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I've been making bar soap for many years, and with time on my hands with the covid-19 quarantine I decided to try liquid soap for the first time. After doing a lot of reading here and on the internet, I bought Jackie Thompson's book Liquid Soapmaking. I decided to start with a simple soap paste...

If you live where violets grow wild and you want to spend an afternoon watching Netflix without feeling guilty, have I got the project for you! You'll need either distilled water or rosewater, a few teaspoons of gum arabic powder (Mountain Rose has it), fine caster sugar or granulated white...

Hi everybody! It's been ages since I've been on the forum and so I should introduce myself again. My name's Michelle and I'm a soapmaker in Maryland. I've been making soap since the the early 90's. I'm self-quarantining during the coronavirus and came to see how others are coping. I hope...

Has anyone found a substitute for Natrabutter/ButterEZ? I searched at IngredientsToDieFor and nothing showed up when I did a search under Captex SBE, Natrabutter, or ButterEZ. Is there any more information available about the stearic acid/MCT homemade version? Thanks!

I purchase bulk herbs from them for use in my products, but also some for personal use. They sent me a letter saying that they are now going to have to charge businesses from some other states sales tax unless they have an exemption certificate. But the form that they sent doesn't seem to be...

My family doctor suggested washing my face once a week with Selsun Blue and my sd has not returned. He had me do it once a day for the first week, and then do it once a week. Now I only do it when needed. Other than that, I've used my own soap for the last 20 years.

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I used to get a lot of ash on lavender soap in particular. I usually prefer to soap at cooler temperatures, but I found that if I used very warm oils and lye, there was much less ash on the lavender soap. Also, spraying with isopropyl alcohol does seem to help - I usually do it a couple of...