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Hello everyone. I’m still trying to get this gel process thing right. I’ve been having some problems. First of all, I live in the tropics, so that means my average temps are in the 80s. I have been having problems getting a full gel soap. I get a lot of partial gel, but never full gel...

I just unmolded my soap, and the texture on the bottom looked like this, with an orange liquid coming out of it. The liquid was peach colored ( I didn’t use any peach colored anything) and it wasn’t lye related, it didn’t burn my skin and or zap the tongue. It was very wet on the bottom but...

hello! I was wondering if there is any caveat to completely replacing olive oil in soap with canola oil? I have a recipe that I adjusted in the lye calculator to not use olive oil and use canola instead. From what I read it’s profile in soap is similar to that of olive. Anything I should be...

ugh. I had an epic fail with trying to make a pencil line. I am almost positive that it’s way too thick. I had a big chunk fall off the spoon ( yeah, it’s all I had) when I was trying to sprinkle the mica in the layers. I did make some ridges in the first layer so it wouldn’t be completely...

I know that this is a long shot, but would anyone know if there is such a thing as a guarabana fragrance oil? I had a tree in the back yard, and I’m thinking the green smell of the skin and the sweetness of the fruits flesh might make a decent smelling soap. Has anyone heard of such a thing...

i just found out that they have dragon fruit powder. Have any of y’all tried to use it in cp soap for color or anything? I’d like to know what your experiences have been if you have used it. Thanks!

Hi, newbie here. Do any other beginning soapers kind of get freaked out when the soap hits trace? I’m still trying to develop a recipe per say, so I’ve been all over the place with oils and additives, but I feel like I’m running out of time whe the soap hits trace, to be able to pour things...