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What a fun project. 100% tallow. Can’t wait to play around with different recipes. Hello, new rabbit hole. 😜

Made this yesterday. Used squeeze bottles. Took FOREVER (3,500g of fats!!) and my right thumb kept cramping up. Not 100% how I’m going to cut it. Combined OT’s German Chamomile with BB’s White Tea and Ginger. Both very well behaved. Past two weeks have been an emotional roller coaster. It felt...

Oh wow. I LOVE this fragrance. Slightly sweet and herbacious/woodsy. A keeper!! Patchouli Honey

Last year I made three different Christmas themed soaps. Only one of them sold and the other two barely sold. Because the designs were aligned with a holiday, once Christmas was over, I was stuck with soap that I could no longer market. Looking back, I could have had a flash sale on those soaps...

I have a potential buyer in the Netherlands. Have any of you shipped your soap internationally and what was your experience? Do you recall the cost of shipping and the customs hassle? Any feedback is appreciated. I've estimated that shipping would cost around $17-20.00.

Trying to be more consistent and habitual with testing FOs. This is what I tested today and preliminary results: EBB: Sweet pumpkin- heavy acceleration and discoloration Calabrian bergamot violet- perfect Mistletoe kisses- slight acceleration Juicy couture- slight acceleration Shampure- slight...

Oh wow. I bought a bottle of OT's Sandalwood Rose and waited forever to soap with it. I think it is the most beautiful fragrance oil I have ever soaped with. Accelerated slightly. Highly recommend moderate SB and relying on the spatula. Also, add the fragrance oil and stir well then pour. Don't...

I’ve had a few requests from customers who asked that I include a patchouli blend. I ordered Patchouli Honey from EBB and I have Anarchy from NS. Hoping for a few more fragrance oil recommendations that include notes of patchouli. Thank you!

I made these embeds yesterday and welcome input on a design to use them. I made two embeds: ovals and balls. My thought is to use the balls in the body of the soap. Either on the bottom or randomly dispersed throughout, top to bottom. And the ovals on the top of the soap. This mold produces 30...

I’ve had watermelon juice in my freezer since last summer just waiting for me to put it to use to make soap. Would appreciate tried-and-true watermelon FOs for me to cut my teeth on. Thank you!

I found some promising recipes during a preliminary search but I figured I’d turn my query to all you fantastic folk. One of my bffs is pregnant and is like to make her a basket of goodies, including belly balm. Thank you!

Looking for supplier recommendations for cetearyl alcohol. : Thank you! )

Last week, as I was cutting a batch of soap, my second-to-last guitar string broke. My daughter was in the kitchen when it happened. She makes jewelry and suggested the wire she uses to make earrings. Alas, it was too thick. She inherited my jewelry-making tools and supplies, so I also knew that...

These bars are coming up on 8 weeks. Made with hibiscus tea and the usual ingredients of oils, butters, and three different clays. However, I added grinded up hibiscus tea leaves to the soap batter. If it is DOS, that is most likely the culprit.

@Jersey Girl's cocoa butter soap hack got me thinking about soap hacks (unconventional ideas to make the soap making process our own or solve problems in an interesting way). I've mentioned before that I use a Styrofoam cooler to gel my soaps. I cook and bake just about every day, which makes...

Made a batch of soap last night and everything was going perfectly until I added a heavily floral fragrance and it riced like nothing I’ve ever experienced. There was no fixing it. Normally I can stick blend any ricing but this one went past the point of no return. 😭 Now what do I do with it? I...

Hi! My name is Lisa. I've been making soap officially since January. For a good year-ish before making soap I read and read and researched, and researched some more. Years ago I developed my own face cream, sold it to a CBD supplier who wanted to start making CBD beauty products. While buying...

Hi everyone! I recently made a batch of soap using egg yolk and LOVE the results in my bars. I did plenty of reading ahead of time to feel confident that adding egg yolk will not greatly affect the shelf life of my soap, but I thought I'd open up the conversation with all of you wonderful soap...