smells

Hello folks, I am a beginner in soap making and most of the batches I have made are primarily made of olive oil and the superfat is around 8%. However, I have experienced that the final product has some oily smell. The extent of this varies with the producer, and it is also present in cold and...

Hi! I'm very new to this and just tested my first batch which was a peppermint and pine scented cold process. I used coconut oil, olive oil, and lard for this soap. The soap smells wonderful until it gets wet. Once wet it smells like fish. My husband says I don't smells like fish but the bar...

Hi everyone! So, I'm brand new, and have been making melt and pour for about 2 weeks now. I've made a TON of soap, but I keep running into a problem with my soaps colored with mica or activated charcoal. I'm suspending the mica or charcoal in a small amount of rubbing alcohol so it won't clump...