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I purchased a Vanilla Bean fragrance oil from a supplier because it had great reviews and it arrived today, but the scent is really light. Like, you can barely smell it and I fear this will be the same result when adding it to products. I planned on using it as a single fragrance in body butters...

Hello Friends! I’m sure most of you are familiar with Nature’s Fragrance and are aware that they went out of business a few months ago. I ordered about 85% of my fragrances from them and while I’ve been fortunate enough to find them thru other suppliers, there is one particular fragrance that I...

Hello all! I have a recipe for liquid laundry detergent but of course it thins out when fragrance is added to it. I've been experimenting with using salt to thicken it but no luck there. So I want to try using guar gum as I know it's a great thickener and I read on another site where a user...

Hey everyone! I made a batch of soap on yesterday and poured it in the mold around 6p. I unmolded it today about 30 mins ago (around 8:15p) and noticed that it’s still a bit soft at the bottom but pretty solid near the top. I think I poured at light trace so that could be the issue or it could...

Hey Guys! It’s me again 👋🏾. I’ve been experimenting with cold process soap making off and on for a little over a year now and I’m slowly getting better at it. But I’m wondering just how important is temperature as it relates to the lye and oils. I’ve read where you should soap around 120-130...

Hey guys! I'm fairly new to soapmaking but I've gotten a lot better at it than I was before. YAY ME! However, I recently changed up my recipe using Soap Calc and I've got a question about my lye measurements. My scale (I actually have three different scales) only weighs in .05 increments in...

Hello fellow soap makers! Has anyone ever used the below brand of Olive Oil (see photo) from Sam’s Club? Also, any recommendations and/or suggestions on where to purchase lye from last minute/locally in terms of national chain stores? I typically order my oils and lye from BB or WSP and just...

It’s been an exciting and interesting journey for me guys with learning the basics of cold process soap and I’d like to thank all of you that have provided me with advice, feedback and guidance thus far. Dibbles, Serene, KiwiMoose, Jersey Girl, Lenarenee, LSG just to name a few of you. THANK...

Hello fellow soapmaking friends. So I took the advice and did some research and watched a few YT vids on how to use a soap calculator. Honestly, I’m not sure why I was afraid as it seems pretty simple and the “Getting Started” guide for beginners on Soapcalc was pretty helpful as well. So I’ve...

Greetings! I’m fairly new to cold process soap making and I’ve been experimenting with a recipe that I got from soapqueen.com. It’s the “Old Faithful With a Twist” recipe and it consists of the following: 25% Coconut Oil 25% Palm Oil 30% Olive Oil 15% Sweet Almond Oil 5% Mango Butter I make...

Hello, I'm kind of new to all of this, so I'm looking for some some solid advice. I'm experimenting with different bath salt recipes and noticed that they tend to lose their scent after a few days. At first, I was using a mixture of Epsom Salts, Dendritic Salts, Dead Sea Salts, Baking sodas, a...