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You are absolutely right. I need to toughen up. I did stand up to them in the end, but it has been so terribly frustrating. I talked to my bank and they gave me a few steps to follow starting by reaching the company again and advising them that I would record the conversation. A lot happened...

You know you guys are absolutely right! I need to learn to stand up for myself. I'm always the shy girl in the corner that goes with the flow, but I spent a lot of money on this and it is not right! It's a 15 gallon container or red palm oil, what am I supposed to do with that? Now I'm all...

I use 1 tsp ppo for black color, but if I'm doing large portions of black or a full activated charcoal soap I use 1/2-2/3 tsp ppo, more than that and I find my soaps to be too drying IMO. It doesn't make a super dark black unless I help it with some mica though...

I've had that happen to me a few times. Once I accidentally used too much sodium lactate, the other times it's been related to TD. One time I tried an ombre effect using TD and withing 5-6 hours the lighter parts of the soap were rock hard and crumbly. I couldn't save that batch, so now I keep a...

I had a large order once and I only had 2 molds so I had to do 5 separate batches and wanted my colors to be as similar as possible so I premixed my micas in almond oil and had no problem using them after 10 days. I kept them in small glass jars and gave them a shake before using. Additionally...

I'm in tears right now fr... My palm oil supplier just closed a few weeks ago do to coronavirus, so I needed another supplier asap, the thing is there aren't any others where I live, so I found this one place I didn't know about (super hidden) and they said they could only sell larger amounts (I...

My name is Laura, I'm 32, have 2 girls (7 & 3) and I'm a fulltime mom & wife. I have been making soap for almost 2 years now and even sold a few bars, but I don't consider myself a soapmaker YET. I have so much to learn and I do love learning! I started making soap after buying a few bars at a...