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I probably should scale down in terms of complexity, I’m doing teeny tiny batches in order to just get a hold of the hobby and work my way into doing more complicated stuff like Royalty Soap and so forth; the idea of making soap has stuck with me for so long since my mom was so good with it and...

I’ll definitely keep both of these in mind! I used a kitchen knife, but I realized I had a regular soap cutter. I remember seeing other people use a kitchen knife that was used exclusively for soap, but I didn’t realize it being sharper would be a bad thing.

You know, I had a feeling that was probably it, I don’t know where I got the idea that it would’ve been not a big deal, I’ll figure out a way to incorporate everything I want without so much hard oils. Thank you!

You can look at my comment above for that 🙂 I found out the lye was old after I made the soap, so that was what was wrong with the lye lol. I saw on the Soap Queen website that soap can be crumbly because everything was too cool… so I assumed that was issue. I also had a lot of hard oils in my...

This is the recipe I made; Liquid - 4.24 oz Lye - 1.90 oz Shea Butter - 2.60 oz Cocoa Butter Pastilles - 2.60 oz Palm oil - 2.60 oz Coconut Oil - 2.60 oz Olive oil - 2.60 oz I waited about a day and a half, does how long you mail to unmold affect the soap?

I recently made my first batch of soap as an adult, and… kind of a nightmare. First part of the nightmare I literally spent almost an hour trying to mix the lye with all my distilled water frozen in cubes since I heard (can’t remember where from) that 100% frozen liquids was a good idea, and I...

Those are insanely gorgeous! Those are the kind of pretty decorations you can give to just about anyone, too!

I like making lip balms myself, and from what I've seen, it super depends. Vanilla extract is big no no because of the alcohol, but I know stevia is often added for sweetness. I know Misscheif gave you a really good resource for flavors that can be used in both both baking and lip balms, but I...

Aww, thanks! I have to admit I just like to edit photos for fun to make phone and desktop backgrounds (often in wallpaper engine), so I have a lot of random pictures I've edited for the fun laying around.

I haven't used shampoo bars specifically, but I've used general bars of soap to wash my hair - which gives me the exact reasons why I am very hesitant on using shampoo bars, so I'll give you my two cents if you'd like. I have long and especially thick hair (when I go to the salon to dye my...

There's old engineering mantra that says something like "the more complicated something is, the more that can go wrong" and that can also apply to practically anything, like a large variety of oils you always use for soap. What if one of them isout of stock, you don't realize it's gone bad, the...

She always went by vir999 since her name was Virginia. I did a quick search and couldn't see her but I could probably find something through her old email or something.

My mom used to use this forum - I remember seeing her use it and I'm pretty sure some of her old posts are still up. Kinda nostalgic.

My name is Liz (or Lizzie), and I like crescent moons and stars and such a lot, and since celestial ends with an L and my name starts with an L so it sounded pretty and cute together. My avatar is because I really like Japanese stuff and horror, along with cutesy stuff- it's an edited picture...

My mom was a soaping expert and had a small business making soap, it mostly fell through because of personal issues but I still hear from family members about how her soap was the nicest soap they've ever used. She passed when I was 13, I'm 23 now. I made soap before and after she died, and I...