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Thanks @DeeAnna for the response. I am embarrassed that I even used it without researching safe usage rate first. I am usually very thorough about stuff like that. It was literally 3 or 4 drops which probably works out to be fractions of a percent. To be honest I think it’s kind of silly to send...

The supplier should be able to give you a safe usage rate for that particular fragrance oil that they sell. Somewhere between 3-6% of your total oil weight is pretty common for fragrance oils. For essential oils you need to be more careful because they have very specific safe usage rates that...

I made my first shave soap tonight and i put a couple of drops of Birch Natural essential oil and had no idea it was toxic.It was from a sample vial i had from Appalachian Valley Natural products. The recipe contained 500g of oil. The sample vial contains .3ml. i think it was literally 2 or 3...

Getting ready to use KOH for the first time and bought a 2lb bottle off Amazon of the Essential Depot brand. Does anyone know what purity their KOH is? I am looking at the MSDS sheet and saw this on page 4. Component Percent [%] CAS Number Potassium...

Welcome to the forum. My soapmaking journey started after ordering a few bars of Dr. Squatch and Bearsville Soap company. I was intrigued by the idea of making the soap myself. That was over a year ago and I have not bought anything from them again. Soapmaking can be an expensive hobby but in...

Happy New Year to everyone. I am about to make my first shave soap recipe and I will be using a recipe from Jan Berry's book - Simple and Natural Soapmaking. It is the Classic Cedarwood and Coconut Milk Shave Soap. Not really looking for a lengthy debate on what makes a great shave soap or what...

Thanks @DeeAnna. All of that makes complete sense. Happy New Year!!

I was using a frgarance named Afternoon Delight from purefraganceoils.com and the IFRA usage rate was 100%. I am used to using Nurture Soap FO's which are always 6% or about that. What do people do when the usage rate is 100%. I used 10% of my 480g of oil so I used 48g.

Merry Covid Xmas. Stuck at home because my 11 year daughter has Covid.

Another rude new member. Add them to the list.

it might be the coconut oil. Your recipe is almost 25% Coconut oil. That is more than most people put in their recipes because at that high amount it strips the skin of its natural oils. I would lower it to about 15% or even 10% and up the shea and cocoa butter.

I always gets a little worried when I can't find IFRA usage guidelines on a site selling fragrances. ETA - Never mind. I saw some fragrances that had some usage info.

Congrats. That looks like some nice craftmanship. Where did you get it? @MsBeeHaven I am very good at buying myself christmas presents when it comes to soaping stuff. I told my wife not to worry about soaping gift stuff because I know what I want so it's just easier if I just buy it myself and...

Why is everybody wasting there time interacting with this person? They are not playing with a full deck.

Here is my latest. Really digging this color combo. King Tut from Mad Mica, Winter White from Nurture and Baby Blue from Nurture. Three Wise Men for the FO. Not sure how I feel about the FO.

I find a majority of new members are like this nowadays. I find myself coming to the forum less and less because of this type of nonsense.

Yea. I used spent coffee grounds from when I make French Press coffee. Sad to say the grounds were too big and its way past exfoliating and almost too scratchy to use. Next time I will grind much finer and use way less grounds in the batter. Sucks because the smell was so good (Caramel Coffee FO...

I agree with the Gentleman. Why are you asking questions and ignoring the advice? If you want to go "balls to the wall" then just do it. Gotta start somewhere.

Here is something I got from Michaels. https://www.michaels.com/rose-silicone-treat-mold-by-celebrate-it/10477415.html

Let us know how you fair with it. Wondering if the temp has that much to do with it.