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Make sure you wear gloves when touching soap that isn't hard yet. If it's still soft, that can mean there's still unreacted lye in it which, depending on how much there is, can either burn you or irritate skin at the very least. If you make a loaf that needs to be sliced, that means wearing...

"350°F oven" to me means a regular oven, not a microwave. Carly is asking about microwaving the beads, not about putting them in an oven.

Is that the right link? It's not a discussion about microwaving aroma beads.

If it hasn't separated, then you most likely reached at least emulsion when you poured. The tops look perfectly flat which means it was a pretty thin consistency and not tracing. I'm with AliOop, just leave it in the mold longer and see what happens.

How much oil did you use? What did you blend it with? ETA: Crossposted with AliOop.

That depends on what's wrong with it. What is your exact recipe, and how did you make it?

I would be surprised if you found some that weren't pine. They are like 2x4's that way. Lumber is one of the things in short supply due to the pandemic. Prices will be higher than normal for a while yet as suppliers are catching up. Fortunately, I have quite a stash in my garage that was...

Ok. I made the shampoo and conditioner exactly as the original recipe is written (this is the Dutch lady's four ingredient recipe). I actually made it more than a week ago but am only just now reporting here. I am not impressed with the shampoo with cocoa butter. It did produce lather, but not...

I've made bars and to me, they are less complicated than liquid. I did make one batch of a leave-in conditioner that's a thinner, sprayable version of the liquid kind used in the shower. I prefer making bars. A conditioner bar uses the same mechanism as an emulsifying sugar scrub. There's no...

More than a five gallon bucket. Oil is lighter than water, which means that it takes up more space when you measure it by weight. Off the top of my head it's something like a tenth more. That's exactly what I meant by industrial. There's no way you could use a household size stick blender for a...

You could cheat and just borrow mine: https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/my-spreadsheets-for-formulating-cost-testing.83570/ The one for inventory will calculate your cost by weight if you input the volume you purchased and the specific gravity of the oil. The specific gravity should be...

If you're new to soapmaking, I would recommend you only make small batches for a year or two before you think about scaling up and selling. Once you know what you're doing, then you can think about making enough to sell. And I agree with @violets2217 - 40 pounds is a lot of soap. I would only...

Baby bunnies are soooo cute. Wait until they get to the age where they start exploring! We had a similar situation once. We had two rabbits who we knew were a girl and a boy, and we kept them in separate cages but next to each other. We went on vacation and hired a boy down the street to take...

Today, my dad helped me modify my mini mixer. I got tired of it eating through AA batteries like there's no tomorrow. He made a D cell size battery box (out of cardboard, of course) for it and I made a wooden dummy battery with terminals which are connected to wires from the battery box. With D...

Made salt soap today. Two small batches, both 100% coconut oil with a 20% superfat. One is made with salt at 50% of the oils, the other is 75% so I can compare. Each batch (173g of oil) made three bars in my flower molds, plus one rectangular guest size bar so I can test the lather periodically...

I have seen them. I bought a sheet of acrylic and am going to try making my own designs though. I know someone with a laser cutter who can cut out my designs. I had considered making the mold with bands or straps on the outside to hold the sides together (it is self-squaring) but I couldn't...

Correct, because sugar scrubs are almost always anhydrous. If you add water, or ingredients that contain water, it tends to dissolve the sugar a little bit over time. The grains will be smaller and not as scrubby. So usually the recipes that I see don't have water at all, and if they do it's a...

My husband sure was! I don't normally buy them unless I need the can for something or other.

Today I finally got around to completing the soap molds I have been meaning to get around to for a while now... Actually, I've been working on them a little at a time for the last three days. Between my miniscule attention span and sometimes not being able to stand for long periods of time, it...

I just bought some cotton thread, and some heavy nylon as well based on other suggestions, so I can try a variety of thread combinations to see what works. Yes, this looks very helpful, thanks. I have sewn denim before, just not clothes. I used to keep the cut off legs of jeans for small...