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  1. Saltwater Scented

    Suppliers Comparison Pricing List

    I started this on Facebook in its own group because there were lots of people in a colorant group noting they didn't know who had the best prices on what. Trying to compare was a good price on one product was getting lost in translation because one person was looking at deodorized organic cocoa...
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    Didn't really know what I was doing...

    This is one thing I've struggled with. I can make some wonderfully ugly soaps; I excel at it actually. They work well enough, or at least a few of the recipes I've put together I'm liking, but these ugly ducklings have no swan adult life to look forward to. One thing I've thought about is...
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    Didn't really know what I was doing...

    I guess it worked out. Drop swirl pour. The FB group I posted it in seems to like it. Kind of surprised at the amount of feedback i got on it.
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    Would any of these profiles jump out at you?

    I am concerned about those two, as well as TP #5.
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    Would any of these profiles jump out at you?

    I've been tinkering with recipes for a few weeks since moving from Phoenix, AZ to Rockport, TX. Now have myself a source of natural saltwater, if I get around to using it. I put together this spreadsheet showing a baker's dozen soap profiles I dreamed up. All are running 90% NaOH and 10% KOH...
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    Veggie/Vegan Soap Demand

    There's a company like that in central Texas. I forget the name of them but they are in all the Buccee's here. Buccee's is a very interesting gas station, that is generally the size of a small Walmart. Anyway, their entire line up seems to be goat milk centered. Fredricksburg Goat's Milk or...
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    Browsing soap pics

    I'd bet on soap dough. Once you have the dough, you could maybe knead mica into it and give it a glimmer. I've got a bar I have been wanting to make for a few weeks now that is going to need a lot of extrusions. I'm either going to buy a clay or fondant extruder or make one out of PVC and a...
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    Trying to achieve red in soap

    I' pretty sure Mad Micas pioneered the True Red Set three color mix. Nuture soap is ripping off the concept that a lady named Nicki developed and shared on the Mad Micas Buzz page on Facebook. She does all kinds of color experimentation. I've used the true red set on a few soaps. The Brazen...
  9. Saltwater Scented

    My first soap worth looking at.

    I used a Dewalt electric palm sander to get it to settle down perfectly. I put the foam bottom plate against the mold, turned it on for about 5 seconds and gravity did the rest.
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    My first soap worth looking at.

    April Fresh Downy from AZ Soap Supply, Mad Oils.
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    Browsing soap pics

    Oh man, I'm loving this series.
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    Was going for interior gold accents....

    Has no one really tried this before?
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    Was going for interior gold accents....

    Actually not oil drops. What I did was put in a thin pencil line of the gold on my first layer of white, then did the pours through that mica. Did the red, a little more mica right over that area where the red cleared out the pencil line, then the green. I put in the second layer of white...
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    Was going for interior gold accents....

    I wanted to get some gold accents on a drop swirl (is this what it's called?) for a Christmas color bar done with AZ Soap Supplies Autumn Wreath FO. I didn't use too much gold as I didn't want to waste the mica if it didn't work. Turned out pretty darn okay for a first shot. I put in a second...
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    Looking for ingredient Butter blend recipes

    Funny thing, my gf opened a jar of a lotion she bought from a shop a few months ago and it reeks to high heaven. I told her if it stinks, it is probably bad and to toss it. Another one of the exact same type smells fine. Neither "look" off but what do I know.
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    My first soap worth looking at.

    38th batch since I've started doing this back in late August, including different soap dough recipes and total failures that went into the trash. Made this for a friend at work who likes Downy fabric softener smell and just had a baby this past spring. Second attempt at this kind of design and...
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    Planer and Beveler - updated recommendations?

    Ordered it on the 25th of September and I still don't have it.
  18. Saltwater Scented

    Future primitive soap co on Youtube

    Never come across Future Primitive until now. Love her accent! And Annie Arsenault. Swoon.
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    Jewelweed in PT soap

    Update of some oddity with the PT soap. What's not odd, it has turned a deep dark chocolate brown, very close to what it looks like coming out of the can of PT. What is odd...my cat of 19 years has taken to pooping under the table where this soap is curing. Not sure if that is his seal of...
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    Help! Top topics for new soap makers

    Some of these are going to be repetitive for the pinned threads. A Ten Commandments for New Soapers would be a nice article combining these perhaps? How to test for acceleration in fragrance oils you've never used before. More isn't better, using limited numbers of ingredients to achieve a...
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