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Hi everyone, I am trying to find a new mould. I bought a 'Nicole' one off Amazon years ago but it has never made a straight loaf. I have always added a piece of cardboard my husband suggested to try straighten out the bars but lately that doesn't seem to be helping. I don't want to get one I...

I fully understand and often plan on making soap and then I .... just can't. Chronic illness has a way of taking my energy, but this week I gave myself a little push and now the batch I made is the highlight of my week! Sometimes I break it up - weighing on one day, creating on another...

This is inspiring - I have wanted to make landscape soap for a while and may give it a try. It's amazing how when we may think a batch isn't going to turn out as we planned how we can be so surprised. This is a huge part of soap making that I love!

Hello everyone, Not sure who on here read all my requests for help making lotion after I had made some that wasn't good. I wanted to give feedback and say that I lowered the oil% and used a combination of two recipes that were given to me by some helpful people here, had way more water in my...

Oh thank you. Going to add this to my book! Can I use E-wax with this recipe and my preservative (germall)? I know it's a broad spectrum preservative but because I'm so new at this I don't want to make a mistake with using the wrong preservative. Thank you for this!!

I know a few people who prefer oilier lotions. I'll keep that in mind. I know if I make it for gifts I may want to keep some of the lotion oilier. Canada Alberta right now is so dry. My home has 11% humidity. Oof - so dry compared to where I am from in South Africa where it was SO humid!

I haven't heard of pumpkin oil! I will have a look on Amazon. I am in Canada and sometimes there is more available on Amazon.com but I'll find it. Thanks. May I ask what is glycerol stearate is? Is it in place of cetyl alcohol and a thickener. I can also google it. Thanks for the help!!

Okay - I am not using sweet almond oil with my next batch. I wish I could make batches smaller than 100mg but I suppose that is pretty small. Good to know E-wax won't make it oily. I have some liquid coconut oil I have used in soap making and to dilute my essential oils for my skin so yay - I...

Thankfully, the two times I have made lotion it has stayed emulsified. I guess I can be thankful that has worked. I maybe thought it was oily because of how I made it but I follows Humbelbee and me's method with heat and hold and was careful so thankfully it worked. Just the oiliness and the...

Thank you! I live in Canada but eventually I may need to order some things from the US. I appreciate the link.

This is such a good idea about trying it on my skin first! I will do this. I am thinking, wouldn't all butters feel oily though. I know I would be checking to see if my skin likes it or if it absorbs well. Thank you for this and for the oil suggestions. I did use sweet almond oil so maybe it was...

Okay, I will reduce the butters or just use liquid oils instead. I looked at Humblebee and me's encyclopedia. It's so helpful! I will try a recipe with just liquid oils. Thank you for the help!

Oh SO good to know I don't need butters. I was going to buy mango butter but I would rather try to purchase the ingredients in the recipe you so kindly posted here. The only one I am not sure if I can get is isopropyl Myristate. If it takes away the greasiness that would be lovely! Thank you for...

I didn't know about E-wax maybe causing it to be oily. I will lower the butter percentage. Thank you for your suggestions. I appreciate it!

Hello everyone, I had previously asked about the first batch of lotion I made alone last month which was oily. This time I added the waxes to the oils and it was SO much easier. I so appreciate all the advice I was given here and the tutorial that was posted. So helpful! The lotion is still...

That was SO helpful! Wow - I learned a lot in those 10 minutes. Thank you so much for it! So clear and easy to understand. So you held your oil phase and water phase together. I have to figure out how to hold it and keep it at the same temp for 20 minutes. I think this will just take trial and...

Thanks - it will get better eventually. Hmmm, I don't know why in class we mixed it with the water. Makes sense to add it to the oil phase. I can't wait to watch this - thank you so much. Off to go watch it now since everyone is off to sleep! Thanks again :)

Thank you so much for taking the time to share with me about your lotion making experience. I don't mind wasting ingredients if I know I am on the right track. But so far from what I'm hearing others say, the method I learned in the class I took is a little off so I need to start again and...

I have re read this thread twice today as I finally made my first lotion and had some challenges. Just want to say thanks for your last comment as I see I never did reply but I did read it and everyone is so helpful. I seem to be doing it differently to everyone else. I'm heating my water and...

Hello everyone, I am about to purchase a lotion making E class since I am a little confused as to what I learned in the class I did and the notes are really not easy to understand. Am I allowed to ask people on here about what they thought of a certain class. I'm guessing that is against the...