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I am having no luck adding color to my soap. I bought a color kit from Ginger's Garden and have tried adding color at trace and in the lye water, after experimenting and finding that the color was water soluble but not oil soluble. The description on the site says the color works in CP...

Yesterday I made soap and decided to try the no-gel method since I haven't done that before. I ran my recipe through soapcalc (duh) and came up with 75%OO 20%CO and 5%Castor at 5% superfat. I only made a pound of soap and poured it in empty Crystal Light containers and stuck them in the...

Since citrusy scents have a tendency to disappear in CP soap, I have heard that "anchoring" them with patch or sandalwood works well. But how exactly would I go about doing that? How much should I add of each FO? And is it okay to use sandalwood or patchouli FO's instead of EO's? Will they still...

I am running out of butt paste for my little one and thought I'd make some up. The cream I use for him now contains Zinc Oxide (16%). Now, I have heard that Titanium Dioxide works very similarly to Zinc Oxide. Is that true? If so, does that mean I can add 16% TD to my cream (45% OO, 39%...

I just ordered my first batch of soaping supplies. MAN!! that was a lot of money. In Norway, where I used to live, there were no supply stores for soaping so I had to make do with the grocery store and I could divide the costs a little bit more. I still haven't found a local supply for...

I have never used colorants not found in my kitchen before. And I am incredibly confused as I sit here trying to get an order together. What I would like (if possible): Liquid colors not containing parabens that are usable in CP soap as well as lotions. If anyone knows if this is...

Does anyone know if there is a correlation between the flashpoint of an FO and CP soap seizing? Just a random thought in my head.

I just ordered a 120 seeds for Eucalyptus trees (Eucalyptus Globulus) to grow on our property (we're in zone 8). If all goes well, I will be able to infuse my oils with Eucalyptus leaves! I don't know why, but stuff like this makes me all giddy. :D

Hubby is taking a trip to the neares city and they have a Hobby Lobby. Do they have lye, scent or colorant there? What about oils? Thanks!

The baby is born (2.5 months old now and driving me insane). The move has been accomplished. We have moved from Norway to sunny New Mexico! So now it is time to soap again. I am trying to price ingredients, made myself a spreadsheet to keep track and will be making soap for our family and...

I am pregnant! At (almost) 35. For the first time. After 19 months of TTC. :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: Due date some time in late August / early September (didn't keep a chart, I had given up...)

After reading this I started to want to make cream soap. Maybe I can even make it into hand soap. Or shampoo. But I can't find a soap calc that will allow me to do percentages for cream soap as it uses BOTH NaOH and KOH. Any linky's will be gratefully accepted.

I found a great article about how to swirl or marble soap. I will try this sometime. Any other tips for how to do this?

Been looking at this recipe for making liquid soap and it takes forever and a day. Is this the best way there is to "do it right" or is there a better way? What is the difference between this way and grating a bar of soap and leaving it in water overnight and then add a preservative?

My lips get incredibly dry in winter. And beeswax in lip balm just doesn't do anything for me, it just sits on top of my lips and make sure the "good stuff" doesn't go into my lips. Can you actually make lip balm without it? It seems all recipes I find for lip balm require it...

It took QUITE a while to harden. It was still a bit soft this morning. I didn't have any FO's on hand so I poured a lot of real vanilla essence into it. A bit too much it seems as there were some puddles on the sides... :oops: It smells good though. My recipe: 70% Olive oil 15% Coconut...

Ok, now that I finally found a forum where people know something you are just not getting rid of me. :oops: I have wondered for a while about clays. Do they actually do something other than thicken lotions and add pretty colors to soap? I know that bentonite and fuller's earth remove oils...

Hi! I am a fairly new CP soap maker from Norway looking to learn more about making soap and also learn about bath and body products. I prefer it when ingredients are as natural as possible but if you have a different viewpoint than me, no worries there either. :D

Hi! I am fairly new at making CP soap and I have been trying to research natural preservatives for Bath and Body products. I just found a link to a new natural preservative called CitroZine or CitroFresh and I am wondering if anyone has tried it and whether it can actually be called...