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    How do you pack/store CP soap?

    We're moving and our household goods will be in storage for about 5 months. What is the best way to pack my CP soap (most is cured) for that long? It will definitely be exposed to extreme heat and probably a couple days below freezing. (If it matters, it will be stored in the back of a semi...
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    Can I save this?

    So...I want to make this, and I don't have any liquid castile base, so I thought no biggie, I'll make it! Found this recipe, and everything was going great until the testing phase. Cloudy. Cook more. Still cloudy. Cook more. Still cloudy. Repeat 1000000 times (not really, total cook time...
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    Quick ?...what grade avocado oil?

    I need to order some avocado oil quickly, and I'm not sure which to order. Planning to order from Soaper's Choice, I think, and not sure whether to get refined or the refined cosmetic grade. I purchased avocado at Walmart before, brand is Tropical Plantation. Unfortunately, they don't seem...
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    PSA: New Soaper's Choice shipping prices

    Back in November/December I made a spreadsheet to price out various things between different suppliers, and when I fiddling around on Soaper's Choice's new website, I noticed shipping seemed high. I finally had time to compare today and their shipping has more than doubled for everything I...
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    Which palm from Soaper's Choice?

    I have never really worked with palm, and I would like to play with it. Is there a big difference in soap with the homogenized vs non-homogenized? I know the non has to be melted and stirred every time, so obviously the homogenized appeals, but does it make a difference in soap?
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    If ever you need a chicken ramen scent...

    Bulk Apothecary's Ramen Noodle Soup is dead on OOB. I will probably use it in MP since I only got a sample, but I had to smell it when i saw it LOL.
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    Are BB and BA related?

    Or did one copy the other? https://www.brambleberry.com/Tall-12-Silicone-Loaf-Mold-P6073.aspx http://www.bulkapothecary.com/tall-12-loaf-silicone-soap-mold/
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    Errr...am I crazy?? Is goat's milk a veggie?!

    Perusing a new-to-me supplier website, was trying to figure out what brand of MP base they might have. On their Goat's Milk MP base, made with "pure English goat's milk", some highlighted points about the base are: 100% vegetable base No animal testing...ever OK, I get it, they don't...
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    Lard-ies...I need help

    I don't ever remember smelling pig when I was soaping. (And I've raised pigs, I know what they smell like.) But, the other day, I read a thread that talked about smelling piggy when using lard. I laughed it off. Last night, when I made my first challenge attempt, I ran out of Armour lard...
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    Shopping while sick...

    A few days ago, while I had a 104° fever, I wanted to order some FO from Peak for the January ombre challenge, and couldn't figure out why when I changed it to an 8oz bottle the order button would disappear. I finally saw where a line about it being out of stock showed up when I took a...
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    Is Peak's website working for you?

    I wanted to order a few FOs from Peak, but every time I change the size of an FO from 1oz (default) to 4 or 8oz, the "Add to Cart" button vanishes :headbanging: I've tried in Chrome, FF, and IE...any advice?
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    A few questions, packaging, website, pictures (not for soap)

    (Disclaimer, this is not for selling soap, it's something I'm exploring and I'm trying to get a feel for all the costs involved to see if it's viable) I am considering selling micas (to start, with an eye to expanding to other things in the future) and have a few questions. 1. What...
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    Coconut allergy, with eczema, help me formulate?

    A friend's son is deathly allergic to coconut (and mustard, of all things), and he has eczema. She's asked me to make him a soap without coconut to see if that's what's causing/aggravating the eczema. I want to make a few different soaps for him. One will be a straight olive castile, but...
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    Anhydrous products - ROE, Vitamin E, GSE percentage?

    I'm trying to finish my Christmas gifts and I'm working on the balms, salves, and lotion bars. I want to put some ROE/GSE/Vitamin E in them, but I apparently I didn't make a note of percentage to use, eek. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! (Some of them will have short-shelf life...
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    O.M.G. The stink!!!

    Made a pine tar last night, totally screwed up the recipe, so I hope it hardens up ok. After re-reading tons of tips, I changed the recipe I was planning to include beeswax and more hard oils, printed it, and after it was in the mold realized I hadn't used beeswax....ugh, I'd printed the wrong...
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    Cheapest place to buy SFIC on East Coast?

    Looking for a source of SFIC on the East Coast. I've done a spreadsheet with prices/shipping and I haven't found any place that beats BB's flat rate, but unfortunately they don't offer the specialty bases like that. I do have Bulk Apothecary...are there any others that might be cheaper? TIA!
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    Trying to find this mold, but cheaper!

    Basically I want a mold that will make little disks to fit in a 3ml or 5ml lip balm pot. I found this but holy cow $69 is a bit much! Anyone seen anything like this cheaper? I would actually like the diameter to be a tiny bit smaller, too...
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    Suggestions for a kids' soap with discoloring FO?

    I need to make an all veggie kid soap, I've planning to use the Walmart GV veggie shortening...anyone have a decent recipe for that? And, I'm using Monkey Farts FO (Elements) and I would love to make a cool, colorful soap and I could really use some ideas. I have the Vibrance micas from...
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    Not sure where to put this, "old time" makeup

    https://www.facebook.com/Vintage.et.Industrial/videos/357665134582614/ Friend shared that tonight, I thought it was pretty cool, since I see making makeup seems to be a new thing these days.
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    Help me figure out Christmas gifts, please?

    Hi all, Been a member for years, but haven't been in a position to make soap, so I just lurk now and then and live vicariously through the forums. I last made soap about 10 years ago :cry: Finally settled and would like to make some things for Christmas. I'm looking to make: 30-40 lip...
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