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I just started making M & P soaps. I did a batch the other day using micas from elements. I mixed it with a bit of pure glycerin before pouring into the soap. The colors in the white based soaps stayed the same. The clear base came out beautiful dark sparkly colors. The next day, the blue in the...

They opened a new mall near me and there are 2 soap shops there that I went to check out. I first went to Sweet Bubble Bath and it was very nice. CP soaps that smelled and looked great with nice packaging. Then I went into LUSH. I had heard so many good things about them. I was shocked! I...

So I used an injector tool today to make some small detail and now there is dried soap stuck in there and in the thin curved tip. How in the world will I clean this out?

Below are my first attempt at easy melt and pour soaps. They are far from perfect, but not too bad. I like the triple layered one. Some issues were that the little blue flowers separated and there are bubbles in the clear one. I sprayed with alcohol but maybe not enough.

I want to add vitamin e to my lip balms and lotion bars. MMS suggests .1- .25 percent. How do I figure out what one tenth of a percent is in my receipie? What is the formula to calculate it? If I use 8 oz total of oils and butters what would that convert to for .1% (one tenth of 1 percent)? It...

I use beeswax for lipbalms and lotion bars but I wanted to make some ornaments so this is the first time I am using straight wax. I poured the molds and while they were cooling they all cracked. Why is this? They are just sitting on the counter at room temp. I was thinking of making some beeswax...

Hi. I'm new here and just started making salt & sugar scrubs which I eventually plan on selling. I have a question about packaging. Is it possible to package them in those stand up foil pouches? I know that a large amount of essential oils will eat through plastics, but I'm wondering if a small...