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Thank you VikingChick & Kiwimoose!

Happy birthday to you too! Thanks for the advice! Some good ideas. :) Oh I like that idea! I've been wanting to try that one anyway! Which supplier to you use?

So I'm turning the big 5-0 this September and thought I should honor that with my first whack at a birthday cake soap. I read some bad reviews on the WSP site for their bday cake fo, saying it didn't stick. What are some other companies that you all have used with success? I realize there's...

Beautiful work KiwiMoose! Gorgeous!

Thank you Dibbles! Very helpful!

Okay I think I've *finally* settled on a palm-free recipe using soy wax, which comes today! I will post the recipe below in a sec. The only thing I don't love about this recipe compared to my old one is that it's a bit lower in lauric (from 14 down to 12), so I'm toying with the idea of using...

Thank you AliOop. So this definitely infers that it is something to stay away from. However, this is article is about ingestion, not about topical. When I look up the chemical on the ewg.org website (which is what I refer to often to test the "cleanness" of various chemicals/beauty products), it...

I just found this "Nutrioli Pure Soybean Oil" at Walmart, but it's ingredients says: "Soybean Oil, Tbhq (Antioxidant)". I'm guessing Tbhq is probably something we want to stay away from?? When I googled it, it said it was used as a preservative. Anyone else know anything about tbhq, or has...

Thank you Zing! That website was helpful too! SoapM0m

Hey CP soap friends, Years ago I made a peppermint eo oatmeal cp soap and I literally had to get a crowbar to get it out of my molds! I never wanted to make it again, but I had customers who wanted it, so I lined my molds with freezer paper every time I made that batch and that was the only way...

This is such a great calculator! Thanks so much!

Thank you HowieRoll! :)

Has anyone ever purchased this soy wax from Brandon's Candles LLC? https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Soy-125-415-Wax/dp/B001OXOZDA/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=soy+wax+GW415+(Golden+Brands)&qid=1613435785&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011&rnid=2470954011&rps=1&sr=8-2 Just wondering if it's reputable...

What website is your calculator?

Has anyone ever purchased soy wax from Amazon? This one is Brandon's Candles LLC: https://smile.amazon.com/Natural-Soy-125-415-Wax/dp/B001OXOZDA/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=soy+wax+GW415+%28Golden+Brands%29&qid=1613435785&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011&rnid=2470954011&rps=1&sr=8-2 So KiwiMoose...

So I've checked out more on soy wax, and the thread on it that you started a few years ago. Is it crisco??

So interesting! Thank you KiwiMoose - that was a good read!

This looks good! Thanks Arimara!

That's a good question, and I put it all into my spreadsheet and was surprised to find that it was really about the same! Just a .03 cents per bar more. Scratch that, I was looking at the wrong price! It's actually about .24 cents more per bar. That is a bigger difference. Something to think...

Ok I've compiled several different ideas and come up with a palm-free recipe, but I need someone to help me understand all the "lauric, myristic, palmitic" etc numbers. Here's my 2lb recipe: Avocado oil 5.75oz (17.97%) Coconut oil 7.7oz (24.06%) Cocoa butter 5.1oz (15.94%) Castor Oil 3.85oz...