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Gosh that's so helpful!!!!! Thank yo SO MUCH, you've just saved me a small fortune! xx Thank you too! I was wary of doing this in case the plastic melted, reacted to the lye in a very bad way or whatever. Between you and the lovely person I've just replied to, I feel like a load has been lifted! xx

Thank you I want to! I've only got one loaf mould though, which takes 1200-1400g so I've been filling it. I really want one of those small ones that BB have, but their shipping costs to the UK are excessive (way more than it should cost) so I've been waiting to order a few things at once as I...

Gosh thanks both, I'm so happy that I discovered this forum!! xx I didn't know that that amount of coconut would be drying, I've so much to learn! I'll try to increase the temperature a bit and see if it makes a difference. I've just bought a fancy set of weighing scales and am using grams as I...

Hello, I'm pretty new to soapmaking and am trying to learn some different techniques. Something has gone rather wrong today and wondered if anyone can help me identify the problem? I saw the 'Birchwood Oud' tutorial on Brambleberry's site and wanted to try it, but didn't want to order the fancy...

Wow wish I lived in California! :rolleyes: Glad I'm not the only one who seems to be collecting fragrances without the faintest chance of being able to use them all! xx

Hi Kaseen, I don't know if you're still on here as this is an old thread, but I'm very interested in making my own moulds, particularly for embeds and soap shapes from clay 'masters', but also to try to save money by making mould liners (I'm new to soaping so as yet I don't sell my soaps, just...

Gosh you're all so helpful, thank you! xx What an amazing bunch of people you are, this is my very first post on here and I truly didn't expect such support so quickly! I didn't gel, it might be a bit early for me to try to do that just yet, and I guess I was trusting of the recipe so didn't...

Hello, I've just made the three cold process soaps so far, and the last one seems a bit weird. The other two were internet recipes and they came out fine (except in No.2 I experienced what I now know to be almost 'seize'). But this last batch seems really, really soft. For this I used a recipe...