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Thanks. I thought the car helped show the clarity of the soap. You can see the wheel through the bottle of soap. That's from my calendar.

So I bottled some of the soap you see in the first picture. When I first bottled it, the white dust or whatever you want to call it, kept settling at the top of the bottle. It was kinda ugly. It's been sitting in the bottles for a few weeks and I just took a look over. Wow, it now looks...

Agreed, Bramble Berry takes forever to ship. I do not use them for this reason. If I order from WSP and BB on the same day, I will have the WSP order in my possession before I even get a tracking number from BB.

Funny you ask. I was going to ask the same. I've been having a lot better luck with EOs than FOs. Most of the FOs that I used so far have caused at least some "Snotting." I'm talking chunks floating on top of the soap. I have one FO that actually formed a solid layer on top of the soap in...

Usage rates for essentials for bar soap are all over the web, but what usage rates are you using in liquid soaps for essentials? I'm talking post dilution. What about if you use a foamer bottle? Any different? Most of the recipes on the web say: "Use 10 drops, Use 15 drops, etc. etc." I...

Interesting Does the addition of the Glycerin change your recipe at all? I'm assuming since it's not an oil it doesn't saponify and acts as a carrier only?

When using oxides and micas, how do you decide if you premix it or if you just put it right in with your batch? When I say premixing I mean stirring up in a small amount (maybe an ounce) of solvent (water for water solubles and oil for non water solubles) before putting it in the soap

Thanks, I didn't realize it was a cumulative number! That would have been a pretty large weight loss if it was.

Nice read! I'm not sure if her example numbers are actual/real or if they are something she made up for the creation of a blog post. But if true numbers, her biggest weight loss (as a percentage of starting weight for that time period) was between 60 and 90 days. But then again, since the...

But I still think I like the look of the "Cigar Band" style the best. Just my opinion, though. The initial intent of my post was to find that time when about 99% of the shrinkage has occurred. (Like a general guideline). Then if it shrinks 1% more, no big deal.

Yes, I think it was your article that I read about shrinking and labeling the 3 sides. Great article!

Funny, thanks for the info. I've only been recently distributing to family/friends. My wife and I both have full time day jobs so we can never become full time sellers. But we are thinking of doing some selling once the holiday shopping season gets started (end of year). There is soooooo...

LOL funny here! I guess my wacky self likes to see things finished. I can't consider it finished in my brain until it's labeled. But yes, I guess optimal would be to label them when you need them.

That is interesting! I may give that a try.

OK, 100 bars was an exaggeration on my part! Let's take this real world example instead: It's 3:45 in the afternoon. We have a 4:00 dinner reservation (I know, we eat early). The restaurant is 20 minutes away. Friends call quick and say "Could you bring along 5 bars of soap? By the way, we...

Planning for the future. No one wants 100 bars right now. I'm all about having a good process in place. Why not start with good processing from step 1?

Soaps that I've labeled (cigar band style) several weeks ago have shrunk a lot. These soaps were about 5 weeks old when I labeled them. The labels are now falling off. What is the optimal age of a bar to label it due to shrinking? Label too early and your soap will shrink. Label too late...

Looks great! Congrats to you. How did you make out with this step from bullet point #4 in post #8: "By the way, my soaping pot is off the heat when I do this (and from here on out as well- things are hot enough as it is!)." I've also done well with this recipe, but every time I take it off...

Funny, I thought when earlene mentioned the microfiber towel, I thought it was an auto detailing joke. I guess it wasn't! LOL

I noticed when cutting soap, there are 2 different options. You can get a cutter where the loaf sits on top of a piece of HDPE or you can get one where it just sits on top of a nice piece of wood (while you make the cut) What's the advantage of one of these cutters vs. the other? I've been...