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My husband made me a nice big, double wide mold 🥰. Using my normal tried and true recipe, I tested it yesterday. I CPOP'd it. The soap looks fine and feels firm enough to unmold, but it is still hot. I usually can unmold by now. But I am guessing it is hot due to the extra mass of the double...

Just received this in an email: Fragrance Buddy Mothers Day sale, today only, May 14th 2023, ends at midnight. 25% of fragrance oils with code MOM25. Hope this helps someone :)

In the recent purchase from Fragrance Buddy I picked Asian Sandalwood. It said it contained no vanillin. So I made my blue soap from a tried-and-true recipe. I am so disappointed the way it turned a dirty, ugly color! Below is what I expected compared to what I got. (yes, the blue one is a used...

We started talking about this on another thread, but I think this is important enough for its own thread. I have no trouble finding the right words to describe my soaps. However, it takes about a day to mull it over, and about 15 minutes to finalize it. So, I played with the AI everyone is...

For a year now I have been making notes and collecting wisdom from web sites, books and mostly this forum (thanks everyone). So today I decided to condense and simplify all my handwritten notes onto one page. I plan on laminating it and keeping it handy when I soap. Please, especially check my...

I am disappointed that some fragrances are weak or disappear too soon--and the cost, phew $$$! I have been taking notes from the forum on what would work best for my next purchases. Thanks everyone. I'm grateful for all the help and support on this forum (especially when my beautiful lab died)...

I made a batch of soap with a recipe I had used and liked before. On pouring it in to the loaf mold it looked great. As I was wrapping it, it looked slick and oily. There was some batter left over and that was poured into 2 cavity molds. The cavity mold soap looked good, but when I peeked again...

I'm down the rabbit hole on this soapy stuff. I have made some nice soaps but the more I make, the fussier I become (some might say nit-picky🤣). I have taught myself to use the fatty acid profiles to get the qualities I'm looking for. I don't use animal fats and I'm on the fence about palm oil...

@Zany_in_CO Today my ZNSB is two weeks old. Happy 2 week birthday soaps, now I can play with you. It was hard to keep my hands off them, but I resisted. I LOOOOOVE this soap. 😍Mild, bubbly, easy to make, simple recipe, 2 week cure😍 What's not to love there? Thank you Zany :dance: I added a tad...

I have been adding aloe vera juice to some of my soaps, but I suspect aloe vera gel might be better. The juice is so watery looking, so I planted an aloe vera in my back yard to grow my own gel. They do well here with all the sunshine. But it is going to take ages to grow big enough--Sigh! I...

Help! Somebody save me from myself! If all three (sugar, aloe juice, sorbitol) increase lather, can I hit them all up for my soap. Does each one bring something to the table or too much of a good thing since they are all sugars? Or a little of each can work synergistically? Like how much of...

No, it's not confetti soap! I am sure it is stearic spots, just need a confirmation. I have never had this before, but I kinda feel I deserve it! I push the envelope sometimes, just have to see stuff for myself. I consider these experiences a rite of passage. If something is good how much more...

Fellow Soapers, I stumbled upon this article from 2020 and thought it might interest some of us. I don't use palm oil myself, but it seems all oils will be affected in some way. This was written before the war in Ukraine where most of the sunflower oil is produced. I can't find high oleic...

The last 2 weeks I have had a great time dabbling and testing my recipes with mixed results, but mostly good and learning by experience. I used a 1lb mold (1/2 Kilo maybe) and some milk cartons to test small batches :--) Today there is an excessive heat warning for Arizona. It is supposed to...

I had a miserable soap making session this week. I should have come here first...I know, I know, don't scold me. I'm so sorry, believe me! Trying to make my own signature soap. It needs to be very mild because I live in a very dry desert climate, needs to last because our water is so hard and...

Hi, my name is Shirley and I'm a soapaholic... No wait, that's my other group, sorry. Hi my name is Shirley and I have been lurking for quite a while and making soap for about 5 minutes, but I'm already hooked. I have a million questions so I will show up in the beginner forum. Just to show you...