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I have no problems with my other forums or internet yet suddeny this forum is incredibly slow. Anyone else experiencing this? My conspiracy alert is on high!!! :-) OK going to have lunch with the flat earthers.............................................

What makes lotion bars special? From a sales perspective. How do they differ from normal lotion carried around? How would you sell the benefits of a lotion bar? Differentiators from normal lotion. I dont do any form of lotion bar or liquid anything but it has always fascinated me.

Have been volunteering with the huge baby flamingo rescue and hand rearing project. Let it be said that there is absolutely NO soap that can remove the smell of flamingo poo out of clothing, So i have taken to doing a final rinse in vinegar. Any farmers or animal hand rearing volunteers out...

La Fille De La Mere Arielle Arsenaut (spelling??) Dont know if i love her accent or her general "niceness" but she knows her stuff.

Chillie Cheese and bacon wraps

Just messing with MP and gold leaf. Bought some gold leaf - but by the price I figured it was a mix of mostly copper Melted down a MP sample I had and added in gold leaf - it turned black . Used pure clear (still trying to figure out how to get it crystal clear though - and added gold leaf and...

My mind is wandering and I was thinking about how the first soap was made and how soap was discovered. First I was thinking of the cavemen but then I realised that they didnt bath very much did they so I am imagining all different types of scenarios of how the first soap was "invented" Was it...

When you start a new job - you learn about the job and the company and the products on the job dont you? Same with soaping. BUT I would say that start with melt and pour - it makes your life so much easier. I started soaping with MP when I urgently needed cash - so I began immediately to make...

Once I figure out how to put that thing down underneath my name (where people have little sayings) I shall put the following ALWAYS RUN A RECIPE THROUGH A LYE CALCULATOR I am also going to look at changing my standard recipe from Sunflower oil to Canola Oil (and the vegans who will definitely...

Sunflower oil 515g Olive oil (I use pomace because its cheaper) 200g Coconut oil 250g Water 347.40g Lye 142.02g Salt 1.5 tsp Sugar 1.5 tsp Just three ingredients. With lard soap - just use lard or "dilute" the lard with a 40% sunflower oil

Helllllloooooooooooooo Well I have managed to upload some really rubbish pics but it is what it is. And now I have a face to a name. Unfortunately I couldnt find a serious pic.

If I make green tea soap - using strong green tea as the water in the lye mix - does the water used to make the tea have to be distilled or just boiled??

OMW!!!!!!!1 Stinks to high heaven - and it was the chocolate one - going to take a while before i can look a chocolate cake in the face (lie)

I just unboxed my impulse sealer and it doesnt work - is there an on / off switch or should it just seal when plugged in. Maybe its a fuse? Bought a 30cm one and my last one was a 20cm but I left it in the Cape. Help???????

Thank goodness - all factories are open again We worked out that South Africa only works for approximately 10.5 months a year - we have an extraordinary amount of public holidays here. Went and bought some MP yesterday and will be starting MP. Going to try the fancier swirls and stuff But have...

I buy my MP in from a factory here (its just much easier) BUT now I have a plan to make crystal clear soap (with stuff in therefore the necessity for absolute clarity - like glass) Any suggestiions on what I can add to the bought MP (glycerine) so that it will become completely glass like...

Surely if 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon sugar is added to CP it should decrease the cure time and increase hardness and lather?

My name is Donee' and I am a closet gear junkie. Between lables, wrappers, measuring stuff, thermometres, things to do stuff with. Things that you just want because you absolutely cant make soap without them.............. Stirrers, swipers, moulders, shapers, cutters of all different shapes and...

I am very proud of my "third world" country to have been as forward thinking to legalise the personal use and growing of marijuana. At last - we can take on the corporate pharmas. I make a dope soap which contains weed oil, weed particles (from the decarboxilation process) and hemp oil - it has...