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So yesterday, I fell. 😩🙄 I was pretty close to the back door into my house, which is brick. I face planted right into the corner of a brick, and now I have a big gash on my forehead. I’ve also got pretty respectable scrapes on my left knee and elbow, and a couple of bumps. Nothing serious. But...

A while ago I tried a sample of facial cleansing balm that I’d received and fell in love. I’ve been oil cleansing for several years but as of late, it hasn’t really been working for me. I’ve mentioned in other areas that my current job requires a lot of travel (I’m currently on night #10 in the...

I’m really struggling with choosing good sets of colors for my soaps. I pick colorants and group them together in ways that I think will be nice/fun/pretty, then when the soap is done, they look…..meh. Often they look like they were just randomly thrown together. Some of y’all come up with these...

…but has anyone ever tried using cologne as a fragrance oil for lotion? My daughter is here and we’re wanting to make some lotion for her husband. He loves Polo cologne and we plan to get some for him…and then I thought, could we make Polo-scented lotion for him? I’ve honestly never considered...

We’re on our way to Fargo, North Dakota (aka “up nort”) for my son’s college graduation. Today as we passed through the Twin Cities, in my mind I waved hello to @dibbles and @Zing! :goodbye1:Stay warm, guys! 🥶

I’m not crazy about these new pop-up ads that are showing up on SMF! I did, however, see one just now that made me think of our own @Ephemerella! 😂😂 Did you request this, girl? Like those “which ad experience do you prefer” things? LOL!!!

Where did y'all get your tall & skinny molds? I'm finding myself with a gift card to burn and thought I'd invest in a nice wooden one with a silicone liner...maybe even a lid! Of course Nurture is sold out unless I want to buy a 9 lb mold (o_O). Does anyone have this one or know anything about...

I don’t do a ton of soaps that I feel are photo-worthy, but I just love this one! It was made for the September Soap Challenge Club, but due to me being dumb and not following the rules for my entry category, this went into the bonus (i.e., non-competitive) round. Looking at my pics compared to...

I just came across this article and I thought it was pretty interesting. I know many of us got into soapmaking because we wanted to get away from synthetic products, but at least this would be a way to recycle all that plastic we throw away in this world. Chemists turned plastic waste into tiny...

Has anyone ever tried to make a waterless soap/cleanser for extra dirty hands? My farmer brother is interested in something that he could apply, rub, wipe off with a towel/rag, and have clean(ish) hands. Something he could have in the shop where he might not have access to a sink but needs to...

A while ago, I made my husband some high-lard, uncolored and unscented soap because he was thinking that the revolving door of test soaps at the sinks throughout the house were bothering his skin. Turned out it was the Dawn Powerwash…ya think? LOL But the plain, high-lard soap (made using...

Do we have a thread somewhere where we list the social media accounts of people who sell or just like to show off their creations? I’d love to follow some of y’all.

Hi all, so I’m American but this week I’ve been vacationing in Bavaria (highly recommend, btw!). Of course I had to buy some soaps to try, but unfortunately only one came with an ingredient list. It’s called “honig-milch seife” - ok, honey and milk soap. One of the ingredients is “mel” which...

So I just bought and DL'd this e-book. I'm excited to go through it.......but am I really going to have to enter a password every time I want to open it? There's no way I'll ever remember what it is. It's super annoying!!

Hi y’all! I just bought some BTMS-50 because I’ve read (in here as well as other places) that’s it makes a nice, “dry” lotion (I hate greasy hands, especially while I’m at work!). Just curious how you use it? As the only emulsifier or in conjunction with another? Thanks! ❤️

I wanted to share this because I just LOVE the colors. The batter had 5x orange EO (plus patch) so it was pretty yellow. The gold layer had yellow oxide to enhance that. The red is brick red oxide. The teal is ultramarine blue with some AC added to the yellow batter. And with lines from AC. Oh...

A couple of months ago I attempted to make mini soaps. They turned out chalky and powdery, and I think I know what I did wrong - soaped too cool and didn’t CPOP or get them to gel any other way. It’s a lot of soap to go to waste, so today I was thinking maybe I could try the ciaglia method and...

So I’m in Las Vegas this week for work. My husband is coming out tomorrow (Friday) and we’re spending the weekend. We had made plans to see Aerosmith in concert on Sunday night, but we learned today that they’re cancelling! I’m so bummed! I know there’s still a TON to do in Vegas, but this was a...

I was scrolling LinkedIn and came across this graphic. I worked at Mayo Clinic for many years and trust them (circumstances allowing I’d go back to work there in a millisecond!). I thought some of you might enjoy it.

Today I finished up my experimental terrarium soaps! I got these cute little 3D succulent molds and made soap with them last weekend. Then this weekend I made some transparent soap to pour over top. I used about 2/3 of the transparent soap because I wanted to save some back in case I decide to...