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Early June.

The middle layer of this soap was achieved with fresh spinach and dried alfalfa. The color is still strong. https://www.instagram.com/p/By_1iRtH3rD/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

When I get soda ash, I just rinse the top of the soap while it is still in the mold and then let it dry before I unmold it. I also steam it off. A good water discount will eliminate soda ash, but not to be attempted until you have more batches under your belt.

That's one of my personal favorites too. Thank you! Glad to be back! Same here, lol! Thank you!

Thank you. That's what my daughter said too! It is called Maleficent and it is Love Spell fragrance.

Hi everyone! I haven't posted in years. Something popped up in my email and I decided to come back and log in. I'm still making soap, I now have three kids, and we live in Georgia. Hoping to get acquainted with some old faces, and new ones! Here are some of my latest creations. The last...

You can get small batches to gel by putting the mold in a box and wrapping a blanket around it. Also, what material is that pan made of?

All of their pop micas work wonderfully in our soap.

I think I would just pass it up and stick with using the Chromiums that have tested stable for soap making. I suspect that the colors we use are maybe mixed with an additive that allows them to blend easily in any liquid.

Yeah, I loved those in chem lab (all 4 years of it) but stirring my lye by hand if much easier for me. Takes 30 seconds.

What they eat does not affect SAP value.

I gel all of my soaps. They are harder faster and ready to unmold and cut in record time versus when I do not gel.

I would in the phone book for chemical suppliers. Call around and see if they sell lye, they may call it caustic soda. A lot of plumbing equipment companies will carry it too. I buy my lye from a company a few miles from me at $35 per 50lbs.

Using glass is very dangerous, and you should always pour the lye into the liquid, no matter the size of the lye flakes. Your glass container experienced thermal shock, which caused it to shatter. I am really glad you were not hurt! That must have been scary! Pyrex is also very breakable...

Those cupcakes look so real!

If you see chunks in your lye after hours of it sitting there, I would just mix a new solution. Lye chunks in soap would seriously burn. Were the chunks on the bottom of the container, or floating at the top. Did you add anything to the lye, like silk? I am going to say that is a lost...

I have used mylar for years now. The only thing that gets on my nerves is when after about 20 uses, I get a hole in corner and have to cut a new sheet. Or I cover the hole with tape but that never lasts long. One of these days I am just going to get a bunch of molds that do not need to be...

It gelled, and the darker spot in the middle are signs on an incomplete gel.

Just wanted to add that as far as molds go, if you plan on making a lot and want something that will last forever, not get scratched, etc, these babies are the way to go: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000KE ... oh_product I have 2 of them, they make the perfect bath bomb. They come in...

I think the best method is shrink wrap. That is how I do mine. A little bit of moisture will turn those into volcanos. Imagine your customer opening that package, lol. Shrink wrap and a round sticker, simple economical, and keeps them fresh and dry.