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I am having the COOLEST time tracking the cure from my very first batch of soap. I have chopped the 12oz batch into little pieces, enough for 16 weeks. I used the first piece 4 days after it was made. And then every week I grab a piece, use it for a week and then throw out the remainder...

Ok, so this is my latest batch of soap, scented with mango papaya. I like my design on top but the rest was a total ITP swirl fail, lol. I knew I was over mixing even as I did it but my hand just kept stiring *facepalm*. Also because I'm super impatient I think it was still a touch too soft for...

I was just wondering if any of you make separate soaps specifically for the face. I think that the recipes I've drawn up are gentle enough to use on the face (time will tell), I superfat at 7.5%. But I'm wondering if I should try something like a 15% superfat with colloidal oats and ricebran oil...

Yesterday I made my second batch of soap. This time it was with a loaf mold. I made a peppermint pumice foot scrub soap. Here are some things I learned. Adding peppermint to goats milk soap makes your soap smell like mint chocolate chip icecream. Which actually makes sense since I heat the milk...

Attempted my first batch of soap today. I made it in individual molds the stuck it in the freezer for 8 hours to avoid gel (goats milk and aloe juice), then 4 hours in the fridge. The batch only filled 2 and about one third cupcake molds. So I realized they could weigh a good 5oz. I checked...

Hi everyone! Tomorrow is going to be my first attempt at soap but I have a problem. I can't find any polypropylene (#5) bowls ANYWHERE locally. I found some online but they won't get here for another two weeks. Is this the only safe plastic to use? Can I use other plastic? If I can find any...

Ok I just saw something brilliant someone wrote a few years ago. It seems like an awesome approach to carrying lotion bar stock without worrying about dozens of bars in dozens of scents. You premake a bunch of unscented bars, and then as they are needed you melt them down and add your scent...

Since I bought some preservative and e-wax I thought I might as well challenge myself and try a water based face cream. I scoured the Internet for best practices when it comes to making face cream but omg almost everyone posts by volume instead of weight and then almost no one used preservatives...

Heeeeey everyone! I'm brand new to the forum but not to homemade body products, I've mixed for years. (Oh, I'm new to soap though, I start soaping next week!). Anyway, I'm working on new recipes, really honing them for the market instead of just myself. I've made lots of whipped body...