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I'm having a similar issue. I made a batch on saturday (so 5 days ago) and it still hasn't set right, its too soft and gooey, like fudge. I did put it through soap calc and its a recipe that I've used before with success, but after reading the replies here about lye shortage, I'm starting to...

I was wondering how I would know whether or not my molds are licensed or not, anyone know? Have to agree with lsg though, how can it be a crime to use something for the purpose in which it was intended, especially when you have paid good money for the privilege to do so? seems a bit unfair to...

Ah shame, although I half expected you all to say it wouldn't work but I was still hopeful. I have been using a rose geranium eo which I love but I still wanted to create a pure rose soap somehow but I guess it just isn't to be (sigh). Thank you for your replies and suggestions though, much...

Obviously I can't afford to use rose EO to scent my soap but I was wondering if there are other (effective) ways to do it. I was thinking of infusing rose petals in OO and using rose water for the water part but I've got a feeling that I'd be wasting both my time and money. Would the scent from...

Looks good, eye-catching, user friendly with professional looking pics. Products look amazing too :)

I have always used tap water and had no issues with ash at all hth

Hi, i make beeswax tealights and from my experience with it I would just suggest trying different sized wicks. I too did my first candles using the wicks suggested by the company I bought from but they were way off (not sure why) and I think I ended up using about 2 sizes bigger than they...

For my first batch of bath bombs, I sprayed them with a little water as per the recipe but they started fizzing immediately and I ended up with a big splodgy mess. So I did some research to see how to remedy this and discovered that different people were using different methods, some were using...

Hmm, looks tasty to me like sticky caramel :) Nice colours, is the darker colour the paprika?

I think a lot of factors have been motivating me. I probably started making my own things because of sensitive skin issues, so I wanted to make products that were as basic and natural as possible to minimize irritants. I then realised that I didn't have to settle anymore, I could make things to...

Is it possible to do embeds in an individual soap mould? I would like to do something like this but I'm assuming this is a sliced loaf. Does anyone have any experience of doing embeds in single moulds? How did you go about it and how did it turn out?

With my essential oil candles I was advised to box them and leave them to cure for a couple of weeks to allow the scents to strengthen and mature. I'm wondering if this practice is also used for essential oil butters, balms and bath products? The reason why I ask is because I have recently been...

I have read about lye pockets a few times on here and I'm assuming that they are small areas of the soap where there is some lye lurking but that it isn't in the whole bar iykwim. So my question is, is a zap test an appropriate test for lye pockets? would it be possible to zap test and assume...

Will do, hoping to do another one later in the week and it seems to develop a day or so later so hopefully I'll have an update by the end of the week :)

Um, maybe, it does look a little bit similar, its hard to tell from pics. Maybe it is a silicone issue then. I'll have to do another one without covering it and see what happens, if it happens again then I guess I'll just have to accept it as a silicone issue :-|

That makes perfect sense really. Think I might cut up the embossing mat and use them in the bottom of the mold instead of the top and see if that works better :)

I have made a few batches of soap which are still curing. I've got about a week till the first ones ready, so I've not used any of them yet. I have used an individual bar, silicone mold for all 5 batches but for the first 3 batches I left the mold uncovered (to prevent gelling) and for the other...

I am not making anything with water in it so I don't think I have to worry about it the same and my products as a result will be thicker so I will not be able to put them in anything other than a tub. However, I went away to look at preservatives only to realise that my safety assessor (I'm in...

I'm guessing theres no such thing as a natural emulsifier either? :)