of...

Making soleseife and trying to branch out and try a few new recipes. I'm having so much fun playing with recipes these days!!! Here's what I am thinking I will make - modifications on recipes I've tried before. Feedback is appreciated! Soleseife 1 50% Coconut 15% Crisco (w/ palm) 10%...

In my quest to perfect a daily-use face scrubbie, I've come up with a cute little flower pattern that I thought I would share. I'm making a pile of these for myself (and pre-teen son) to use once and then toss in the wash. These are easy-peasy and take me about 10 minutes each. Constructive...

Ok... so I will preface by saying I've poked through other threads on the topic and that this is my first foray into anything other than soaps... total scrub newb here! Do you personally use a preservative in anhydrous scrubs? On one hand, an anhydrous scrub on it's own does not need a...

Anyone looking for a nice, textured, crocheted face scrubbie? I combined a few other patterns I had into one, and I'm pretty pleased with the result. If you want to try it out, I'd appreciate any feedback on the pattern - I don't write a lot of patterns. I plan to make 5-6 of these as a set...

I'd like to preface this by saying that I'm a former high school science and math teacher... I like to measure my oils and NaOH in metric. So I thought to myself: "self, why don't you measure your molds in metric to get the mass of oils required that way, instead of mucking around converting...

Kind of a random question I know... but has anyone used tallow rendered from wild game, like moose, deer, elk, even bear? While I myself don't hunt large animals, I grew up in a hunting family and live in an area where hunting for sustenance is fairly common. Most hunters here endeavor to...

I'm still fussing around with this beer soap I'm trying to make. I want to use my husband's coffee stout and I *think* I've figured out recipes that will work well with the beer. Trying to use up some oils I already have as well as make a nice, balanced, all-purpose bar. After the basic...

Hi! I am a serial crafter who stumbled onto soap making a few years ago and fell in love. My first batch was a raw goat milk lemon poppyseed, and it was love at first lather. I used to be a science teacher and find saponification fascinating. Total geek here :) I have lurked for a while...