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Hello and happy new year friends! Can anyone recommend a good Peony fragrance oil for CP soap? I was using one from BB but it’s double the cost of all my other FOs so I’m trying to find something a bit more affordable for a client. I haven’t been reading great reviews from some other...

Hi all! Me again :-) I have a question regarding the 50-50 lye solution. I’m making much larger batches of soaps in 18 5 lb molds. I’d like to break the batch up for two fragrances. Before using 50/50 solution, this wasn’t a problem. However now, the batch is accelerating trace much faster...

Hi again, I have used the same fragrance oils from the same business for the last three years. I’ve never had a problem with discoloration (unless it was a known discolored like vanilla.) I’ve recently changed the way that I’m soaping. I’ve switched to using a 50/50 solution as Im getting...

Hi all, Just bought this coconut oil (picked it up so I didn’t hand pick it myself) and would like your thoughts as to whether it’s any good? Smells fine. Top was almost gooey, the rest looks normal but from the side, something’s up. Expiration not till 2025. Thanks for your input!

Hi all, If my recipe calls for 138.35oz of lye, then when using a 50/50 lye solution, I’d measure out 276.70oz. of the solution correct? If the recipe calls for 280.89oz of water, then how much remaining water would be needed after the solutions been added? 4.19oz? Or would it be an additional...

Hi all, I’ve had a few customers request custom stamps for their soaps and was wondering what you typically charge to stamp soaps on large quantity orders? Thank you!

Changing things up a bit and am using distilled water/ice to make lye solution. Before I changed my methods, I Was adding salt and tussah silk to water and then dissolving it all with the lye. Now that’s not possible. Any ideas how to dissolve silk and additives now that I’m using ice...

Hi all, Any way to adhere botanicals to cp soap tops that fell off? Thank you!

Curious, if a recipe calls for 108oz of oils, 30.01oz water, and 14.78oz lye but you add an extra .10oz lye and an extra .10oz water by accident, what would you do?

Hi all! Quick question here. I made a batch of goats milk soap. The loaves looked fine aside from heavy soda ash. They’ve been curing for a few weeks now. Two of the bars have what looks to be DOS. Very strange only on the bottoms of the soap. None of the other bars seem to be affected. is it...

Hi all! For those that use the split method for milk soaps, is there a way to prevent soda ash? I had very little when i froze the milk and added lye to it. Split method produced the ashiest soap I’ve ever made. Thank you for your wisdom!

Do you cover your goats milk soap once poured??

Hi all! Going to use the 50/50 method when making next batch of goats milk soap. Here’s the question: I always add sodium citrate to my soaps since our water is so hard here. I read somewhere that goats milk soap contains lactic acid which acts like chelator. Am I safe to leave sodium citrate...

Hi all! Curious what you call your melt and pour soaps on your websites?

Have been sick the last few days and didn't get to make soap as I had hoped. Left two premade batches of aloe juice and lye Solution covered on the table in a room that's not air conditioned. It's been about 80-90 degrees these last few days. The solution looks fine, no strange smell. Is it ok...

I was going to make a 22lb slab last week. Got all the ingredients ready but then got pretty tired so decided to wait to make it. Then company came to town and next thing you know, days have gone by. I only covered the lye Solution about half way into this. I have the time now to make it but am...

One ingredient I know I'm overspending on is sodium citrate. Does anyone have a good recommendation for good pricing? Much appreciated!!!!!

The last two soaps I made, I had the same batter issue- it's turning orangish tan when mixed with lye solution. I use olive oil (yellow), coconut oil (clear or light tan), palm shortening (white), castor oil (clear), and Shea butter (tan). Never had this happen before. All oils and butters...

I love the smell of this one Palo Santo FO but it causes a neon yellow discoloration on the tops and edges of soaps. ( It's happening with other soapers too who use this FO so we know it's the FO for sure.) The question is, how do you combat the yellowing??

I live in the west and the water is very hard. Some folks have a water softener, some don't. Do you formulate for hard water or soft? Do you specify that your soap is made for use with soft water if you aren't using a chelator? Or do you always use a chelator since there's a 50/50 chance...