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I feel your pain. I've had soap days like that.

I don't have any suggestions for a tomato scent, but I have to say I love this idea. The whole concept of BLT soap makes me :) , and I don't even eat bacon. :-P

First off, thanks to everyone for chiming in to help with this issue. To answer some of your questions, my oils are about a month old, and my lye is about six weeks old. It is not clumpy or hard; I don't think it has gone off, but humidity here can be an issue. I am soaping a little...

Lately, I've been having some issues with my old reliable formula. In the past, my soaps were always ready to unmold and cut in 24 hours. The last four logs I have made have all been very soft after 24 hours. Here is my formula: castor 27 g (5%) cocoa butter 43 g (8%) coconut oil 65 g (12%)...

Today I unmolded two logs of soap, but they're still a little too soft to cut. I dented one of them getting it out of the mold. :headbanging:

Today I: Made a batch of soap with Nurture Soap's "The Olive Branch" it was a white base with a yellow, blue and green ITP swirl. I made a batch of soap with Nurture Soap's "Hellstone" it was a grey base with a black, red, orange, and yellow ITP swirl. I master batched lye. I...

Yesterday, I made a batch of 39% EDTA solution. I've never used EDTA, but I'm excited to see what it adds to my soap. I have very hard water here, so I'm hoping the EDTA allows the soap to rinse off more easily/leave less film. Also, I master batched fats for my standard recipe. It's...

I don't mean to answer my own question, however, for the benefit of those on the forum who may be considering using Soap Making Resource who have the same questions I did; I'll post my experiences here. First they have a long turnaround time before your item(s) ship. (In all fairness, I have...

Well, I'm not in the UK or EU; but I can attest to the high quality of Nurture's products. Everything I've purchased from Nurture has been great. Their micas are strongly colored and behave perfectly in cp. Their FO's are strong, stick well, and perform exactly as described. I absolutely...

Cherrycoke, the method I use is: 1. Mix lye water and allow to cool to room temperature or just above. (70-90 degrees F usually closer to 70) 2. Heat solid oils until completely clear. 3. Add liquid oils to the melted solid oils and combine well. 4. Allow combined oils to cool to...

I whisk all of mine by hand. I used to stick blend, but I felt like I didn't have as much control of tracing as I do whisking by hand. Plus I tend to get a little happy with the stick blender and over do it. :) My regular recipe has a lot of hard oils in it though so it rarely takes me more...

I wouldn't risk it. Looking at the Brita web site, it doesn't appear that it removes calcium, magnesium, or iron from water. The time I lost all my holiday gifts to DOS was the one time I used tap water for soaping. I now know that the DOS was probably caused by minerals in the tap water, but...

Yesterday, I had more misadventures in soaping. Everyone feel free to soap with wild abandon. All the soap gremlins are at my house this week. So, I cut up the "lime green log of frustration" into chunks. Then I made a batch to be colored with activated charcoal and scented with the same...

I had not heard of Soap Making Resource (http://www.soap-making-resource.com/) until recently, and was wondering what kind of experience people had with them. Here' my situation: I can't cut a bar of soap straight to save my life; so I was looking for a cutter. Unfortunately, most cutters...

Those bars are gorgeous. I've been using mostly micas lately, but maybe I should get the oxides and aquamarines out for a little play time. :)

Today I: Experimented with adding mango butter to my "standard" recipe. It didn't speed up trace as much as I thought it would, and I think I like it what it adds to the soap. I'll know for sure in 8 short weeks if its worth it. Made a "hidden" in the pot swirled soap by coloring...

I was digging around in soapee.com, and I noticed an entry for nutmeg butter. It was extremely high in myristic acid. So, I'm thinking that it might be a good swap for some of the CO or PKO in a recipe; or it might be a fun experiment to add to a "super bubbly bar". The problem is I...

I use about 2-3 teaspoons of glycerin to 1 teaspoon of powdered colorant. Make sure you let the colorant sit and start to get wet with the glycerin a bit before mixing. Also start out by mixing by hand with your blender before giving it the power. Otherwise you'll end up with a poof of...

I do the same. I have found that I have much better results using vegetable glycerin than oil. It truly revolutionized the way I looked at coloring/designing soaps. Although I'm still somewhat swirl impaired; using glycerin as opposed to oil opened up my horizons artistically. It seems like...

Working again for me as well. Must've been a temporary glitch. :)