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Hope everyone is well... Does anyone know how to use these so called MILLIARD lip balm tube labels ???? OMG , ive tried so hard and long to figure them out but , im simply just not the smartest when it comes to labels and making them. I have the template and all BUT i just can't :(:mad: has...

Hi everyone, Hope your week started off great.. well mine didn’t .. I made a 2 lb batch and accidentally used veg glycerin instead of the sweet almond oil ( I didn’t read the label - just assumed it was the almond oil) just noticed I did that cause I was about to do it again .. it was about 1.6...

Hi Everyone, So on the weekend I made lotion for the first time - it was swift crafty monkey recipe 70 % water 15 % oil - ( i used avocado oil ) 5 % shea butter 3 % cetyl alcohol 5 % polawax 1 % Fragrance oil - ( i used baby powder FO ) 0.7 % germall plus so I did all it asked...

Hi everyone, This question is for the Canadian soap makers that sell soap. I'm not trying to sell soap any day soon but I am interested in staring to in the spring of next year - so I'm researching all this stuff now . I wanted to start out to test the waters cause who even knows if this...

Hi Everyone, Im brand new to this whole lotion/cream etc making. Im interested and have been reading up on swift crafty monkey - wow ALOT of info .. wow .. ok so very stupid question , but im lost - where is the calculator you use to figure out the amounts ? not trying to sound dumb...

I was so excited and have been preping a whole week for this !! My very first cupcakes with frosting ... what a mess! The first real mess I've done! My other soaps where ugly and not as nice as all of yours BUT I managed with them and still use them ... So I started off with trying to get...

Hi Everyone , I just cant get enough of you guys... Im back with the questions .. Has anyone ever made a silicone mold - like the ones on youtube?? the 100% silicone with soap water OR silicone and cornstarch?? Im in need of some really cute blueberry embeds and raspberry etc BUT the...

Hi Everyone... me once again ... I want to make cupcakes, but I have no idea as to how much I would have to take out for the frosting??? I say im making a 12.5 oz of oil batch i believe it would make aprox 6 cupcakes????---- cause online I read that a 25 oz of oil batch makes 12 cupcakes...

Hello Everyone, This question is in regards to suppliers in Canada .... Canadian soapers! Were do you guys buy your soaping products from?? I know of a few - New direction, canwax???? ( not sure about this one- saw a few things here that havent in others , Saffire blue - pricey here , bought...

Hi guys .. so I placed and order for a bunch of FRAGRANCE oils and essential oils , to start playing around with .. most turned out good . BUT I got a baby powder one .. I know I know what the heck ?! I honestly thought it would be a diff scent for my soaps and I have a deodorant that is baby...

Hi everyone, Happy Mother's Day to all the beautiful moms out there ( it's Mother's Day today here in Canada ).. I made soap about a week or so ago .. And started noticing little sweat like crystals - I strayed with 99% alcohol , did my zap test today and didn't zap .. tastes like soap would...

Hi Everyone , I hope you are all having a GREAT friday!!! To make beer soap , what are the temps, some of you use?? I looked up a few blogs and they vary - one said room temps for both oil and lye water 70-80, soapqueen likes 100-130. I dont want it to heat up faster than i can handle...

Hey everyone.. hope your all having a great Monday .. How do you infuse oils with let's say - chamomile and other teas?? I tried doing it with chamomile- olive oil with two chamomile tea bags ( 100% flowers ) on a double boiler method for 2 hrs on medium heat .. I was checking it often ...

Hey guys ... I have a question if anyone can help .. I'd greatly appreciate it.. Where I am ,so far I could only find isopropyl 50% , 70% and 99 % .. not the 91% that most of you use... can I just use the 99%?? Is that too strong ?? That ash soda is really annoying me .. please help .. thank...

Hi everyone, So I did my second batch just yesterday .. I later on went to check up on it ( I put clear wrap on top - to avoid the whole soda ash - thinking that was not a great idea) and what I see is a bunch of sweat / heat bubbles on the top of the soap.. I chickened out cause I didn't...

Hi guys, Im new at the soap making world, and extremely nervous, mainly cause I dont want to mess up so bad that I would have to throw away a batch. Ive watched soap queen,other youtube soapers, read lots of websites, started out my soap diary, have researched quite abit, BUT we all know...