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The Soap Blog is really just a journal of sorts. It's a great way to keep up-to-date with what's happening here at Soap Making Essentials.

Since this site is a work in progress and will continually have new content added, I have included this mini-blog. It has been designed to let you know when new content is created or when special updates occur.

Check back often to find new information about different methods of making soap, homemade soap recipes, decorative soap making ideas, essential oils, where to get supplies or anything else that is fun, interesting and related to soap.

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White powder after one week

I make soap but my problem is after one week there is white powder on the soap and some time there is salt look a like. I have no idea what cause them.

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Glycerin Soap turned from yellow to brown.

I added yellow color to clear glycerin soap and after 2 weeks, it went from a nice yellow to a light brown. Did I put in too much fragrance? I did not

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100% coconut oil soap could not stir in seconds

This is my first time making 100% coconut oil soap and when I mixed the lye water mix to the coconut oil it started to be thick. I hand wisked it for

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Speeding Up The Cold Process?

I've heard of a way to speed up the curing process using the oven. Do you know of this method? If so will it work on your Cold Process recipe's? I love

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Substitute for lard

In cold process soap making, what can be used to replace lard in the recipes? Answer: Visit my page on Soap Making Oils and scroll down to the heading

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Homemade Vanilla In Lye Soap

I made a batch of lye soap and used me homemade vanilla at the end when I would usually add an essential oil. I added about 4oz. I have read that I should

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Crumble free sea salt soap

I'm working on a sea salt soap and want it to be relatively crumble free. It's been a challenge, and perhaps it's impossible without reducing the amount

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Powdered coffee creamer

Can I add powdered coffee creamer to cold process soap recipes? Answer: I'm going to assume you are referring to products like 'Coffee Mate', etc.

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Fresh fruit

Hello, I'm new in this wonderful world of soap making, I have a lot of questions but I just want to make one. Can I make soap with fresh fruit like strawberries,

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Total Essential Oil Content

Hello Cathy, My question is about how much total Essential Oils to use in the production and selling of CP Soap Bars in the European Economic Area.

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