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If you need a Brut dupe, Save on Scents has it. I've used the "extreme" concentration and it accelerates like crazy but it is doable. The scent held well for me and smelled pretty spot on to my nose.

Hmmm...I can sympathize. I've had this happen, and unfortunately, I never found a reason for it. I found a 3 year old bar that I had forgotten about. I remember making this batch because of how much I enjoyed using this soap when it was younger. It was fragranced with Nurture Soaps "Satsuma"...

I don't think you can go wrong with any of Nurture's micas, absolutely every one I have used has been fabulous. All of their fragrances have been great as well. There have been a few I didn't care for, but that's down to personal taste as opposed to quality. Nurture's reviews concerning...

Sometimes plop 'n glop soaps are the best. One of my favorites to use in the shower was an ugly as homemade sin plop 'n glop bar that started to gel in the soap pot! I decided to experiment with some stearic acid I had lying around, then I soaped it too hot; and on top of all that I used a...

I can't help with the EO question, but I know that orange FO decelerates, and sometimes reverses trace/emulsion.

I've been looking at different threads about using soy wax in cp, and I'm ready to take the plunge. My question is which soy wax do you use? I don't want to order the wrong type, but I've become confused with all the different brands and types: i.e. 415, 444, 464, 125 etc. Some of them seem...

It's a fantastic looking soap! Woodsy, rustic, masculine, autumnal? Yes. Ugly? Never.

Unfortunately, my favorite supplier: Florida Suncoast Soap Works is no longer in business. :( They were local, and I could pick up orders to save shipping costs. Now I'm trying to find a supplier that's somewhat local to save on shipping. Any experiences, stories or recommendations that...

I always add FO to my oils before the lye, mostly because my favorite recipe (co, pko, palm, shea. cocoa butter, olive, rbo, castor) moves quickly anyway; and I get in a hurry to get it in the mold and forget the fragrance. o_O Secondly, with SOME FINICKY FO'S in my experience it CAN mitigate...

Welcome to the forum. yes, those are classic "glycerin rivers". I get them all the time. It's worse when I use TD. I blame the heat and humidity here in Florida. ;)

Love Nurture's Satsuna FO. It holds well for me at 1 oz. per LB, but I find that soap made with it seems to take FOREVER to firm up enough to unmold.

My aha moment was when I realized I could add my FO directly to my oils before the lye. No more dumping it out of the mold because I forgot the FO...again.;)

Wow! Just Wow! That's a beautifully designed soap.

Very nice!

I couldn't agree more about the boiled eggs! They come out perfectly cooked, and peel perfectly EVERY time. I'll never go back to the old way.

As far as calculators go I like soapee.com. It is full-featured, and gives you a ton of information; yet it is very easy to use. SAP values are really just averages, so don't sweat it when you see different values for the same fat. Consequently, different calculators will end up giving you...

I use castor and cocoa butter in almost all of my recipes, but usually never more than 5%-7% each; but I don't think it was either of those. Out of curiosity was this an FO you purchased recently? Perhaps within the last 6-8 months? The reason that I ask is that BASF (the chemical company)...

I can't speak from personal experience, but my limited research says that it does indeed discolor. I have yet to find a vanilla that doesn't discolor cold process soap. The non-discoloring vanillas that I have used are actually more like "less discoloring vanillas". Some folks on the forum...

I agree with the Gentleman and DeeAnna. It looks like a reaction with the pot. I'm guessing it might be a stainless steel clad pot with an aluminum core. The one time I had soap go grey/black was when I was using an old stainless clad pot that the steel had worn thin on and the lye was...

I do the same. It seems to me that the combination of PKO and CO ends up creating something greater than the sum of its parts. I love the lather that I get from a combo of the two, bubbly and fluffy; yet not irritating or overly drying. :)