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Nice! So organized. I love your soap display. Thanks for the inspiration to get organized again. You have very beautiful soaps.

Does anyone know where to buy fair trade ingredients like fixed oils, essential oils, herbs, lye, etc.? Botanie only has Fair-Trade Shea Butter. Any others?

I started soaping July 2011 and found many tips searching this forum. I wanted to share my first forum pics to show you all what I was able to make with your help :) These are all the natural soaps I started with; no colorants, no fragrance. They are scented with Essential Oils and colored...

Cracking SoAp http://www.colebrothers.com/soap/oils.html This website I found tells you what percentage of what types of oils to use. It says not to use more than 30% Coconut Oil. I had problems with cracking and I stuck with the same recipe but I lowered the temperature at which I...

mold I found a cheap mold on ebay. It says its linerless plastic. It is NOT linerless but for the price I am happy with it. Everyone on here has given good pics or homemade wooden molds. They look pretty easy to make. I have absolutely no powertools or saws so I didn't even give it a thought. I...

compare Those are some good prices! I was about to buy from another website but I will go with SoapersChoice now. Thank you! Does anyone buy in those huge bulk 50 pound pails? I'm worried the oils would spoil before I make soap out of them. Anyone in New Mexico want to go halves?

nice post I like that you shared your experiment! Thank you for this post. I was wondering (and I'll read more on Swift Craft Monkey I'm sure) do you have to use the pectin? What is it for, is it for gel consistency, lather, etc.? I've tried making liquid soap from my cold process castile...

Beer qualities in soap Has anyone noticed or found any literature on what properties beer adds to soap? Someone asked me why I made a soap with Corona Beer in it and I didn't have an answer other than "It's cool" and "I like beer". Soooo here is the challenge question: What does the beer...

Gellin I have had partial gel on my first three batches of CP. Plastic Mold batch 1: insulated with towels batch 2: not insulated batch 3: mixed at 90 degrees, put in freezer right away and then fridge overnight (Still partial gelled!!) So should I change my water ratio to achieve...

Hello to everyone on the forum. I'm from New Mexico and a beginner soap maker. I recently came across an add to buy leftover supplies from a local woman in hopes of starting a small business making and selling handcrafted soaps. I have been looking all over the web for info on soap making...