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Help! I bought my first round of Babassu oil from Misty Magic supplies and at room temp the oil was very hard. We use the oil for making deodorant and yep we are out. Misty Magic was out so I ordered what is listed as 100% pure Babassu oil from Amazon and yea.. this is bad juju.. It...

A short while ago dorittefarm posted this amazing black and red soap made with Carolyn's DragonBlood FO. said it was colored with nature soap mica. An so it began, I have done very little with color and never with micas. The FO I chose for this soap discolors to tan so I thought black and tan...

Looks like WSP is offering 35% off fragrance oils today!

Looking to explore neem oil, from what I have found it seems to be either a love it or hate it kind of thing. I have to admit that some of the descriptive language found within this forum to describe neem is colorful to say the least, none the less it has peaked my interest. :mrgreen: The...

What went wrong, if anything? I Made a batch of 80% lard soap this morning. 80% lard, 15% CO, 5% Castor, default SoapCalc settings so I that puts my recipe at a 5%SF and 38% water % of oils. I had 2 sample FOs from BB. The FOs are where I made one mistake I know. Using the BB Calc for the...

Is there any value in adding sugar to the lye water in a salt bar recipe? And if so at what porpotion? From what I can see in other threads the usage rate seems to vary by personal preference between 1 Tsp and 1 Tbsp PPO. But can't find specific mention of its use in salt bars.

Hello all! I am seeking your feedback on my recipe below. Your thoughts on the bar qualities this will produce or any tweaks you would suggest would be greatly appreciated. I am attempting to make a conditioning bar that will help ease the winter dry skin blues. Thanks in advance for your...

Hello from central Tennessee. First I would like to offer my thanks to the self-described “Enablers” on this site. Your collective knowledge has made this adventure an enjoyable one to say the least. About 5 months ago my wife purchased me a bar of soap from a flea market and I truly enjoyed it...