essential oils

So I just completed my 2nd batch of CP soap and both times I used Brambleberry's Fragrance calculator and both times the hallway outside of the room where I cure my soap is permeated with the EO scent. My first recipe I used peppermint EO at the recommended "medium" weight and my second recipe I...

I bought a set of EO on Amazon from this Fabulous Frannie brand and I am not at all happy with it. I used it in my soap, but the scent does not carry into the soap at all no matter how much I put in. I compared the lavender from the set with a better, more expensive brand of lavender and there...

Hello, I always seem to have to make everything unscented for my home since we are sensitive. Has anyone found an alternative to give some kind of scent to the product. In creams or lotions= I am sick of the raw shea butter and coconut scent.. I have used Lavender eo's and Chamomile but thought...

I made my first candle today, and it started out great, but after an hour or so of burning, the flame started to dwindle and it's just barely lit now. The wax and wicks did not come with instructions, so I'm not sure where I went wrong. The wax is 100% natural soy wax from hobby lobby, and...

I'm not from this company, but I saw the advertisement for this promo on their FaceBook page, and figured I'd post it in case someone else wants to take advantage of the deal. If this is the incorrect place to post this, please let me know where and how to move it...

I've apparently lost some of my gray cells since last year's soaping. I've made a hemp body bar for several years. This year I want to make additional bars so went to soapcalc to run the recipe. The recipe calls for a 10% super fat/discount. I entered this and the carrier oil amounts into...

I've found that some EO's are less expensive than FO's which I kind of find fascinating. From what I understand, EO's are naturally extracted from plants, while FO's are strictly for scent having no botanical/medicinal values. I'm really confused as to what EO's to but when it comes to...

I like to mix EOs; even make a few via hydrodistillation. At times I think extravagance is within obscure EOs. Many times it is. However, this simple EO blend smelled so good I had to share it. 52.7 oz loaf, 34 oz oils - Cold Process - 1.5 T Kaolin clay EO binder 0.75 oz EO PPO .7 Star...

Ok so awhile back I bought a bottle of FO from another soaper but she would. OT give me the name of the supplier and overcharged me for the oil I am sure which is what it is because I wanted it. But I know a lot of her scents and I think her supplier is Wellington. Problem is I have never used...

I have a friend who refuses to buy crafters choice essential oils for her lotions and salves and creams because she believes that they are cheaper than the Aura Cacia or NOW! oils she gets at Whole foods, and therefore they must be junk and will not help with any of the things the oil is know to...

Hi All, I am very new to CP soap making. I am trying to make my first soap in the coming week. The only knowledge I have is watching youtube videos and reading forms. My plan is to make a 33/33/33% Olive/Palm/Coconut blend with some essential oils. So of the form posting I read states do...

Forgive me if this has already been asked. My wife and I are in the process of starting to make soap. She brought up the question: If I want to mix essential oils and test them, how do we make a single bar of soap to see if we like the combined oils? Is there a way to just make one bar...

What are some good, warm, winterish Essential Oil Combinations? Nothing expensive, easy to make ones. I normally don't use more then 3-4 EO per batch.

hello all, i am new to soap making, and i really want to do citrus soaps, but i talking to someone who makes them and she says the cirtus is tricky and sometimes it wont hold the smell, but she said there are some essential oils that help the soap hold on to the citrus , i really want to work...