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    What do you all do with the burlap (?) bags from Nurture Soap

    You can use the bags to give sample soaps or single use soaps. And if the logo is small you can paste a small plastic/cloth flower or anything decorative over it to hide it. I use such bags to give sample soaps to my friends as a gift.
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    SMF February 2021 Challenge - Circling Taiwan Swirl

    A dumb question, why this method is called Taiwan circling method? Was it created in Taiwan? I googled didnt find any answers, only tutorials available.
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    Cold Process Newbie - Lots of questions.

    Thank you @Zing for the tip. Yes, especially when you were making M&P where you can use them instantly lol. I unmoulded them today, one came out clean, second didnt. I think, I unmoulded too soon. I noticed some orange dots on the bottom of both soaps, out of curiosity I touched, it felt like...
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    Cold Process Newbie - Lots of questions.

    Thank you @Babyshoes . I will wait till tomorrow to wash the utensils. I guess I can wait till tomorrow to check the soap :D
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    SMF February 2021 Challenge - Circling Taiwan Swirl

    Thank you, I used Strawberries & Cream FO in it. I used liquid colors, may be thats the issue. I will try Mica colors in next attempt.
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    SMF February 2021 Challenge - Circling Taiwan Swirl

    Ok, I will google if anyone had done it. I was just curious, if anyone from our forum had tried it yet.
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    SMF February 2021 Challenge - Circling Taiwan Swirl

    I have tried normal swirls twice, first was a fail, all mixed together and made to one color. Second time was more of success, still need improvements. I will definitely try CT Swirl with M&P and post here, once I have bettered my swirling techniques. Attaching my second attempt at swirling...
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    Cold Process Newbie - Lots of questions.

    Thank you for confirming :) @Zing & @Jersey Girl , My bad, when I used the calculator, I added the oil for infusion too(14.5) :D. I did watch the video and understood that the 13.8 oz is measured from the infused 14.5 oz still made a mistake. Thank you :) for pointing this out to me, otherwise...
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    SMF February 2021 Challenge - Circling Taiwan Swirl

    Just curious, is it possible to do Taiwan Swirl with M&P? Has anyone tried? BTW, saw all the pics in entry thread, so beautiful. Hoping I can try these in few months(CP Newbie here).
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    Cold Process Newbie - Lots of questions.

    Thank you all for your valuable answers. @Zing , by set up I meant the texture/hardness of the bar, whether it will end up gooey or too brittle. And I found a baby soap recipe at soapqueen, since it have fewer oils, I thought I will try it out. Recipe is Olive Pomace 28.3 Oz/802 g Shea...
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    Cold Process Newbie - Lots of questions.

    Hello guys. I have been making soaps using M&P s for a while now. So, I am thinking to move on to cold process. I have a lot of questions, doubts. Is there any threads describing do's and dont's for CP here? If not can any experts/veterans answer my questions? 1. Is it necessary to use a...
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    Loss of fragrance.

    Thank you all. Yes, I did smell check by smelling peppermints and then smelled the soap, smelled it after few hours, still no change. Well, I dont think Citrus EO will fade, I still have few soaps I made 3-4 months ago smelling great, that was a different brand EO than the one I used now. I...
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    Loss of fragrance.

    I was making some melt & pour orange peel soaps today. I melted around 500g of clear glycerine base and added 1 tsp of orange peel powder and 15g of orange essential oil, it was smelling like fresh oranges. Once I poured it and the soap got set, there is no smell of orange at all. Could it be...
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    Homemade Vanilla color stabilizer (VCS) summary

    I just stumbled into this thread. Thanks to @AliOop . @Todd Ziegler, You mentioned there is 2 kind of sodium thiosulfate, crystal and powder. If I cant get crystal one, can I use powder?
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    Soap making ingredients suppliers in India

    Oh, I didnt see that. I will check it out. Thanks. There is no color stabilizer available in our country, only thing we can do is make our own.
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    Soap making ingredients suppliers in India

    Yes, and just learned that lots of FO uses vanillin in it and here people dont mention ingredients on the FO bottle. BTW, I found a method to make own color stabilizer. Mix 25g of SODIUM THIOSULPHATE in 75g water and store the solution in a glass bottle until needed.
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    Soap making ingredients suppliers in India

    I guess soap comes under cosmetics, so, you have to get licence from FDA. Also, you may need a dedicated space for soap making since people will come for inspection. Anyone know where we can get color stabilizer in India? I used a vanilla FO in a soap and the soap turned brown after few weeks.
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    Soap making ingredients suppliers in India

    I meant Fragrance oil, not essential oils. Did you used their Fragrance oil and were they good? Oh ok. Glad it worked for you. Ok, cool. Some companies FO will smell like chemical or medicine, so, I was worried about vedaoil's quality. Will try some FO from vedaoil. I checked their website...
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    Soap making ingredients suppliers in India

    I tried them before finding this website, didnt go well for me. They wanted me to pay outside of Indiamart and price at Indiamart and the price they said were entirely different, and wanted me to pay sellers fee if I insist to pay through Indiamart itself. Did you try their FO too?
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    Litsea cubeba essential oil suppliers in India

    Did you check in amazon india. Its available there.
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