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Hi to all guys! I'm still on -extended- autumn vacation, but I have plenty of time for soaping and my last 10 batches were great :) Right now though, I'm facing a problem and I really can't come up with any bright solution. Anyone wants to chime in and save the day? I got two new...

Too bad I don't have any fotos of my old soaps, done with hot process.. Or at least what here in Greece we call hot process, but this is another story. I think I'm gonna make a different post about this on the main forum. Well, here they are. My very first one, Calendula Honey Face...

I was shopping my soap materials this afternoon and I just opened the bags to see that I've bought a kg of Potassium Hydroxide, (KOH) instead of my usual Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH). It's not worth the trouble to go all the way back to the market to change it, but I really don't know what to do...

When things get tough -which seems to be the norm lately- I have a couple of things to help me make it through another day. One, is soap making. The other is music. I love music. Almost any kind of music. When I was still studying at the university, I spend my weekends working part time in...

Last night I thought I might give it a shot and oh, yes, it worked! I used a basic recipe, with fo of jasmine and rose, and what amazed me the most is that unintentionally I managed to duplicate the color, text and fragrance of the commercial bath bombs I used to buy for years, spending 5...

I was so excited last night when I tried my first Castille Type or Bastille soap, everything went smoothly and I couldn't wait to cut it this morning. But I'm afraid things gone wrong, somehow.. Firstly, I totally ruined the Lynn top :( I covered my silicone mold with saran wrap, thinking...

Some of my latest attempts on decoupage. Let me know how you like them :) Old spoons China cup Old ashtray Old cigar box Old coffee tray

I'm so excited :) I just made my first Castille type soap tonight, for a friend's little baby, and everything went smoothly. It didn't take ages to trace, just a little longer than usually, and although I was worried about how well the lye would dissolve into less water, it was ok, just took...

Hi guys! I've been trying my best to reformulate my shampoo bar recipe, as shampoo bars were the main reason I went into soap making in the first place. I can't tolerate any commercial shampoos (they all seem to make my hair condition worse, sometimes make them more oily and others make...

A couple of weeks back, I thought it was time to try a shampoo bar. I know a shampoo bar is a love it or hate it kind of thing, but I'm on the love it part. In the past I've bought some excellent shampoo bars and I trully hoped I could do something similar. My recipe for a test batch of...

I' ve already warned everybody in my first post here, that as a relatively new soap maker, I'll have like a million questions, so be patience with me :) Well, during the last months of browsing, I was really surprised that I've never come across any recipe, formula, info, lye calculator...

Hi everybody, I m Ifiyenia, from Athens, Greece (you can see my introduction in the forum for more details abt me). Being a newbie in cp soap making, and although I spend months reading about formulas, recipes, oils, properties, calculations etc, and having successfully create 6 different...

Hello to all! What a wonderful forum, I m so happy I found you :) I m Ifiyenia, from Athens, Greece. Relatively new in cp soap making, it's been many months that I study about oils, methods, ingredients, calculations, recipes and all the wonderful things concerning soap making, but only a...