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Well I've been selling soap bars for 10 years, and I still get surprises once in awhile.....I blame it on the Fo's. Some of them seem to keep a bar soft forever!....so even if a batch were tested for 6 weeks, it could still be "off" later. Grumble, grumble. Last year I made a baby powder fo...

Sounds great, and you seem to be enjoying the entire process. Have fun with colors! it adds another whole dimension to it all (and a lot more work, er I mean 'fun'). Keep it up!

I add honey to the lye water when it is hot....this way it dissolves very well, but it does turn bright orange and smell funny. But in the end, the soap seems to have a nice golden color and smells like honey. I love my honey soaps. But you have to take care not to overheat the soap when it's...

I'm pretty sure that the orange dots are due to caramelization of the milk, and/or an FO discoloring. I like the idea to add calendula petals and disguise the dots....the soap will be great with the spots, but customers may wonder, so the addition of flower petals will explain.

So.....did you ever make the green tea soap? I'd love a pic.

I pretty much experiment. I do like patchouli, cedarwood and vanilla as base eo's, but I also find that using cocoa butter as a main oil helps give the scent a 'ground' of sorts. Just this morning I mixed up: bergamot, pettigrain (my new fav), sweet orange, and a titch of black pepper, then...

Sorry, no help here...I only sell soap bars. Hope someone who makes those products comes in soon to tell you.

I have both eo's, like the fir, not the pine sol. But mixing them together, and adding a bit of orange, or eucalyptus, or peppermint disguises the "pine sol". I especially like fir + orange eo.

Very pretty soaps here! The one you're asking about looks like she didn't bring it to gel, that's for sure. A thick trace is my guess.

It's true, we all react differently to scent. I get migraines from lots of different ones, have had to learn, just from opening the bottle. Lavender makes me sneeze and cough now (after 9 years of using it); mints sometimes give me a headache, many FO's do. Good luck in finding which ones you...

My first thought when I saw the words 'neat soap' would be soap without fragrance, so you can really smell what the soap smells like by itself. I couldn't get that link to open.

I often add a tea bag (tried various ones) to my lye water. You can see approximately what color you'll get from there. I like adding chai tea to unscented soap, cuz it takes away the strong oily smell. I'm sure you can do this (add tea to lye water) and add your milk to the soap mixture at...

This is very pretty! What did you use to color it?

My customers love peppermint, spearmint, eucalyptus. Some like a titch of lavender in there, even in winter. But I enjoy making spicy ones at Xmas, as if I were baking Christmas cakes: cinnamon, clove, ginger mixes.

I like the peppermint I got from New Directions, and their service is very good. Other FO's from them are strong too. Perhaps you need to try out different suppliers in your area. Good luck!

This is so sad, as I suppose it's in almost everything we buy commercially, such as paint, possibly toothpaste? ....but is it only the dust inhalation which causes cancer? I suppose if it causes lung cancer, it can cause other cancers too, if ingested into the system - perhaps even through the...

When testing for color, it's preferable to make a non-scented soap, cuz many of the scents do impart color. This soap testing is a never-ending barrel of fun! Hope you enjoy the process.

Can you share how much TD you used ppo? Thx.

Captioning this one: "Maybe if I say a prayer, she'll save some for me". These are two child-coons that still visit with their momma.

I find that adding sugar to soap increases the big bubbles in the lather. Castor oil makes more of the creamy, small bubbles, and a rich smooth lather. Both are good!