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Welcome to the April 2024 Challenge - Soap that looks like cake! Hi Soap Peeps! April is my birth month, and I'm a huge cake fan. My partner, Roger, is a very good cake baker and I always get the most wonderful cake made for me on my birthday. So now I'd like you to all make me some cake too...

I was boasting recently how our OO prices in NZ have remained fairly static while I've heard all you Americans complain about how they've shot up over there. Well, literally overnight, a 1 litre bottle has gone from $11.49 to $17.49! That's a huge price hike!

After two batches of Lavender soap going rancid within the past 8 months, this soap has been given the opportunity to redeem itself and find a place in my list of 'must-have-in-stock-at-all-times'. The first batch I assumed had gone rancid because of the Lavender EO, which has a tendency to...

Hi Soaping Buddies. I concocted this blend of FOs and EOs in an effort to create a 'woodsy' scent that wasn't too woodsy, but also fresh and appealing to all genders. Used a combination of the FOs 1) Black Violet and Oakmoss, and 2) Lavender, Tea and Tonic, with EOs 1) Cedarwood and...

I’ve had two cases of DOS in the past year and was struggling to find a common element- until today. The two that got DOS last year were Lavender and BRV. I tossed out what was left of both. I decided to make my next batch of Lavender soap with Lavender FO only, since I suspected the EO caused...

Here's a few pics to wrap up 2023. I have my first soap for 2024 on the mold and ready for cutting this morning, so let's get these 'yesteryear' soaps out of the way... 'Karma Chameleon' a lush dupe of their soap Karma Cucumber, Ginger and Mint - withe aloe and rice water Rose Jam - a...

I've been offered some free manuka hydrosol. Has anyone used hydrofoil as the water content in their soap? I don't make lotions for anything else where I would use it as an ingredient.

I made some soap in cavity molds and put it in the oven to CPOP. Within an hour hubby wanted to put a chicken in said oven to roast for dinner. SO I transported all four trays of cavity molds upstairs to the bedroom that gets all the afternoon sun and constantly sits around 30 degrees celsius...

This is the entry thread for the October 2023 SMF Challenge – Ciaglia/Plain Straight Line. Please remember, this entry thread is for challenge photos only, and comments should be posted to the general challenge thread, here. You are welcome to post more than one photo, but the photo for the...

October 2023 SMF Challenge: Ciaglia & Plain with a Straight Line Welcome to the October 2023 SMF Challenge, where this month’s theme follows on from lots of recent discussion - CIAGLIA! But wait, there's a catch - it has to be a two-part soap, with both ciaglia and plain parts. And what's more...

You all know I'm a firm patchouli lover, right? Well this week I discovered why y'all hate it so much. Before I started making soap, I used to treat myself to Karma soap from Lush once in a while ( it's very expensive here). So it made sense to me to try and replicate the scent when i started...

I just realised i haven't posted many pics of my creations this year, so here we go! English Pear and Freesia: Cinnamon Spice: White tea: Victorian Rose: Lavender, Tea and Tonic: Oatmeal Ciaglia: Cypress Forest (Challenge Entry):

It's my first foray into using goat milk in loaf molds - previously I used cavity molds to trial it. I popped them in the oven but just to insulate them - I didn't heat it at all. When i checked after a few hours the oven was warm inside - they have generated their own heat while saponifying...

To quote from the 'Soapy Thing' thread: When I lived in Kentucky, I asked for a glass of woor-ta (in my Kiwi accent) several times at a noisy bar ( and was not being understood AT ALL) before I finally gave up and said wah-derrrr. I got my water instantly. I love singing - I think singers...

...about two months ago and didn't replace it because I was watching my pennies at the time. I can honestly say I do not miss it one little bit! I even made some soap in rose-shaped cavity molds (which is when I would certainly always want to include it to help unmolding) and it didn't make...

This is the entry thread for the May 2023 SMF Challenge – Spoon or spatula Swirl. Please remember, this entry thread is for challenge photos only, and comments should be posted to the general challenge thread, here. You are welcome to post more than one photo, but the photo for the voting...

Hi Everyone, @Boxergirl1 has the following request: I have just started doing this and so far I have only used melt and pour. I haven't tried the CP or used Lye but my soaps have turned out pretty well I sold 10 bars recently. In stock I have glycerine, cocoa and Shea butter and Jojobao oil...

Welcome to the May 2023 SMF Soap Challenge! This month’s challenge is to make a swirl in your soap using simply a spoon or spatula. You will need to pour layers of colour, one on top of the other - they don't need to be perfectly flat or even layers, but they shouldn't be mixed or otherwise...

@Catscankim and @Blufuz have cats in similar positions on their profile pics. Why don't you all show us your cats? Here's Griffin:

Soooo - I have a very disappointing batch of soap that I want to make into a ciaglia soap so that it's not wasted. It's been fine up until about 2-3 weeks ago when I noticed it had lost its fragrance. The batch was made on 23rd Oct - so not super old by any stretch. I don't think it's rancid...