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Hello everyone, I have recently started exploring candles and made my first pillar candle yesterday. The (aluminum) mold that I use has a removable metal skewer that attaches through the bottom of the mold. I was very confused initially as to where to attach my wick but it seems that with...

I've started dabbling in liquid soaps and am really enjoying the process. I've made a 100% coconut oil soap which works beautifully for household cleaning and one with castor oil and coconut oil to be used shampoo/body wash. I'm looking for a way to make the liquid soaps thicker and one product...

Hi Everyone, I make hot process soaps in the beautiful Garden Route of South Africa :) I have been running my business for 6 years now but of late have been experiencing some neck and back issues due to heavy HP soap stirring. My question: Are there any straight forward ways to make HP more...

I've been approached for creating a custom shaving soap for a local barbershop. I've gone ahead and bought ingredients and, working closely with the owner, I've made quite a few sample batches of shaving soaps. Each one of these with different fragrances/clays until we figured out what worked...

After three years of making hot and cold process soap, I have been approached to make a shaving soap for a local barber shop. I've spent some time researching only to find out I actually need to use a 60/40 percentage of KOH and NAOH as well as stearic acid. My only problem is that there...

Hi there! I am a passionate soap alchemist and homeschool mom living in South Africa. I live on a family compound (my folks, my sis and her kids and my brother and his family are all within walking distance) and we are working hard on becoming as self sustaining as possible. My soap making...