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Please help if you can. Thank you https://www.greenpeace.org.au/action/index.php?cid=22

I am so upset my first carrot juice soap and after 2 months of curing it has developed DOS :cry: I am trying to work out if it was due to the carrot or was it something else? I have in my notes that after a month the soap was a bit soft inside as I cut a bar. This was not my usual recipe as I...

An interesting video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNpwIzey ... re=related

Hi everyone just want to share, today I tried my first charcoal soap in the shower and was shocked at the prickly feeling it gives, like a thousand little shards getting into my skin, not a pleasant feeling :shock: . I used activated charcoal from capsules bought at the health food store...

Just wanted to share my recent experiment, the swirl happened unintentionally by partial gel I think, how weird is that? Thanks for looking :wink: [/url] Uploaded with ImageShack.us[/img] Avocado puree, parley infused oil and green clay scented with lemon verbena

Is the SAP value for refined OO same as any of the other OO's. I have been searching but have not been able to find it. I just bought a bottle of light OO which says it is made of refined and virgin OO's. I would like to try it in my soaps as it has a very light color that I like but i need...

My first beer and egg yolk shampoo bar, not the best looking bar but I hope it will perform well, its only a couple of weeks old so far lather is quite abundant but it feels a bit slimy, maybe too much OO, hope it changes as it cures. The other issue I have with it is that the scent of...

I've just had the weirdest experience with my lye water. I had dissolved 2 tsps of icing sugar into the lye water prior to adding the lye and after it had cooled down as I gave it a stir ready to pour into oils it suddenly became a thick gel with a grainy texture. I didn't want to waste it so...

Hi, I just wanted to spread the word about what is about to happen in Australia as the government has approved trials using Monsanto's GM wheat, which means inevitable contamination of all other farmer's crops conventional as well as organic, there will be no choice once these seeds have...

What a lot of fun making this soap was, no heating oils, gelling, ash, seizing but best of all the whitest soap I've ever made without trying. It's a cucumber melon from sweet cakes...delicious. Need to work on my swirling techiques, still experimenting with pop micas. Can't wait to try it and...

Hi, I made a batch @10% SF and also added GM, the soap feels too greasy and very soft, is it possible to rebatch adding some lye water to it to lower SF %?, I am tempted to try this but not sure if the added lye would saponify the excess oils within the already saponified soap or if it will stay...

Hi, I am trying to formulate an oil free lotion for son's acne prone skin. I usually make him gels based on aloa vera, EO's and some herbal extracts but his skin needs a bit of emollience since it has become too dry after using benzyl peroxide for a while. I made him a lotion last night with a...

please help save abandoned pets by signing "Pet rescue's" petition made to the Government of Victoria for amendment of proposed code of practice for management of dogs and cats in shelters and pounds to include foster carers. Please read following link. Thank you so much :wink...

Hi, just wondering if anyone here has ever used a product called Naticide as a preservative. I have been trying to find a preservative to use in my herbal creams that is vegetable derived. This product is sold by new directions and the specification says that can be considered as a natural...

A 4 months old soap has developed a few spots that looks very much like DOS but there is no rancid smell in the soap, I have only experienced DOS once before when I used to make soap with sunflower oil but the soap really reeked of rancidity, I was wondering if it is possible to get DOS without...

Just wanted to share the horrible experience I had yesterday while blending soap a drop went into my eye, it really burned, I went into a state of panic thinking I was already blind, run into the bathroom and flushed eyes with water for at least 20 minutes, my eye was very sore and terribly red...

Just found this video on youtube and loved it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se_kKB38gRI

Hi I was just wondering if Pomace OO will make a batch go darkish. my recipe had 45% POO, and other oils none of which are dark oils and as you can see soap looks pretty dark. GM added to oils which has never caused darkening of soap. All I can think of is the high quantity of POO which...

I just wanted to share pics of swirling after solid seizing of soap. After adding cinnamon EO to warm oils, coconut cream was mixed in with oils, lye and oils mixed with just a spoon so far so good until stick blender entered the scene, after only a few seconds the soap went lumpy and started...

First time experience added lye to honey water and boom it created a dark brown volcano that produced horrible fumes that almost choked me, pretty scary stuff. I haven't made honey soaps in such a long time forgot that it must be added at trace. I started again and added GM to oils & honey at...