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    Pumpkin soap

    My next door neighbor loves my pumpkin soap which I have made in the past with fresh pumpkin and she wants more to give as gifts. But now that it is hard to find fresh pumpkins I have to resort to canned. I have a can of pumpkin puree but it is expired do you think it is ok to use or should I...
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    film

    My LS finally looks pretty good after 3 days of working on it but I keep heating it for the paste to dissolve and a film keeps forming on top. I don't know weather that means I need to add more water or just skim it off but I don't really want to waste it if I don't have to. Any advice ???? TIA...
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    Cpop

    I saw a beautiful soap with 2 pencil lines on Soapmaking 101 and I was wondering if I can CPOP it? I use this method on most of my soaping now and really like it but can you do it with a pencil line? I assume you can but I wanted to make sure before I do my first pencil line and mess it up...
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    First Liquid Soap goes wrong

    I posted this on another thread but thought I might get a reply if I started a new thread so I apologize if this is repetitive. But after making my first liquid soap yesterday and thought everything went well and finding this morning that it is just that ........ liquid soap ...... emphasizing...
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    Wsp

    Wholesale Supplies Plus is having a 4 hour sale on everything going on right now :) Getting my much abused credit card out :D
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    Is this DOS

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    Piping Rock

    Has anyone ordered any EO from them? I just ran across them and there prices seem pretty good with free shipping.
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    Shaving Soap

    I have been working on a recipe for about a week and I thought I had it but then I read that the Stearic acid numbers need to be close to 40 and mine are not even close to that and thats even with adding 3 percent stearic as one of the ingredients along with cocoa butter and sunflower which I...
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    I know why I love handmade soap but

    A woman that I know, well not really know but have meet a few times has ask me to come to the health fair at the company she works for and tell them the benefits of handmade soap verses commercial soap. Number one I am really not comfortable with speaking in front of people so maybe a pamphlet...
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    I need a cutter

    I cannot cut straight to save my life so I need help. I have seen lots of different cutters for various prices so my DH told me to get one but which one? Which ones do you like or not like? Thanks so much, Deborah
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    Candle Science Sale

    http://www.candlescience.com/ All 1 oz. FO are on sale for 99 cents :) I have never bought anything from them. Can anyone suggest some that you like and behave well in CP??? Thanks so much, Deborah
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    Whipped Topping

    I decided I wanted to try to make cupcake soaps and came across this recipe for the topping I like to use 85% hard oils (a mix of any 2 of these – or all three: palm oil, lard, coconut), 15% soft oils eg olive. Put your recipe through soapcalc.net’s lye calculator – choose 29 lye...
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    Lotion Bar

    I was thinking about making a lotion bar which it seems I have all the ingredients for except tapioca starch which I am having a hard time finding :( Does anyone know if you can substitute tapioca flour for this??? Thanks, Deborah
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    Natures Approved ?

    Does anyone have any experience with there Coconut Oil? It says it is not for consumption just for soap making and on sale for $24.90 for 1 dozen 15 ounce jars:) http://www.naturesapproved.com/shop/product_view.asp?id=1362077&StoreID=DED66C93AF6E45488DF43C733A64B7F1&private_product=1# Sounds...
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    My second batch

    My first batch of soap took so long to trace I decided to go out and get a stick blender which seemed to work well and traced in 5 minutes but my new batch has a white film on the top. While the soap was suppose to be white it has white spots and a little darker spots as well. What did I do...
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    Coconut OIl

    Since I now know that coconut oil is used in almost every recipe I will need allot. My first jar I bought at a health food store and it was 23 dollars for 2 pounds. Well that is almost gone...... Now I see that there are allot of options for coconut oil like fractionated which I have no idea of...
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