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You temper shea butter in much the same way, but it requires holding at a higher temperature. The information I have is from Brambleberry.com. They recommend heating mango and cocoa slowly to 100 degrees and holding at this temperature for 45-60 minutes. Shea butter should be heated to about...

Cracking is usually caused by the soap getting too hot in the mold. Some soapers put the mold on a heating pad or in the oven to try to force it to gel. If the soap gets too hot, it will crack. Ricing is often caused by something added to the batter, especially fragrance oils. Make sure to...

I don't know what kind of colorant you got at the craft store, but all the ones I ever seen at craft stores are meant to color Melt and Pour not cold or hot process soap. When you add lye to those colors, they usually morph into something else. Whether you want natural colorants such as...

I, too, am a Colorado resident, but I live on the western slope of the Rockies in a very rural area. We have not had the huge population increases, etc. as Meena, but we had lots of shady people coming in to buy up small acreages to raise pot illegally. We also have seen an increase in young...

The lather bowls are beautiful, but they can break, too, just like glass. My son has already broken 3 glass ones and apparently, he didn't like the plastic one I gave him because I found it in his refrigerator with BBQ sauce in it. :p I just ordered a stainless steel lather bowl from...