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Hello fellow soapers. I have had the opportunity to have my cold process soap in a local gift shop. While everyone seems to have their own interpretation of what a "whole sale" amount of soap is and what the price should be. While its one thing to agree on a price for the initial large order...

Hello everyone, im stuck on my healing salve that I really want to make! I cant get the consistency I want, and for some reason after the recipe has been poured into containers, the next day it looks granulated. In my recipe I include bee's wax and I think its the bees wax that is separating...

Does anyone have experience with roasted coffee bean essential oil in cold process soap? I read a good review on the product but I'd like more feed back, I'm now kinda freakin out hoping that the coffee scent will survive. Anyone use this product before? TIA

I'm in the process of making a label for my shave soap. I use both types of lye, how do you list this in the ingredients without actually putting sodium hydroxide.... For example, Ive seen some people put sodium cocoate, and then a few ingredients down the list they have potassium cocoate…..how...

Holy frig, I cant find the INCI name for hydrogenated soybean wax....Anyone know what it is?? TIA

Hello fellow soapers! I'am happy to say my little soap business is growing :) to the point where I've started thinking wholesale. I've come up with a wholesale price, but now i'm wondering at what quantity of bars/bottles of soap should the wholesale price start? Any input or advice would be...

I'm wondering what other peoples ratio of TD to water is? I mix mine 1 : 2 TD to water. The problem I have is the portion of soap I reserve for the white TD gets concave as it ages, and I know that's from too much water. How to you guys avoid getting concave soap when using TD and water?

Hello Soapers! I have recently struck one of my first wholesale deals with a health food store that would like to sell my soap :D I was so excited to be striking a deal that after leaving the store and thinking about it, i didn't barter with her. I knew my bottom dollar and when she offered...

Hello! I cant find it anywhere on line! What is the name for hemp seed oil after saponification? An example would be Sodium Olivate for olive oil.

Hello soapers. I have noticed with my milk soap made with full water, then add half the value of water in milk, turns out fairly concave after curing. I make two different milk soaps. A goats milk soap that is full milk, i don't use any water with this one. The second one i make is a coconut...

Is it safe to assume that if you have a superfat level of 1% or more in liquid soap that is cooked fully that there will not be excess lye?

Hi all :) I've made liquid soap a handful of time with ok results. One recipe in particular i've had turn out quite well and its wonderful to use. The one constant with this particular recipe is that, after i've made the soap paste and add the water for dilution, let it sit over night, the paste...

Hello soapers :) I recently bought some 5lb silicone soap liners with mold from Nurture Soap Supply. I have a hard time getting my soap out of the liner even after its been sitting for 24-48 hours. It was never like this before with my wooden molds with same dimensions, and parchment paper. I...

Hi people. Wondering if there is a formula to figure out how much soap is needed for certain designs. In particular, the design where you would tilt a rectangular loaf mold on its side to fill up the corner of the mold, for the diagonal corner? I know i could trial and error it but, wondering if...

Hi, just wondering what over cooked liquid soap looks like? I used the lowest setting on my crock pot but its pretty warm even for a low setting. What are the signs of over cooked liquid soap? Thanks

Hi im looking to make a disinfectant spray, by request of a local gym. I plan on using essential oils of course but wondering if anyone has used or herd of a bacteria test strip? Looking to test the effectiveness of the spray. Thanks

Hello knowledgeable soap makers! Last night i attempted making liquid soap. I think it went well, except for this morning when i went to look in my slow cooker expecting to find a runny diluted soap mixture, it was still very thick. My recipe was 75% Olive oil, 12.5% castor oil, and 12.5%...

Has anyone tried using blue cornmeal as a colorant in cp soap? if so, how did it turn out?

So, do you idealy want to not have to use any water when your making bath bombs?

Is there much of a difference between liquid laundry soap and liquid soap? I guess they would be the same thing but, maybe a little different because one is for soap and one is for clothes.