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I am about to sell my first batch of soaps in a couple of weeks time (having got them certified etc) and was just putting the label on one of my basic formula (no colours or perfumes) soap to find a Dreaded Orange Spot! Checking the batch nearly all have these and the soap is only about 5 weeks...

Hi Zany in CO. That is a very good question to which I have a totally stupid answer. I am doing it all voluntarily for a charity I volunteer for (actually one day a week on their children's farm, mostly mucking out and feeding the animals). I took in some soap as gifts for people a couple of...

One thing that has surprised me (perhaps because I am an ex civil servant and it is in my blood) is that no-one has mentioned the law. I don't know where the felter person came from but if in the UK or Europe at least - I don't know about anywhere else, there is no way you can legally sell soap...

I've just made some dodgy lavender and silk soap. Sure the recipe worked fine last time but this time could not get the silk to completely dissolve. Might have used too much (2g to an oil weight of 600g) or last time I used sliver this time noil, so perhaps the coarser stuff doesn't dissolve...

I wouldn't have thought many people do, but I was googling once and found someone in America that did make soap that way. (And was quite dismissive of us cowardly custards who didn't!) Unfortunately I didn't keep the link. It's probably the sort of thing a passionate soaper might try once or...

I was surprised at these responses and ran upstairs to inspect my latest bar of orange soap complete with ground orange peel and a quarter slice of orange on top. Brown? Hmmm - maybe, or just dark orange - what's the difference? In my orange coloured soap (using 5 fold orange oil) it just...

Hi all. I got some great replies on this question varying from quite complicated suggestions to quite simple ones, and, surprise surprise, I went for the simple ones and tried adding a small amount of sugar to one recipe and subbing 10% of the olive oil with sweet almond oil in another. I...

I've been doing several experiments with a variety of essential oils and natural colourants over the last couple of months and deliberately chose a cheapo recipe including shop bought rapeseed oil, despite the risk of DOS. It had a use by date of Dec 17. My lemongrass and poppyseed and...

Yes Aihrait, I have to admit I'm not a very scientific soaper. I do try a few experiments but I find the huge time that CP soap making takes is hugely frustrating - 4-6 weeks before you can even use your soap, and if you want to test things like longevity the another 6-8 weeks on top of that...

Hi all Thanks for all these helpful replies and suggestions. That recipe looks good but also breaks the "rules" no cocoa butter over 15% or your soap will crack!!! (The other one being - no coconut oil over 30% or your skin will dry up). Perhaps I am getting too hung up on the "rules" and...

Thanks - yes it has to be veggie - personally I find tallow soap is great, but charity want a veggie soap. Also a salt soap will feature as one of the range hopefully if I can get the recipe approved, and is a great soap, but I don't want all salt soaps, but good thought, thanks. The reason I...

Hi I'm trying to come up with a base recipe to get some soaps EU certified for sale through a charity shop. The charity want palm oil free soap. I have tried variations on 40/45% olive oil, 30/35% coconut oil, and either 20% shea or 10% each shea and cocoa butters with and without caster oil...