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Thanks @KiwiMoose ! I aspire to get the deep purple you got. I think I have to get more daring with adding black into some of my mica colors. Good to know about the aloe. All the talk about it lately has made me curious to try it.

Minor gripe, but I hate the trapezoid shape my soaps are coming out of a 10" silicone loaf mold. I want them to be rectangles. Everyone claims that these molds hold their shape, but they long sides bow out. I may have to build a little wooden frame to hold them in, which is a pain in the butt.

I cut a batch of an ITP swirl soap this morning. I keep trying for a good purple. This is closer. I added TD to the batter hoping to cut out some of the yellow. It's still pretty yellow, but the purple isn't as murky as my previous attempts. When I was cleaning up I found the cup with the...

You just sent me down an amazing rabbit hole looking at all the soap challenges. So inspiring.

Do you think you could approach the organizers of the show with your concerns about the bubbling nightmare lotion? I would imagine that they would be horrified and want to avoid a bad experience associated with their event. That is more than just not wanting competition, that’s just alerting...

What’s your Instagram name? I’m sure your customers will love your soap!

This was our holiday card a couple of years ago. Our adopted pup from Puerto Rico, who now lives with us in Brooklyn.

Cut my first batch of @Zany_in_CO 's No Slime Castille soap. It felt and smells amazing and now I'll have to impatiently be patient for it to cure to perfection. I've been printing out and cutting labels for the soap I will be giving as holiday gifts. Naming soaps is hard. Don't laugh at mine...

Those look great. I think shampoo bars are the next rabbit hole I will go down.

Wowza! That’s stunning.

I think it is how different people try to avoid the lye scorching the milk. Either dilute it first and then add the milk, or add the lye to frozen milk and it won’t get so hot it will scorch it.

Thanks Dibbles for taking the time to look at my recipe. It is certainly possible I made a mistake. There’s always a first time I guess. You are also making me want to upgrade my scale now.

Thanks KiwiMoose. I didn’t think it was lye heavy. I did gel the soap. And I adapted a recipe I used before. I guess I will do the babysitting.

I made my first batch of coffee soap. It was a thing of beauty coming out of the mold, and then I tried to cut it. It shattered like cutting a block of chocolate. I posted the recipe on the recipe feedback board hoping someone could help me figure out what went wrong. Wah! I used coffee instead...

Hello, I just made my first batch of coffee soap and it was perfect....until I tried to cut it. It was so hard that when I cut it, it shattered into chunks. I would love some suggestions as to what I did wrong, and what I can do going forward. Background: I have about a dozen to 20 batches of...

Here’s another good link that talks about soap making in US colonial times. https://www.ehow.com/about_4566250_soap-making-colonial-times.html I think the book I was thinking of that mentioned the soft soap was Little Women. One of the characters used the soft (lower quality) soap at home, but...

Take a peek at this link. She seems very knowledgeable about both the process and the historical accuracy. https://classicbells.com/soap/woodAshLye.asp

Thank you!

First attempt at ombré soap