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    BB Fragrances - Always Changing

    I bought Moonchild and love it. Can accelerate a bit but adding essential oil to it fixed that. Also, sandlewood and Vanilla is perfect to soap with when I make my wood soaps. It darkens for thee days and looks so nice and scent holds.
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    IG account hacked

    I also had my account tried to be hacked. Didn’t work because I have the two factor identification on it. Make sure you turn that on. Before password can be changed IG will contact you with a code on your device
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    Seeking opinions on this recipe

    I use powdered sugar in my water before mixing my lye. Never have I tried sorbitol. How much do you add and to the water? Thank you.
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    Freshest Soap in the World

    It’s a lot of hype and rewording to justify a high price.
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    Pull Through tips & tricks.

    You spot on with this. First time I used it I had to stop and grab my tape since my rod was falling every which way. I concentrate, have too. That just so annoyed me.
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    Pull Through tips & tricks.

    I love making the pull through method. I used use the bags but, the clean up really wasn’t bad to get the bottles clean. Made some last Saturday and I used mostly neons. The flower petals turned our nice. the best way for me instead of pouring blobs down inside with the tapped droppers, is...
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    So many things went wrong with this soap

    I used Lisa’s method from I dream in soap. Used a bullet mixer and then filled up a bottle of my TD. The last time I used my mini mixer it land all over me and everything else! So this is safer for me.
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    Any interest for a 3D soap stamp design tutorial for dummies?

    I would love a tutorial. My son has a printer. So I’m ready.
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    Shampoo Bar 'soap puck' molds?

    I use SCI Powder and not the noodles, then put them in the mold. Pop the in the freezer for a bit and they are ready. Used SwiftCraftMonkeys recipe at first and they turn out so nice bubbly without any harshness for the eyes. I don't pack mine in the molds because of all the extracts and other...
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    Preservative Question

    I purchased https://swiftcraftymonkey.blog/preservatives/ "Shampoo Bars You Will Love" and have made many of her recipes. It's a lot of information with so many helpful tips. Yes, Germall Plus in all of her recipes. Water plus anything should have preservative.
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    Conditioner and lotion calculator

    Hi, There is a free calculator here: http://makingskincare.com/recipe-calculator/ They have one for lotion and conditioner. Cheryl
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    SBM Advanced Calculator

    Hi, totally a newb here trying to understand the SBM Calculator. The percentage of oils are easy enough to understand. Also, the percentage of my KOH. I don't know how to accommodate the percentage of glycerin. Isn't that why I am doing the calculator? Superfatting no more than 3% is my...
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    Bath & Body Play Time!

    these look great! Have any of you tried the body conditioner bar? It’s got some interesting ingredients in it. It’s fashioned after lush conditioner bar. Even though they claim to use fresh squeezed fruit in theirs.
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    New formulas

    Sanitizing is a pain. I just made some hair conditioner I love but I made too much. So I have filled a few bottles. The best part it set up so much better the next day. I have not tried moisturizer yet. Only a light whipped lotion.
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    lime soap
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    Just made creamy LS ???

    Last night I finally was able to dilute my paste and add all the goodies in. Warmed it up in the water bath, stick blended it and it got hard again. So I added a little more distilled water and let it set and then mixed by hand and it turned out beautiful! Now I added some oils to it and bottled...
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    New formulas

    I was wondering how many of you that try out new formulas like lotions, gels, hair conditioners. Do you make small batches to play around with till you find what you like? If you do how small do you usually start out with? I'm finding I make to small of batches but, I don't like using all of my...
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    Bath & Body Play Time!

    I don't have any pictures since it was hair - detangler and Lotion. I did use Abyssinian Oil for the first time. Fractionated coconut oil and BTMS, plus more. The hair detangled is simple and make if for my grandaughter's since they have such thick hair. Also, when they go swimming if I spray it...
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    Just made creamy LS ???

    Thank you, I followed your directions. My soap still looks like mashed potatos but, hard. I did a Pheno test and it's clear. I also did a water test and it came out clear. So not really sure if it's okay to dilute. Cheryl
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    Just made creamy LS ???

    Here is the recipe link. https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/my-creamy-cocoa-shea-gls-tutorial.57974/ I measured out everything in the recipe. Then I added the same compliment of water to the KOH in her method. Then I added this to the glycerin. Made sure to mix it then added it to my pot...
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