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Hi all! So, I made some adorable embed soaps (actually the ones from one of the Soap Queen tutorials). And they look fabulous when I first make them. But, about 1-2 weeks after the color turns darker. So the pink ones I made turned more into a dark red, and the blue ones I made turn into a...

Hey all! I picked up some Green Tea Powder to use in my lotions. And so far I've tried twice (both at 1%) of the lotion to get it to work. It won't. It doesn't seem to want to emulsify when I add the powder. I tried it once adding it directly to the water phase and then mixing my oils in...

Hey all! So, I made (or, rather, tried) to make CP soap today for the first time. And it didn't work. I followed the directions and am 98% certain that I measured everything perfectly. I'm not sure if it would be the temperature, the ingredients I used or what.... The recipe: 6 ounces...

Hey! So, I just made my first two lotions (yay), and I don't think they worked at all (boo). They are both still cooling, so perhaps they are salvageable, which I'll have to see about. They are both recipes from Natural Beauty at Home by Janice Cox- the Mint Body Lotion and the Almond...

Hey all! This may seem like a silly question- but the majority of lotion recipes I've seen call for distilled water (or mint or rose water- which isn't distilled I assume?). My question is: is distilled water completely necessary? Obviously, I won't be using tap water, but would bottled...

Hey all! I just started this whole soap/lotion making thing recently- but so far, I've been having a blast! My first M&P soaps look pretty fantastic (if I do say so myself), although they seem to be slightly sticky- which may have more to do with my ingredients... This seems like an...