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Hi everyone I am starting to get all the copies for my soap labels and it came to my mind if I should put a best before date on the label? I am using only essential oils and I do know that the scent fades a bit over time. Anyone puts a best before or something similar? Would love to know what...

Hi everyone, I recently decided to try zinc oxide in my soaps to see how it works as a whitener compared to titanium dioxide. It seems that every soap I used zinc oxide has a less denser lather. Can zinc oxide do that to the lather? My formula has a rich and creamy foam, but the ones with zinc...

Hello all :) I am just working on my ingredient list for my labels and I am wondering how much water is left in a finished bar after curing? I know it won't be precise, but does anyone knows the percentage of how much water is left once soap has cured for =/- 4 weeks? I've checked some soap bar...

Hello all I just started experiment with herbal infusion here, first one I am trying is Madder root. I am using the sticks instead of the powder, I used 200g of olive oil and 15g of cutted madder root. The oil is been in my slow cooker for around 5hs now (with no lid cause the jar is too...

Hi everyone! I am still not sure if mixing lye and oils at a certain temperature makes a big difference. I used to mix my lye and oil at around 40C, few weeks ago I try to just mix them and see if it would change anything on the soap. So far, I can't see much of a change, the colour looks...

Hello I've been doing soap for over a year now, fell in love by just looking at a beautiful picture on the internet! And as soon as I could grab my hands on everything and make my first batch I was hooked! The plan is to start my own soap business next year :) wish me luck!! I am...