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CPOP is something I want to try more. I think I tried it once (can't remember what I did and why). But what I can remember, is that the fragrance were in the oven for a long time. I tried to burn it off and everything, but it didn't work, it had to disappear by itself. I have to find a sealed...

Thank you, Penelopejane! :-) Really interesting. Yes, they are easy to avoid. I have never had them before. I was just stupid and thought higher water would give me a more fluid batch, and totally forgot that more water means risk of glycerin rivers. On top of that, I miscalculated things in...

I just browsed the sites of two online shops we have here, and they do had some oils, but not what I was looking for. I'm sure you have something similar in the US. I don't know what to call such shops, but it is shops that sell food, candy and often other things, electronics, clothes etc, goods...

I want to make a soap one day, full of glycerin rivers as the design. That is really beautiful (see the link below). But for this soap I did not want them at all. Some would been okey, but most of the bars are heavy full of them, making most of the white parts beige/yellow-ish, in contrast with...

Wow! That is $17.50 (!) MORE than I have to pay for the same amount at a grocery store in the high-cost country I'm in, where everything is more and often way more expensive than in America. Can't you get cheaper olive oil elsewhere than at Costco? Immigrant shops, international markets or...

Thank you :-) It is especially the white part I don't like. If it was only in the blue, that would be not so bad. But the white looks all messed up, and I think that is the worst. It was a very strong daylight the day I took pictures, so it might not show as well as it does in real life. But...

Here is my disaster. It is not nearly as bad as some other disasters I've had. But, it is an example of serious glycerin rivers. Too bad, because I had low hopes for the look of this soap, and I was very pleasantly surprised that my thick blobs going in the mold actually made a drop swirl-ish...

@earlene European women, or Norwegian women (I don't know what women do elsewhere in Europe), they use either make-up wipes or some round, small discs made of cotton. Like cotton fluff, just banked flat into discs. They add liquid make-up remover to them and wipe away. Maybe some use washcloths...

@Meena That scent is really good. It is unfortunately discontinued. It smells like cinnamon. But it is not cinnamon, I have tried to figure out what it is, and I think the combination of ingredients make is smell close to cinnamon. The downside is that it is smoky, and I don't tolerate smoky...

Thank you @Misschief! That is a serious great tip! That should work just perfect! I do have DropBox and iCloud. I don't use any of them anymore, but I can find the passwords, or make a new cloud storage account somewhere. Thank you again :-)

Cold Press, where on earth do that come from? I have heard it several times on Youtube as well. Very strange.

I took photos of soap, with the intention to post them on this forum. I should never have done. I borrowed my dad's phone, since it have a great camera. Pictures were clear, nice. But then, it was impossible to transfer them to my Macbook. Direct wired connedtion did not work, Bluetooth doesn't...

I don't like bar soap in the shower. I can't stand it. It falls out of my hands and down on the floor all the time. So I use commercial liquid soap. I can't stand that either, because they add something slimy in there. I feel like coated in an oily substance that is hard to rinse off. Or the...

I found them online. They are marked as safe for soap and they have pictures of it used in soap. Made by Decorrom, and sold on Ebay and Amazon, which is not a safe place to buy cosmetic ingredients from. I think it must come from China. If it was a known brand, they would have a website which...

90's I think about those horrible fresh and aquatic perfumes, like Aqua di Gio and dreadful stuff like that. But also the fantastic Lagerfeldt, the classic bottle with brown liquid inside (I liked that one). And the fresh and sporty strongly smelling shower gels. I don't know what they were...

Dyeing with fiber reactive dyes are really easy, way easier than soapmaking. Safer too. I'm just starting to explore it myself. I have not done tie-dyeing yet. What I have done is the low water immersion dyeing. And that is lots of fun, with great results and very easy to do. This christmas I...

Thank you all for great advice! I tested the soap now, and the lather was blue! I have used too much ultramarine (I can't remember if it is mica or regular pigment). Well, well, that is not the worst. The new thing I tested was to add vinegar, and it for sure did harden the soap! Normally I...

No, no, not asking for help, was just babling away. But I will ask for help very soon. Because I did cut my soap, and it is a disaster inside! I took pictures, but my crappy camera did focus everywhere else than at the soap. I need to borrow a phone with a good camera. As soon as I have the...

I have made soap today, and it thickened as usual. The design was not as planned, but it looks sort of allraight after having a peak when peeling the wax cloth of the sides. The unusual is that it actually smell good! First I did not like it. Because it got me, when I spilled fragrance oil all...

I tested Soapmaking Friend just now. I really like it! I especially like that you can add both citric acid and vinegar. I like the expand feature under the oils. What I don't like is that you have to choose 5% vinegar. I use 35% vinegar essence (use or use, well I tried using vinegar first...