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  1. Susan Cote

    What soapy thing have you done today?

    Your cuts look fantastic! Nice color's too! Love a good blue! Color is tricky in soap making. I have been experimenting just to get a record of what color morphs to what. It seems the only way to really get to know ones colorants.
  2. Susan Cote

    Help with ZNSC

    One thing to take into consideration is olive oil that states it is cold pressed is a heck of a lot different to olive pomace. Olive Pomace is extracted with mostly hexane a chemical solution. This is why I don't and won't use olive pomace in my soap making. I have been researching and...
  3. Susan Cote

    Lessons not learned. What do you do when your batter seizes? do some FO's react poorly with ground oatmeal?

    There is my soap. I am pleased was a sound recipe. Learned a lot as we do with each batch. Next time I would darken my indigo and make wider strips of color. Also, like in a feather swirl I went straight down and then came up. Next time I would go from the top and swirl downward ! Next week...
  4. Susan Cote

    Lessons not learned. What do you do when your batter seizes? do some FO's react poorly with ground oatmeal?

    I sure will:) going to cut most likely cut in another 24 hrs:).
  5. Susan Cote

    Lessons not learned. What do you do when your batter seizes? do some FO's react poorly with ground oatmeal?

    Yes, if you remove the air from the soap it does work well for soap dough. With fresh soap intentionally done for soap dough, I pour it into freezer bags seal well and in 5 days. It's not sticky and it's perfect for dough. Lisa over at I dream in soap has a wonderful vid on YouTube about...
  6. Susan Cote

    Lessons not learned. What do you do when your batter seizes? do some FO's react poorly with ground oatmeal?

    Sorry you had that experience. I had a siezed batter yesterday. Added a eo I have never used before. Blood orange! I was doing a design with 3 dividers and boom couldn't take the dividers out easily. Had to really dig in to get them out. It was strange the mica green I used was fine. The...
  7. Susan Cote

    What soapy thing have you done today?

    Love your drying racks !!:) 🤗
  8. Susan Cote

    Hi all!

    Welcome Keith! Tallow products are amazing for many skin issues! It's in a trend right now in New Zealand. Noticed it on the market a salve selling for 45 dollars for a 30 gram pot 🤔. My son in law has skin issues. I'm researching right now for making a shaving cream. Going to read up...
  9. Susan Cote

    New Supporting member

    Lol busted!
  10. Susan Cote

    New Supporting member

    Greetings everyone! Its a real pleasure to come in as a supporting member. I came to learning about cp soap through a friend that needed help with a skin condition. So I learned to make a cp soap and a lotion bar that ended up helping him a lot. Really well made soap is such an...
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