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I am not new to soaping. I have been making soap for over 9 years. I have a nice small successful soap business. In the last 7 months I have had 2 batches of soap that were around 6 months old change color to a yellow orange and smell awful. This has never happened before. One soap was scented...

I have a problem with some of my scents fading away after a year or so. It is the worst with essential oils, especially citrus oils. I read that a lower PH may help. Has anyone tried adding citric acid to their soap to increase scent life?

Is anyone using to soap. Just found out that I can get locally grown here in Montana.

Is anyone using rice oil in their soaps? I read that it is very conditioning. Olive oil is getting so expensive that I am thinking of trying the pomace / rice oil 50/50 blend. They have made beauty products in Japan with rice oil for centuries.

How does everyone feel about melting your oils in the microwave. It is so much easier, but does it kill al the nutrients in the oils.

I just wanted to share it. We have been getting the kinks out of it for 10 months, I know some of you can relate. I have only had 2 sales off of my website in that time, but it is a good spot to send people to so they can see my products. Website www.foresthomesoaps.com also did a facebook...

This example is not so obvious. This is my Lavendar soap the first picture is gelled and the second picture is ungelled. In this soap I preferred the gelled. http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee4 ... vendar.jpg http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee4 ... darnew.jpg This is my...

I have been asked to make guest soaps for a local golf tournament called the Carnation Cup. They have asked for a red and white carnation scented soap. Anyone know of a great carnation scent. I have already tried, Carnation from Nature's Garden. It is pretty weak I used 1/2 ounce more scent than...

I have 2 local business that want to carry my soap and cut it on site for their customers. Have any of you done this, does it take longer or is it still about 6 weeks? I have a test 7 inch loaf curing next to the cut bars of the same soap, and they seem to all be curing at about the same rate.

I have a customer that wants a mint scented blue soap for their guest cabins. The cabins are at the foot of the Sapphire Mountain Range, across the valley from me, and the area below the cabins is covered with mint fields. They want the soap labeled as Sapphire Soap. I have tried 4 different...

Making soaps for Christmas bazaars and gifts today. Peppermint Candy, Christmas Forest, Eggnog, Wild Cranberry ,and Gingerbread. What is everyone else making.

I made this pumpkin soap for a fall festival. I used real pumpkin and should have kept it in the oven to acheive full gel, but not thinking I tried to stop it from gelling. So now I am stuck with 18 bars of pumpkin pie scented partial gel soap.. UGHHHHHH Note to self, any soap with milk or...

I made this soap with some rock hound friends in mind. I called it fire agate. Unfortunately I used black oxide for color, and the lather is gray. I have used it in the bath and it didn't color the tub and rinsed off fine. Right now it is my kitchen soap, because I don't know what else to us it...

I have been using a white chocolate FO that smelled like the real thing, from Taylored Concepts. TC went out of business and I need a replacement. I got one from NG to try, but it smells like milk chocolate. Any suggestions?

People always ask me for vanilla soap, but I try to steer clear of anything containing vanilla, because of the brown discoloration. Can anyone recommend a product to help with this?

I have a booth at an Irish and Scottish (is that correct, I always thought that it should be Scotch) festival.It is in 6 weeks and I thought that it would be fun to include some scents that bring those countries to mind. So far I am thinking Wild Irish Rose, Irish Lavendar, and I found a 4 Leaf...

I want to try a funnel swirl. Can anyone tell me how to do that? I know a funnel in the middle of the loaf mold, then what, alternate colors or pour them together? How thick should the soap be? My first try I alternated colors, and the soap was too thick, I ended up glopping (if this isn't...

My husband made me 2 of these. I love them. I have tested them out in the oven and the freezer, and they are fine. I get 19 -1 inch bars out of them, if I am really good at my cutting, usually I get 18 nice 1 inch bars and 1 skinny bar. I told him that he should sell them...

As we all know frgrances with high vanilla content can be our enemy and change the color of our soap. I was trying to make a white chocolate scented soap with a purple huckleberry scented swirl in it. I used titanium dioxide and violet ultramarine for my colarants. I also added a little cocoa...

Friends that have a local mead winery, asked if I could come up with a soap made from their mead. The first batch I made was a nice lfeeling bar, but it was lumpy and the coconut oil separated, leaving white specks in the soap. The second batch seized immediately and the coconut oil hardened and...