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With some of my 'trimmings' from earlier batches I decided to make one of those soap bars with the chunks in them. Well, it was largely successful, and looked fantastic in the mould, and yet when I came to cut it up, some of the chunks came out in some bars. In other bars it wasn't a...

Hello, Another question from a newbie. I have read on a couple of sites that certain essential oils don't do well in soap. I'm hoping that they don't include the ones in my first batch!!! ;) LOL Does anyone know off the top of their heads which ones NOT to use? Many thanks in...

OK so I just made my first batch this morning and am looking forward to cutting it up tomorrow. :) My questions are: 1) Do I need to use rubber gloves to handle the soap at this stage? 2) If I use a rubber stamp (from my stamp collection from my paper stamping days) will the soap...

Hello, I own some silicon cake moulds (commercial quality, suitable for temperatures over 400 degrees F) and wondered if they'd be OK for soap moulds? Many thanks in advance.

I'm so excited - I just made my first batch! It is a simple olive oil and coconut oil soap, fragranced with lavender, neroli and bergamot. I forgot to take photos while I was doing it but it looked like thick condensed milk at trace, when I added the fragrance it liquified a little but I...

Recently I stumbled upon a blog where someone makes and sells their own soap. After a couple of weeks I decided to see why homemade soap is so raved about so I bought some. My package arrived a couple of days ago and I have to say it all lives up to expectations! I can't remember having...