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I'm going to attempt making rebatched soap tomorrow. I ordered rebatch bases from BrambleBerry (shea base and goat milk base), have researched the method I am going to try, and I am all set and ready to go! However, I still have two questions that perhaps someone can answer for me: 1) I...

Yeah, I know it's MP. I've tried making something similar to these bars, but they turn out awful. The bottom "crust" layer doesn't look anywhere as nice as hers, and I'm wondering how she does it. My bottom layer looks...I don't know how to describe it...mushy?...and it sweats a lot. I used...

I would love to learn how to make dessert soaps like these: http://sunbasilgarden.blogspot.com/2010 ... soaps.html Does anyone know how to make these? I've searched everywhere and I can't find a recipe. How on earth does she make the crust like that? It looks awesome!

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I made my first whipped body butter, and it's pretty nice! However, it is really greasy first going on, then soaks into your skin very well, then leaves a nice silky, powdery feel to your hands (maybe a bit too powdery - a tad dry feeling?). Anyway, I like it, but I know it could probably be...

Thanks for the reply! Hmmm...no food coloring then. What can I use to color my scrubs then? What does everyone else use? I just want to make sure there aren't any parabens in the coloring, but it seems like a lot of liquid dyes have them...

I am learning how to make body scrubs, and researching everything I can. One piece of information that I can't seem to find is how to color body scrubs. A few recipes I've found use a certain kind of liquid dye that produces a beautiful result, but they have parabens in them, and I would like...

Thanks for the tips! :) As for the scrub separating, I specifically used powdered silica gel to prevent this from happening. I have read that silica gel will prevent scrubs from separating, is this not true? I will go ahead and change the tsp measurements to grams. Does the rest of the...

I am new here and have been learning a lot by lurking, reading posts, researching recipes, etc. Tonight, I tried my first body scrub recipe. Can you tell me what you think, and perhaps give me some advice? I would greatly appreciate it. Here is the recipe that I used: Peppermint Body...