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I have a friend living in British Columbia who is looking for a coconut free soap for her little girl. Mine all have coconut oil in. Does anyone here make a soap without who would ship? She's rather in a hurry!

DISCLAIMER: SMF is not responsible for any sale, trade, co-op, pre-buy, fast buy, garage sale, ad or other transactions between members. All parties enter into transactions at their own will/risk. I bought a 5 lb. bag of Soft & Silky emulsifying wax from WSP in U.S. $...

I have a customer who takes care of people's feet, most elderly, some diabetic, and she requested a lotion for feet with Tea Tree Essential Oil. So I can find safe percentages but does anyone have experience with how much would actually smell agreeable? That is, to people who would find that...

I used sorbitol for the first time today as per @cmzaha and it's the only difference in the recipe. I generally use sugar. I noticed a quicker trace in both batches. Has anyone else noticed that?

I'm confused. And probably shouldn't be for as long as I've been making soap and lotion. IFRA Maximum Skin Exposure Soap: 3.90% Body Lotion: 7.50% Hand Cream: 1.70% This is WSP's listing for their vanilla. Why would soap, a wash off product be less that body lotion, a leave...

Do Canadian soapers have a better place to buy lye than Home Hardware? When I started making soap I paid $15/3 liters. Today it is $42.99!

Has anyone used WSP's Soft & Silky Ewax? I am used to Polawax but at $41/kg I bought some soft & silky. I love the feel of the lotion on the skin but it doesn't work up as nice as Polawax. Polawax thickens up in a few minutes. Soft & Silky thickens as it cools. I would love to hear from other's...

I am just now starting to use mica. I only make CP soap. If I did a dark blue background and put a sprinkle of white gold (WSP) in it would it look starry? If so how much for the stars?

Does anyone have a thought about why this FO has this name? I don't get the cracklin' part, and birch? Well it is kind of foresty.

I'm doing my usual hanger swirls today and the thought came to me, has a hanger swirl ever been done starting at the short end of the log mold instead of the long side? Obviously it couldn't be a hanger. Nor could it be Ione's swirl technique. Can't picture what it would look like but just...

Thought I might get more responses here. Please see https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/dark-patchouli.83395/unread

Just happened to see 16 oz. dark patchouli at Bulk Apothecary for $49. Anyone try this? Must be something different. Dark Patchouli is at least 3 x this usually.

So my husband is a woodworker. He does inlay work as well as a number of other things and is on Etsy since early spring. Never had one order. I've encouraged him to go through a Christmas before closing up shop. What do you think?

I am used to buying my ROE from WSP but haven't ordered from them since COVID since I can't cross the border to pick it up. Anyway, theirs has a 1 year shelf life. I would order from NDA but theirs is a 2 month shelf life. Does anyone know the difference? I could never use the smallest amount...

Is there a place on here to view past challenges?

Without knowing whether there will be any shows this Nov./Dec. I'm having a hard time knowing what to do about lotion. There is one I'd like to do if it is open. With Covid still lurking, I'm wondering if anyone has thought about how to do lotion testers or if we should do lotion testers. It is...

Can anyone tell me why I cannot have sound on some youtube videos? No it's not on mute, my speaker is plugged in and working. I just tried to listen to the one on woodgrain soaps, no sound. I opened it in a new tab...no sound. I'm not good at figuring out why with computers.

Do any of you who sell cold process soap have requests for plain Eucalyptus? I've had several but don't know if it would be worth a large batch.

@cmzaha's pork sounds wonderful, as does @Dahila's pork belly. How about some greens now? The keto people may not be happy but I enjoy it all. It's spring and that means warm dandelion salad for us, a meal in itself. Just a made up recipe so cannot give exact quantities. Gather, clean and chop...

I just thought I'd post how I am planting lettuce again this year. I have a nice sized cold frame to start radishes, lettuce or any early crop a month ahead of time to get a good start here in Canada. Radishes are coming up nicely! Our grocery store has been carrying "live lettuce" for the last...