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So I bought a ton of activated charcoal and I was thinking of making a liquid face wash with it. I’ll have some CABP that I have seen in some washes. I do have my own liquid soap base but the pH is 10 and just too high for my face. I want this to be anhydrous and it got me thinking, would the...

Excellent explanation, @DeeAnna! Thank you so much! I just recently started using micas and TD so the appearance of rivers for me is a new phenomena. @EllieMae did you take pics? I’d love to see!

Do you think maybe there could be a displacement of the colorant if it’s not really mixed in well? Most of my mica colorants have TD in it. I rarely use it by itself and when I do, I mix it into my lye water but not the colors.

I love the look of rivers as well. I seem to get them most often when I use micas. My regular soap recipe has a water discount of 40% and my soaps usually gel. It’s interesting to see the separation and I never seem to get the rivers when I’m trying for them! I agree with Kiwi! Flaunt them!

Yay!!!! They look great! I can’t wait til my stuff comes! What kind of mold did you use? I have a silicone muffin mold and a semi-circle hard plastic candy type mold.

Oh, I agree! Thanks for all sharing the info!

I don’t much care for ylang ylang but I do have a blend with patchouli, bergamot, lavender and pine that smell delightful. Veviter is on my list but it is pricey!

I dreamt about shampoo bars last night. It’s all the research I’ve been doing and finally ordered the other day.

Very pretty!

I think it’s the citrus notes of the may chang that softens the tea tree. I also find tea tree very medicinal smelling. My husband loves it. Outside of my beeswax/goat milk unscented soap, the tea tree blend is his fave.

My current best seller I can’t keep in stock is Berries and Mimosas by Crafter Choice. I got a sampler for it for a custom wedding soap order and I decided to soap with it on a whim to use it up. Glad I did. then Lavender, Patchouli and a Lavender Patchouli blend. I have a tea tree/may Chang...

Great job everyone!!

I just made some milk soap and it smelled like ammonia right out of the mold but now it’s a few days later it smells like the fragrance.

Aww! I will say though that I’ve watched a lot of videos and most already have their lye water ready. Not many mention to dissolve the lye first so I can understand the confusion. We used a craft store melt and pour the first soap we attempted. It was meh. I remember the first Cold process soap...

I hope everyone (who celebrates) has a great Thanksgiving day!! And have a great day anyway, everyone else!

My 40th birthday is in exactly six weeks and I made soap to celebrate it! I’m attempting astrological soaps - “What’s Your Sign?” Collection with a twist on birth stone coloring. I’m a Cap - Classy, Sassy and a little Smart-assy...I just lovvvvve this color. I’m more of a rhodolite garnet girl...

I LOVE everyone’s entries! The colors are amazing. Great job everyone!

@KiwiMoose, did you buy your stuff yet? I keep adding and deleting ingredients from my list. :/ so many choices!

these bars are so much bigger than my regular bars, they almost don’t fit into my soap boxes. Reminds me of Duke Cannons big man soap bars lol but not quite as large. I have a funny looking spin face in my soap and it made me think of an angry monkey saying no more spinning! my entry though...

I’ve soaked with it before and didn’t notice the acceleration but it def did this time. Probably because this was a bigger batch.