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I ran into a problem last month, added my dissolved citric acid too early to my sodium dioxide and water solution - it got all crusty and I had to really work to get everything dissolved again before adding to oils. Got a marvellous reminder from @AliOop to follow @DeeAnna’s advice: add the...

That soap makes me think New Year’s Eve! Nice 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

⬆️ That should have read “previous note” @AliOop THANK YOU so much for the great tips! I will make these changes for all my upcoming soaps. I just started using citric acid and although I wasn’t sure if I could add it to the lye solution ahead of time, I. Oils r find any advice on line re...

⬆️ That should have read “previous note”

Thanks, @Zany_in_CO! 🤗 I used @DeeAnna ’s article to get me started using citric acid this month - and FORGOT her recommendation to add the CA into the oils. (See realist note re me needing g supervision in the soap lab 😖)Will do that from now on… lesson learned! I’m so grateful to have...

Well, the soap unmolded just fine, but I wasn’t really expecting that to be a problem. Just don’t think “organic wheat flour” will add a lot of label appeal so maybe this will be strictly a batch that I don’t give away. I’m still wondering, though, if citric acid should be added to lye solution...

Sigh. Perhaps today I shouldn’t have been allowed to work unsupervised. Here’s my sad story, and a question: For starters - the lye batch that I prepped yesterday had become crusty at the bottom of the container. I have prepped lye with salt and sugar in advance before with no problems - but...

@Lets_Soap thanks for the tips!

@Obsidian thank you! Yes, stinky soap is the WORST. I made my first batches of soap in the late 90’s. Tried to make tallow from beef fat and it smelled awful - I thought the odour might dissipate in the soap but it was so bad I had to toss out my precious soap. Was so discouraged that I gave it...

I’m happy to have seen this thread ‘cause now I know it’s not just me! I made my first beer soap with one of my husband’s brews, on Aug 2. Let it get flat for a few days, boiled it down to get rid of alcohol, then froze into cubes before mixing with lye. Whew, what a stink! I added more FO than...

Nothing wrong with being a control freak when it comes to making things for ourselves! Although my husband prefers to call it “self sufficiency” 😁. I agree with @AliOop - we’re not in it to save money (because so many of us get hooked and buy so much soaping stuff!! 🤣) hope you have a great time...

Thanks! Good to have options. Either way - more shopping!

@Creepy are you in western, central, or eastern Canada? Makes a difference for shipping costs. Windy Point in Calgary might be a good option to look at if you are in the West. I can’t afford shipping from New Directions, given the distance from Ontario to me 😢😢

Way to go! Thanks for all the tips. I bought a cylindrical mold with a pull-through tool a while ago but haven’t used it yet. Your tips will help me to get started (and I guess I will have to buy some squeeze bottlers with extension tips)

Haha yes I “think” I saw that post 😁

If you are shipping Canada post, the vanilla that @zany recommended shouldn’t be too bad. I don’t do well with a lot of artificial fragrances - especially musky or really floral ones. What do you have still on offer that likely wouldnt make me sick? (I really don’t know my way around FOs so...

OK, here’s my biggest question for today - how to SPEND LESS MONEY on soaping/ soaping related items?? I took this up in Feb this year, thinking it would be a fun thing to try while my husband and I were isolating for a few months prior to his surgery. Who knew it would be so much fun? Who knew...

@AliOop I “might” have a few Amazon boxes laying around waiting for the moment when I follow through on decluttering intentions! And my old hot water bottle should work in place of a heating pad. I’m anti styrofoam but I have a few coolers that should do the trick if I ever run out of boxes...

@Zany_in_CO thanks for the tip! I am pretty new to soaping and have mostly used EOs as I tend to get headaches or migraines from a lot of artificial scents. But I’m frustrated with the loss of EO scent after a couple months so beginning to think I may have to move into the world of FOs...

I’m usually pretty good at managing just one use for my oven! But the other morning was a bit frantic and I just forgot! So maybe I’d better place myself in your “that person” category, and buy a heating pad! Lord knows I have bought everything else that might be somehow related to soapmaking...