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What is a good way to whiten soap batter? I've tried Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide. I don't like either although they do whiten a little.

Hello, I used some Zinc Oxide in a couple of batches - I was doing basic two color swirl and I wanted to whiten the batter that didn't have any colorant in it. It produced a sort of 'sweaty' bead - it's solid, when I say beading that's the appearance and I know the ZO caused this texture. I've...

I tried to make a charcoal soap and the soap is fine, but it's really crumbly. My recipe was small: 6 oz each of coconut, palm and olive oil 6 oz distilled water 2.8 oz lye 1 oz basil EO 1 tsp super fine activated charcoal I've made this before - with the cheap activated charcoal you get...

I use to buy dl-Panthenol powder from Saffire Blue. For $38 I’d get 580 grams. It goes a long way. They don’t have it anymore. I found it on makingcosmetics.com but the same volume is $125 plus duty and shipping. Is there some kind of shortage?

i like oxides and I like strong colours sometimes. I find that oxides have a smell. Has anyone else found this? I’d love to find a way of getting bright neons (I use oxides) that don’t have this off putting smell. These are synthetic products right? ( they don’t get rancid or grow bacteria...

I recently made a batch of cp soap using some oxides I bought. I don’t normally use oxides for colour in soaps but I wanted to make something fun for an effect I was thinking about. My recipe was: 20oz sunflower oil 6.6 oz water 2.6 oz lye Super simple - I added 3 grams of oxide to the oil...