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grocery store oils? I used pure Italian olive oil from the supermarket for the soap I made recently and I haven't had any problems. I can get good coconut oil at the Asian shop (the ladies use it to dress their hair) so I buy what I need locally when I can. I've mixed the coconut oil with...

Do you make money at craft shows? I am a milliner and usually sell my hats in my shop but in summer I show at a Sunday open-air venue and usually do nicely. It's tiring but I get direct feedback from people passing by, I see the standard of work and of display of other makers, I get known by...

Welcome Hello again and thank you for the most recent welcomes. My olive oil soap is curing quite nicely but is a taste crumbly round the edges. I cut it on Jan. 6th so I suppose it is early days. I think maybe I'll make something new this week to stop me getting impatient. Does anyone have a...

newcomer Thank you for your welcomes! You are right, much like any obsession, soap never lets you go. I've some pure olive oil soap curing at the moment, scented with geranium EO. It's only a week old so it's still quite tender. Before I made mostly kitchen soap and floor-scrubbers so this is...

My name is Solaan, I live in UK and used to make soap some thirty years ago (or maybe more) so now I'm like a newcomer again - that's fun! I'm looking forward to sharing with everyone.