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There’s a company that does all kinds of how to videos and today they are doing cold process soap. It’s like a train wreck. I know I should turn it off and look away but here I am still watching it. They said you can use glass but didn’t give any kind of warning that glass can shatter. I know...

Can someone explain the difference between 5A and 5C for me? I know one says lotion and one says cream. I'm making lotion sticks, which for me I use mostly for hands but do occasionally use on my arms, legs, heels, etc. I would do the same thing if it were cream. If I were buying lotion in a...

Want to hear the jumbled thoughts of my brain? Read on :) I want to be eco friendly so instead of making bars and putting them in tins, I went with making lotions "sticks" in the cardboard push up tubes. This all sounds good until it comes time to make them. If you pour the liquid in all at...

My largest batch to date, 40 bars. I bought the All-in-One Tall Skinny mold and had to use it asap 😁. The beer I used was from a local brewery so Mr Blue Moon agreed to stand in as the beer model. I added cocoa for the brown and ZO for the off white. The bottoms have darkened up now that they’ve...

I intended to make soap for the April straight lines challenge to accomplish two things at once, one being the challenge and the other to get a color chart of sorts so I'd know how each of my infused oils colors look. My original plan was to do some 1 cm lines, then tilt the mold on an angle...

I see there are two soap conferences coming up, HSCG and SoapCon. HSCG is 4 days and quite the expense, while SoapCon will be a little cheaper. There's also the "you get what you pay for" saying, that is more often than not true. I would love to hear reviews on each of them.

Some of you have been making soap for a really long time so looking back, which would you choose? A slab mold with a separate log splitter, or a slab mold with dividers? Here's what I'm looking at: this log splitter Multi-position Soap log splitter and soap beveler and this mold (or similar) 4...

I decided to make 4 separate batches due to the infused oils. Indigo (pale blue/grey) and Himalayan Rhubard (pink) infused olive oils, activated charcoal (dark grey), and zinc oxide (white). I went easy on the colors this round and will use more for future batches. I’m really bad at taking...

I'm trying to keep my soap as no artificial color so using infused olive oil for my colors. If I'm using multiple colors, what's the best way to split them? Should I divide my total batch by, let's say, 4 and make 4 different batches? Mix all the ingredients except for the infused oils then...

With all the talk on lotion bars, I’m going to attempt some. Looking at recipes, some say to let the wax stay hot for 20 minutes or so, others just pour once melted. How do I know if I need to let mine sit or just pour? Some say to let cure for a couple of weeks, some say use immediately...

Im sure someone has done this and Im just not searching the right words. I’m looking for a comparison of different thicknesses of a hanger tool and how it affects the design. For instance, a wire hanger versus something as thick as a drinking straw or gear tie.

I’ve only been making soap since last July and while each one has been exciting for me, I think this is the first one that makes me feel like I actually know what I’m doing. I used indigo infused olive oil, alkanet root infused OO, and a touch of zinc oxide. For the indigo, I used the oil before...

I received my 16" single wire soap cutter today and in trying to attach the handle, I found that the handle won't slide down into the slot it's intended to go in. I can budge the two sides of the slot with my fingers to get it to begin to go in, but then it hits the extra plastic that sticks out...

I did the quart of water with 1 Tbsp each sea salt and baking soda. I only made one batch of soap with it and put the rest in the fridge. It's been sitting in there for 4-5 weeks but it was the same after 1 day. There is salt and/or soda in the bottom of the jar. The picture may look like a...

I looked at the safety data sheet for an essential oil and have questions. Does putting an EO with a carrier oil change the EO so that it’s no longer a danger to aquatic life? I don’t live too far from the ocean and my brain went to “eek, I’m going to wash my hands with this, it’s going to make...

I have a bunch of fiber reactive Procion dyes that I used to dye yarn. Is there any reason they couldn’t be used for cp soap? It dissolves in water, doesn’t dissolve in olive oil. I haven’t tested it in lye water. Could there be a chemical reaction with the lye?

I want to do a 4 color soap using infused olive oil. Each color will be 1/5 of the total batch, though 2 colors will be the same. This is for a swirl and I’m going for colors A B C D A. I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to split the batch and I think (this often gets me in...

I'm new here and to soapmaking. I made my first batch of soap on July 6th. I just couldn't bring myself to do a plain bar with no colors so I stuck a cucumber in the blender and then froze it into cubes, and replaced my water with those. For the other color, I used coffee that I made from my...