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Lebermuth, Camden Grey, etc. I know this is an old post; however, there is ALWAYS interest in essential oils so I thought I'd throw in my two cents worth. It pays to shop around for your essential oils and preference is a matter of trial and error (I know, it's a little expensive for...

Xanthan Gum Update After a few days in the bottle, I noticed my liquid soap (to which I had added Xanthan Gum) was a little "grainy" so I poured the soap into a pan and heated it slowly on the stove until it boiled. I then let it cool and poured it back into the bottle. Three days later the...

Xanthan Gum in Liquid Soap Yesterday, I experimented with Xanthan Gum in my Olive/Coconut LS (which already had a first dilution phase using a 25% solution). I used the XG at 1%, mixing it with Glycerin as recommended on one site. I heated the LS up slightly and stirred in the Gum/Glycerin...

Septic We're on septic as well and I have found that it's best, after mixing up your batch and pouring it in the mold, to just let the equipment sit overnight before cleaning. (I know, it's a pain having that stuff sitting on your counter ...) This way, the "soap" on the equipment saponifies...

Hi Tess - I've had blistering before but it was when there was too much moisture in the air (oh, and then there was the time I wanted to speed up the drying process and put them in a warm oven ... very bad idea). Anyway, here's the recipe I use in case you want to try them again: 1 c baking...

Hi - I just made three batches of bath bombs using the same recipe for each, but varying the EOs. One batch has Lavender EO (no colorant), another Pikaki FO (yellow colorant), and the last Orange EO (orange colorant). They were all made the same way and are all curing in the same location...

Go to Amazon http://www.amazon.com/ and do a search on "Sno-baller". I've been using one of these for a long time for my bath fizzies and it works great (be sure to compare prices and shipping on the site). Not only to you have some leverage to press the two sides together, but it makes a nice...

How did your soap come out? I'd never heard of whipped soap until I read your post so I did some internet searching and found Nizzy's site and the David Fisher tutorial on About.com. http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/coldp ... edsoap.htm I guess whipped soap is yet another process I have...

VERY good idea!!

Absinthe , you've made some really good points to think about. And you're absolutely right in that soap makers (like pastry chefs) need to have pointed, constructive feedback - not just off the cuff comments. Now I'm rethinking my survey questions ....

Thanks for the tip ohsoap, I really didn't think about charging for the cost of the product. Hopefully, charging will make a difference in getting responses.

Sorry Ian, my "surfing" is restricted to the web (although, I love to watch others tempt fate on the waves). I can barely swim let alone think of being out there in the cold water with all those ... fish. And hello pixybratt. I'm very familiar with RC having worked in Mtn View for many...

I've been using family and friends as testers and I'm becoming suspicious of their responses. Friends seem to give too many glowing reviews, asking to test more, and family members seem to be uninterested. (One even told me she had enough products and to give them to someone else!) There is a...

Hello to all! I've been reading all the wonderful posts on SMF for some time and finally decided to post and say "hello". I've been dabbling with various bath products for years (for myself and family) but have always been interested in CP soap making. The thought of working with lye was a...