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They provide a service to the public and should take their safeguarding responsibilities seriously. This is a problem that could’ve been solved before it happened, by closing the immediate area to allow the workmen to do what they needed to, without making customers feel uncomfortable, awkward...

Nope. Just in their generic description of fragrances that it’s suitable for soap making. But that description also warns that some fragrances may discolour and to test in small batches. Not very helpful I know.

There’s only one review which unhelpfully just says “stunning fragrance”, and for the record it stinks. I’m in the UK and I don’t think the suppliers I’ve found here have the same number of reviews.

Hello! I used a fragrance oil called white musk in this soap. Everything seemed fine, no acceleration that I could tell, nice steady pour with no ricing etc, but after a short time in the mold (which is see through) I noticed a sort of brown tint. After cutting it seems the mottled brown is...

That’s a thought. Will try emailing in future as there’s always a chance they just forgot to upload a particular one.

You’re a genius, that’s what you are. Thank you! I just took delivery of some essential oils and all my willpower is now being used not to cancel on the friend I’m meeting in 15 minutes so I can stay home and stick toothpicks in jars. I’ll leave this one for when I get home 😀

I reckon that’ll be a handy site for me in the future, thank you. I’m still a little bit too excited to trust myself with annything below 3%, and busy learning what I like together, and I don’t trust myself not to inadvertently throw it in at unacceptable levels. One day maybe 🙂

That’s me not buying spearmint then. Yikes.

Will you use it mixed with something else, or just hope for the best at the lower rate? I can’t lie, I have no clue what the other documents mean when I look at them. It’s just words on a page at this point for me, so I rely solely on the IFRA.

There’s a website where I’ve been buying fragrance and essential oils from. On most items there’s a link to an IFRA certificate for the given product, but not on all. Am I right to swerve the ones that don’t have this document or is that just super picky and paranoid? An aside: Spearmint is...

The first had a little poorly mixed ultramarine pink, ultramarine violet, and manganese violet.

I like them better now, even with the pimples.

I’ll try this because my results with TD have been pretty variable so far. Cheers ears! I’ve chopped a little of the tops off and I don’t find them nearly as objectionable. Might even go so far as to say I like them. Something about the top being super shiny and pimpled made me feel unwell.

A good idea, I’ll find out what items are accepted over here.

Thank you :) I used brown iron oxide and chromium oxide green, both predispersed in oil. I learnt my lesson in soap one where you can see flecks of colour. I’m going to give it a couple of weeks to see how I feel but that sounds like a lot of baggage for one batch of soap. Perhaps it should be...

I made two soaps yesterday. This first one I knew wasn’t going to turn out as planned, but it developed these pimples on the surface, and I don’t know what they are. They weren’t visible till it set up, I’m pretty sure I would’ve noticed. These may get filed in the bin to be honest. The other...

Thank you DeeAnna for the advice. I added the stearic acid out of curiosity and it’s the first time I’ve used it. Having read what you’ve said, I’ll probably save it for when I’m ready to try shaving soap, rather than use it in regular soap.

Lovely! I’m guessing that you have to bevel quite early so they’re soft enough? I’ve been bevelling a day or two after cutting to avoid over eager denting. I’m a bit of a dropper.

Hello! I made this soap in the early hours of the morning, about 14 hours ago. The smell is INCREDIBLE. And I love the colour it came out, even if it didn’t maintain the beautiful green of the cucumber olive oil. I didn’t want it to get too hot in hopes more of the green would come through but...

You have come to wave temptation in my face and I thank you for it haha.