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Hello all! I started soaping in 2002 when I was recovering from a car accident. I got really into melt and pour, totally obsessed, actually. I sold at a local flea market for a year, treading water the whole time. I kept reinvesting my profits and by the time it was all said and done I spent...

Is there a rule of thumb about how much you should use in a recipe? I'm new to formulating recipes and the one I'm working on now has 20%, is that too much? Is there a max I shouldn't exceed? I've read that it can make the soap too hard. Is that the primary concern? Thank you in advance!

I've been reading about trace and the factors that affect it on Modern Soapmaking. I learned to soap over ten years ago and made a few batches but it wasn't until the last six months that I've picked it back up. I have no interest in selling or doing craft fairs. I just want to learn...

I have about ten CP batches under my belt, all have turned out well so far. knock wood. I learned to add my essential oils/fragrance oils at trace but I recently watched a Soap Queen video where she had a guest soaper on who added her fragrances to her oils. This surprised Ann Marie, who did...