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Hey! As promised, an update. I’m not hiding in my room, rather I’m sitting at the bar with a beer. (By myself. Is that worrisome? Don’t care.) Day one was pretty good. The sessions don’t all float my boat, a little heavy on the candle making and business building - which is okay, but not really...

Exact same. I found the website very difficult to navigate. I had a $3/month subscription but I didn’t use it enough to make it worthwhile.

I really like HO sunflower and have not found my soap to be soft at all. @MelissaG was yours HO sunflower or regular sunflower? The fatty acid profile of HO sunflower is almost identical to olive oil, but it is lighter in color and I think easier to work with, slightly slower trace. I’m not...

Someone asked me if the conference was “soap dorks unite.” Yes. Yes it is. And proud of it. I’ll post updates while I’m hiding in my hotel room.

Hi all, I am headed to the HSCG conference in Hartford Connecticut, USA this coming weekend, is anyone else headed that way? I’m weirdly nervous as I am basically an introvert and a homebody. It would be fun to connect with other SMFers. 😬

Hi all! I had a two day event last weekend, it was a little chilly but didn’t rain (yay). This is my third year selling at events and I had a great weekend despite the fact that about every other vendor was selling soap. I had many repeat customers, which made my heart sing. My favorites were a...

Fragrances are so subjective - as you start reading reviews you’ll see that a fragrance that smells just like the ocean to one person smells like hairspray or cheap cologne to someone else. Here are some ocean fragrances I have tried. Somehow I managed to mess up my spreadsheet so my fragrance...

Hello and welcome! I just read about coconut CO2 - it is in fact extracted from coconut, new to me. The blend you describe sounds nice, but the price is very high for scenting cold process soap. If you are committed to using essential oils I would start with lower priced ones and make your own...

I don’t do this but I should! 🤔 Copying.

I used to masterbatch at 1:1 for my lye but my work space doesn’t stay warm enough. - same thing kept happening to me, it turned into kind of a hassle for me. So now I masterbatch at my regular lye strength. @Kcryss yes spreadsheets all the way! I use google sheets which have enough...

To enter the May 2024 SMF Challenge, copy and paste these instructions and the entire list into a new post, adding the next number and your name to the bottom of the list. Sign-up list: 1. Justsomeguy - it's gonna be nerve wrecking but I'm in. My first venture into multicolored soap😬 2. Ackosel...

I masterbatch my lye for the same reasons others mentioned above - and, since I started buying lye in 50 pound buckets, I refill 2 pound lye containers after I buy it but I don’t bother with getting the amount perfect. Then, when it’s time to masterbatch, I weigh the lye (tare the container) and...

Not a fan of SPB. I had a bad experience with them.

Beautiful soap - I vote stearic spots - this is what they look like when I get them.

I love it! Question - the Luna swirl uses ombré pours which technically creates more than five colors - or would you just count the two colors that make up the ombré as two colors?

That’s funny about the pourable shampoo not being sudsy - mine is super sudsy. I do get mine to be really dissolved before pouring - I’m not sure why that would matter though.

🤦🏻‍♀️ waaaah. This month got taken up by a million other things. Sorry!

These cakes are amazing - hoping I can get to my idea in the next few days. Have some tedious things to take care of.

Not really soapy but last week I completed a five day photography course - aimed at Etsy sellers and specifically for using smart phones. I learned some things, mostly that I need a better setup for my photos, which I’m working on. Taking soap photos is a stressor for me, I never get what I...

You know it’s funny - now I can see it.