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I had some (and by some i mean probably a metric tonne) of soap bars. so i wanted to come up with a way of christmassing some up. what do we think?

What level would you give the following swirls? Would they be beginner intermediate or advanced in your opinion? and have i missed any? In the pot (ITP) One pot wonder (OPO) Drop swirl (DWS) Mantra Swirl (MSW) Taiwan swirl (TSW) Hanger swirl (HSW) Zebra Swirl (ZSW) Peacock swirl (PSW)...

That’s great ideas. I have a make your lye tutorial and a emulsion tutorial - so that makes sense.

Oh I’d better get tidying then

So soapsters. I am starting a YouTube channel with tips tutorials the usual Fayre. However, it occurred to me - there is lots of the same things on most channels and I wondered if anyone has a tutorial they wish they could find, a technique that they just can’t fathom out or any soap related...

You got through your first batch. Well done! Hope you wrote everything down so next time you can adjust your process. by the way. If you use citrus essential / fragrance oils they tend to behave better than warm / spicy / floral notes.

I’d suggest running the following through a soap calculator 30% Olive 30% Coconut 5% Avocado 5% canola (rapeseed in the UK) 30% Lard It gives you 60/40 split in favour of hard oils -which should help you with a harder bar (but i think you may need to leave it in the mould for a couple of days...

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It is very dependant on your geographical location (local temperature etc) This video is excellent and explains the ratios brilliantly.

I see you’re in the US - but for context, in the UK to make any claim on soap other than “gets you clean” - we have to have the soap tested by a lab for each “claim we make” (and even for standard soap we have to have each recipes approved by a cosmetic chemist before we can legally sell a soap...

For the one pot wonder you need your batter traced enough so that as you pour your colours together in one pot they remain separate BUT thin enough it will pour beautifully into the mould. if you want to play around with a similar technique why not try a ombré pour. This still requires a good...

Clarity in my understanding is the colour of all the ingredients first. Anything off of clear will cause issues and using anything other than 99% isopropyl alcohol will give occlusions tree Marie soap works on YouTube has a clear melt and pour tutorial that has some useful tips on clarity issues

I actually made the melt and pour from scratch and part of the process is keeping the solvents (water and alcohol) in proportion. I think the haloing is part of that I made the base from scratch

Hi Guys i'm a uk soaper and its my escape... I really like making Art soaps too i find the medium as an art medium challenges my thinker. i also like developing recipes like shaving soaps and body butters / cleansers and other good for you. I work in cold process mostly but love a good hot...

What temperature are you soaping at. I soap at between 30-40C (85-105F) if i soap hotter than this i increase trace usually... but below this i find that i will false trace, and with 60% hard oils your false trace possibility is increased - i also find that the reaction is less successful at low...

my go to recipe is olive, coconut, coca butter, apricot kernal and castor. It been brilliant on my skin and beard strangly. both are softer - if im doing arty soaps i use a slower tracing recipe but that soap is for Art not use so the properties of it are less important. You can give more...

Your very kind Thank you.. soaping is my calm place so i love to do it

Hi all, I love making soap as my escape and love to push design boundaries - let me know your thoughts