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I know it is not unusual for soap to sweat and I have been soaping for years. This year I have unusual sweating....seems greasy even. I notice it is mainly my soaps made with a mixture of oils including Lard. I have never had my lard soap sweat before. It's mainly my soaps on the soap rack. The...

For those of you who use shrink bands or bags...looking for recommendations on packaging bars from the BB 18 bar mold. My bars are chunky as I fill the liner about 3/4 of the way full. I swirl my top and didn't really want to cover it up with my label. I also have my ingredient label to think...

So, I've been on quite a roll of soapmaking...keeping quite busy making batch after batch. I only have two types of molds (well 3 really) that I use: silicone loaf and wooden upright column mold with removable divider from BB. I love being creative with swirls/decorating but need to move onto...

Yikes! I was organizing my soaping cabinet this morning and ran across a $10.00 off shipping coupon for BB that expires today. Needless to say...another excuse to place an order! :) I would like to try a few of BB unisex/masculine FO that I have never tried. I absolutely LOVE the smell of...

I unmolded this soap 4 days ago. It was a swirl made in a vertical mold and I had extra so I made oval soap in my silicone mold. My loaf is fine. My oval soaps had ash on them which didn't concern me. Now they have what looks like tiny sugar crystals on the side? Is ash? I would have thought...

I am planning on making several batches of soap with a hanger swirl in the BB 2 lb silicone loaf mold. I would them all to look the same and be colored with light pink and grey swirls. I have electric bubblegum and black luster mica from BB. Any idea on how much I would need to use per mold...

I had an amazing weekend of soaping. Tried my first hand at hanger swirl. I had to improvise and bend my own hanger because my tool hasn't arrived in the mail but I'm pretty happy with the outcome. Looks like a bit if ash on the top (more on one side of the soap than the other). Usually I...

I was just curious to see how many of you use a soap planer or do you just trim your rough edges? Also, do you rinse your soap once it is done curing to give it a shine? My thought is that some soap, especially those that are not completely square or have a textured top, look best a little...

Well I unmolded my first batch last night. So far so good. I was a bit nervous making the soap after taking a break for so long. It's an olive oil, coconut oil and castor blend. I accidentally added my EO after I divided up my soap to add colorant. Batch seemed soft when I went to unmold so I...

Hello everyone! Although I joined the group a little over 3 yrs ago, I took a long unexpected break. At that time I was super excited to have started soaping, CP that is. My family was as excited as I was, especially my son. Some uneventful circumstances arose and my world was turned...

I made my first funnel pour last night in a solicone log mold. I sprayed the top with 91% alcohol, covered it with a piece of cardboard and a towel to insulate it. I peeked at it this morning (about 12 hrs later)....normally don't do that. It has tiny bubbles on top, almost like it was...

I was hoping to get some input on your favorite type of molds to work with. I would like to invest in a few new ones and have been looking online. Do you have a favorite supplier that you can recommend with a good selection? I have a silicone loaf mold which is fine, but doesn't allow me to...

Just unmolded my batch of Cranberry Fig that I made with my daughter last night. With everything going on, I forgot to shake down my mold to prevent air bubbles :oops: Oh well, they are only really visible from the side. We tried to do a pencil line of glitter in the soap but I don't notice...

Here is the pic that didn't post on my last thread.

Well I did my first one lb batch of CP two days ago. I tried to keep it simple, a blend of olive and coconut oil superfatted with castor. I used BB cold water FO. I got so excited they turned out good that I made a 2 lb batch in a vertical mold. I swirled pink/purple and used beach breezes FO...

So at this point I feel I have done enough reading on the subject to get started on making my first batch of CP. I'm scared but excited none the less. I was going to start measuring everything out tonight and possibly make my batch tomorrow but my daughter is going in for a c-section and I...

I was wondering if some of you with more experience can give me some advice on coloring cold process soaps. What type of colorants do you find the easiest to work with? I heard oxides work well. Can you recommend any other types/suppliers? Also, someone recommended starting out with small 1 lb...

Hi Everyone! I'm married with two kids. I have one granddaughter, Lilly, who is my world and another one due anytime :razz: I have been spending all my spare time reading any good book I can find on soap making and would love to try cold pour. My son who is 22 is as excited as me...he bought me...