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Hi soapers! I made a 50% CO/50% Tallow, -3% Superfat, 37% Lye Concentration bar soap that is going to be used in my usual water-based, whipped, laundry soap recipe that I've used for years, but used Fels Napa for prior. The recipe involves melting/dissolving shredded bar soap into water on the...

So, I've been trying to research a more eco-friendly option for wrapping up my soaps for storage/gifting after they cure. I need to start wrapping my oldest soaps, as space is running low! I was using shrink wrap initially, but my local municipality straight up stopped recycling plastic due to...

I wrote previously how I had a tea tree/lavendar essential oil cold process batch seize up like the dickens. A very, very, very wise fellow soaper (DeeAnna) on the forum advised me that perhaps it would not be a disaster when I cut it...and she was correct!!! I mashed lavedar buds on top of the...

I was attempting a simple in the pot swirl with a recipe I have used before and colorants I have used before. I used 50% tea tree oil and 50% lavender essential oil as the fragrance. I had used this lavendar before and it performed fine. I have never used tea tree before. The recipe is as...

I made some single mold swirled salt bars colored with rose clay that actually turned out well! Now to try to be patient to wait for the cure!

Just popping in to introduce myself. My name is Shenadoah and I'm a professional hobbyist extraordinaire, cold process soap being one of those hobbies. I live in the mountain valley by the family farm and commute to work a looong way in the city. So, hobbies such as soaping, mala beading...

I want to make some gag gift soaps to give as gifts to some of my fabulous, saucy, irreverent coworkers...I want to title them "Blood of My Enemies", so I'm pretty much looking for a true, deep blood red mica. The problem is I've never made a red soap before and I'm more than slightly...