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I’ve made soap balls…well much smaller but the same principle, from my end pieces when cutting a loaf. The soap is still malleable and you can squish an end pice until it’s smooth then roll into a ball…or what I do is press it into a small shampoo bar mould. I do this with all my end pieces...

Hi 👋, I’m from West Wales, Uk good to see another UK another member 😁

Hi, I’m from Pembrokeshire West Wales, and have been making cp soap for just over 5 years now. I love using fragrance oils, Natures Garden are the best I’ve found, but it’s difficult getting them here. There was a supplier who imported them in but he’s gone out of business. Another supplier is...

Very interesting post, especially comparing using butters and oils. I’ve tried a few HB&M recipes and like most of them, although they do work out quite expensive to recreate sometimes, so I often sub out some things for others. I would have A go at melting the broken ones in the microwave. I...

Thank you...I love the creaminess of lard!!

hi everyone, I love using lard as I find its economical to use, very conditioning and creamy. I want to incorporate some tallow into my bars to increase the hardness and longevity. I’ve done a few samples but not sure I can tell the difference. Can experienced soapers enlighten me on what the...

I know this is an old post, but thank you so much for explaining this so clearly. I was researching how to use citric acid as a chelation and came across this post...brilliant!!

I’ve used calendula infused olive oil in unscented goats milk soap and resulting soap has a faint earthy smell from the calendula. I like it, but my partner isn’t keen. I would describe it as a warm hay smell. I just infused a jar of dried calendula flowers in olive oil and set to warm for a...

Thanks for your story. Good to hear your experience over a long period. I see so many people selling and using soap for shampoo and friends say I should make some. But I wouldn't want to give friends something I wasn't 100% sure of myself. I've made a couple if syndet bars and conditioner and lo...

I am really confused about soap shampoo bars and syndet shampoo bars! I’ve read lots of pages saying soap is bad for your hair and others saying they swear by it. My question is, when did synthetic shampoo come about? Presumably historically soap was used to clean the hair...so is it really bad...

Ha, I’m not actually technically Welsh either! I was born in the West Country but moved here 40 years ago...so pretty ?Welsh now. I’ve got into soap making for the same reason...my claim to fame is getting the microbeads legislation implemented in Wales, whilst I was a marine policy...

Welcome to the forum! I too am from Wales...great to see another Welsh soap maker on here. Where in Wales are you from? I’m from Pembrokeshire in West Wales

Thank you for sharing this video! It’s so helpful in knowing when to stop blending. I too have been struggling recently with batter setting up too quickly. I’m always paranoid of not emulsifying enough and the batter splitting. This video gives me confidence to try again! :thumbs:

I actually left out the FO for the yellow and red, as I thought it might discolour...so next time I thought if I coloured my main batch (with the DB in) brown and left the DB out of the swirling colours then I should end up with the same-ish colour as the first cut and cured bar. Ie work with...

Absolutely awesome!! :winner:

As you rightly said, the white is darkening to quite a dark tan. I’m hoping it will darken evenly. At the moment it’s a bit blotchy. Next time I’ll colour my base batter darker and work with that. It’s my first time working with a discolouring fragrance. So much to learn :)

Sorry, didn’t see this message! It was a hanger swirl.

Thank you. It’s hanger swirl. Poured the white I. First then poured colours in thin (ish) lines. Did hanger (thought I’d over swirled it!) bit more white then Last bit of colour on top. Hilary

I’m expecting it to darken over time...we’ll see how it goes

I cut my soap today. Super chuffed at how the swirls turned out. I used Dragon's Blood FO and thought it might discolour but it doesn't seem to have (yet?). I'm 3 months into my soaping journey and totally hooked!! This soap is lard, CO, OO, cocoa butter, SWA, castor oil. Smells like Indian...