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Interesting article that popped up in my news feed. https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/news/20230512/your-body-soap-could-be-attracting-mosquitoes

I bought 3 FOs from Fragrance Buddy for the first time. I don’t know why I didn’t look closer at their website, but there were no testing notes whatsoever. For a usage rate for the “Downy April Fresh” it posted the IFRA rates which listed 20% for bar soap! What the heck! Is that correct...

My soap tops never look as shiny, fresh, and glossy as when they are first poured. I use 33% water and force gel, so I don’t think soda ash is the issue, but maybe it is because I’ve been pouring at emulsion. For a minute I even thought about pouring melt and pour over the top in hopes of...

So a couple days ago I made a molasses version of OMH since I didn’t have any honey. I followed Irish Lass’s instructions for using honey and everything was going merrily along. No scorching or volcanoing with the molasses or milk. I SB’d the oatmeal and hand-stirred the hitherto well-behaved FO...

I made GMS the day before yesterday. I divided the batter into two batches because I planned to use two different FOs, both brand new from Candle Science: “Rose Petals” and “French Lilac.” I read their reviews on the CS website so I knew they would accelerate and tried to plan accordingly. I...

As part of my continuing education, could y'all please review and comment on the attached formula? As you can see, I am using lots of lard and am hoping to increase the lather by adding sorbitol along with castor oil, but didn't know if the sorbitol would be overdoing it since I'm already using...

I've read as many of the ROE posts here as I could find before prevailing upon your forbearance and I know this is going to sound like a grade school math story problem, but my calculating skills have not progressed much beyond 5th grade. So I need some help. I have a 35-pound bucket of...

After a year and a half of being mostly confined to a wheelchair, I finally found a surgeon in another town who agreed with me that I needed a hip replacement. My local orthopod had blown me off. I am now able to walk with a cane and can stand unassisted so I figure that’s good enough to start...

Hey, y'all. Until I retired from anesthesia 3 years ago, I worked with an amazingly-skilled general surgeon. He is a very humble and kind person that is beloved by all his patients and the staff who work with him. I would like to make a special soap for him as a thank you for the surgery he...

Does anyone have a good source for calamine powder? I searched here, but only found a link to a site that doesn’t have it anymore. TIA. Kari

...and where there is already a soap vendor there. I looked at her website and she has a huge variety of fragrance soap, plus shower steamers and bath bombs. She does simple swirls and layers, but nothing fancy. I only make soap so far, but I think mine is a little fancier, e.g. mica lines...

I have been making CP soap for about 3 years and even started my own teensy little company--trademarked name, logo and all. Well now I am writing an ingredients blurb in the "conversational" described by Marie Gale in her book. I wrote everything in the "I make" "I use" etc format and sent it...

I'm trying to determine the best/most economical way to ship soaps in a box. I have searched this website for info related to this question, but the threads are fairly old. I have also looked at USPS, but their small boxes are too small and then the next box up in size is a huge leap up that is...

Ever since I discovered that it is more important to look at fatty acids, rather than depending entirely on the ratio of hard to soft oils I have been trying to master this next stage of my ongoing education. However, for the last 3 days I have spent hours trying to please SoapCalc in a...

I just finished making a soap with a pumpkin beer and pumpkin chai FO. I used Mad Mica's "Pumpkin Head" with "Satin Penny" for the bottom of the loaf and uncolored batter for the top. I tried to whip it to incorporate as much air as possible to make a frothy "foam" head for the beer, but it...

I got lazy and was using premixed oils from BB for awhile, but I got tired of the expense and long wait times. So here's a formula I came up with and ran through lye calc. I'd really appreciate input. I roughly followed percentage guidelines from Modern Soap Making in terms of Hard Oils, Hard...

OK all you GRITS (Girls Raised In The South), I need help finding a Gardenia fragrance. I have one from CandleScience that I’m disappointed in. It doesn’t smell anything like the Gardenia shrub I have growing out by my horse barn. (Maybe it’s the extra fertilizer!)

Does anyone know where I can find a mold that is taller than 4.5 inches without me having to ask hubby to make it?

I need ideas/advice on how to make a mid-mod, 1950s, retro looking soap for a friend of mine. She wants either a starburst (like the wall clocks of the era) or a chevron like the grill ornaments of a big-fin car inside the soap. I’m attaching a sketch of the chevron type. I’m trying to figure...

Hey, y'all! I am new to this forum and just wanted to introduce myself. I am a retired CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) who now makes soap for fun and to sell a bit. I am eager to learn all the basics and higher level nuances of soap making and plan to add M & P to my skills. I love...