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You might like to read Auntie Clara's blog post from 10 years ago about Beldi soap. She goes into a lot of very interesting (not to...

@Nonnie, I did M&P for about a year before trying cold process. I think your soaps look fine. I can see that the gold smeared a little...

I'll keep an eye on them as they cute and see if any bead up. I did consider painting the color onto the m&p but didn't know how it took...

For my last soap of the year, I decided to create a humorous theme. What with drones flying everywhere...Flying Saucer Soap! Then my...

Definitely! What works perfectly for me may be a flop for you, probably in large part due to differences in ambient temperature and...

Thank you, @Nona'sFarm and @AliOop . Following Ellen Ruth's direction, I did use ps80 in my mix, and I added the CA after everything...

Your steamers look great to me! Those top small bits of the mooncake designs almost never come out perfectly - they always have some...

The stabilizer definitely smells bad while making the product, but for me, it has always dissipated quickly during the cure. Still, I...

In the example that Ali used -- an emulsifying-type lotion bar or emulsifying scrub -- the product is essentially anhydrous but there is...

Thank you!

I bought something similar to what @AliOop used and they work out nicely @Zing, have you ever added BTMS 25 to your lotion bars...

I don't recommend pouring directly into a tin for the reasons @KiwiMoose gave you. I have poured into a mold to then be stored in a tin...

I prefer to pour mine in mini-deodorant containers (aka giant lip balm containers), like the one pictured below. This makes for easy...

I have a question for your folks that make lotion bars. I am going to make some but can't decide if I want to use molded ones or use...

Good stuff, Ali! So using the stabilizer in an anhydrous product would be okay, if I generalize the answer from WSP. I think I...