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One of my goals this year was to get a few months ahead in making soap. Like making Christmas soap in Sept instead of "oh well it's too late now" lol. I also make bath bombs and did start making those today, so at least I will have something Christmas-y :)

I was making some muscadine jelly for my mom yesterday and the skins make this wonderful purple color. So I saved them lol. I am wondering, I have never infused olive oil and I know you can do it with dried herbs, flowers, etc..but can you do it will fresh? I have been researching and have...

My husband use to use Irish Spring and when I really got into soap making he requested a soap that smelled like it. After making a few different ones for him, he said that the Chemistry Store in SC has a FO called Linen and Lavender that smells the closest to Irish Spring.

Hi guys, The Chemistry Store in SC use to sell a FO called Brazilian Mango Fruit but has stopped selling it. Does anyone know of where else I can purchase it at or maybe has some that they would like to sell? Thank you Laura

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I make both brine bars and salt bars....both with 80% coconut oil and 20% rice bran oil with 25% SF. I find with my brine bar it bubbles up great but with my salt bar, I get more of a creamy lather. I believe I read somewhere that if you added a tbsp of sugar per pound it would make more...

I see a lot of ppl saying that they boil the water and then put their bowl of soap in the water and turn it down. I was taught to put my bowl in the pot with water and let both bowls heat up together. I start cutting my soap and put it in the bowl while I am cutting the others up and add them...

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Thank you everyone! Zing I have been there before..a design not coming out in my head but someone saying oh it so pretty and I was like yep I did it that way on purpose lmao. Thank you Meena Thank you for the link...so after reading the comments here and that article I think it was from me...

Hi Dixie In the Pink/White soap I did not use TD straight but did use a white mica from BB which probably had TD in it lol. My water was at 38% For the Brown soap I did use a lot of palm oil at 40%...is that bad?

Hi guys! I have 2 soaps that I made and they have been curring for about 5 weeks now and I have been wondering about these white spots on my soap. What do you think they are? Pink/Red/White Soap: Rice Bran Oil 35% Coconut Oil 25% Olive Oil 25% Sunflower Oil 10% S. Almond Oil 5% White, red and...

If you do not mind me asking, where do you get your pine tar from? Thank you!

I am assuming you are using VCS CP version...I use it and get it from wholesale plus. Their directions are...DIRECTIONS: In a glass or plastic mixing container, slowly stir 1 part Vanilla Color Stabilizer to 2 parts fragrance oil. When mixing with fragrances with over 10% vanilla, use a 1 to 1...

It was a recipe that I have made several times, the only thing different was the color and FO :( Luckily the molds are the small loaf molds :) Live and Learn lol.

So I had this soap planned out. It was going to be my very first CP soap to make after not being able to make any in months. I had the FO and colors picked out, everything. So I go to work making the soap, everything was going great! I was happy that it was working out for me, then I pour in the...

Hey The alcohol I have is 91% They are still holding up. I got them out of the mold yesterday and they are doing fine. I will go an wrap them later today, so hopefully, they do not break apart.

Hey guys I'm back! So I decided to finish off the kit and make the last 2 batches. I tried the alcohol this time instead of the water and that did make a difference so thank you very much! The only problem I have now is that I could only get 1 ball to stick together, the other one kept...

Thank you for replying!! I plan on trying again today with the kids kit that I have, but instead of the water I am going to try the alcohol. For the cocoa butter to do just use the same amount that it calls for for the water? I am looking into a dehumidifier also but right now just trying to...

Thank you for replying! Below is the recipe I used... 16oz baking soda 8oz cornstarch 8oz epsom salts 2 TBSP coconut oil 2 TBSP shea butter 4 TSP water 4 TSP EO 8oz citric acid I mixed all the dry items together except for the citric acid and all the wet items. Then I put the wet...

HI everyone I live in SC near Charleston and this is my 2nd time trying to make bath bombs. I made the 1st set from a kids kit but they did not work out as everytime I would go to add some water, it would fizz, even doing a drop at a time lol. I did manage to get 1 ball out of it though lol...