Preventing your soap scale from shutting off automatically will save you lots of time, frustration and even money! When you are in the middle of measuring your soap making ingredients, the last thing you need is your scale shutting off mid-pour. Nobody wants to start all over! It’s even worse if you are adding several […] Read more…
The October 2018 Soap Challenge Club “To Comb or Not to Comb” challenge gave participants two technique choices. I chose to attempt the “Not to Comb” technique for the advanced category. The method I chose used two dividers to achieve the comb look. After dividing the log mold, one end of the mold was propped […] Read more…
As a soap maker, one of the biggest problems making a batch of cold process soap can be soda ash! There’s a lot of advice out there on ways to remove soda ash, but very few helpful instructions on preventing soda ash on cold process soap. Preventing soda ash on cold process soap is very […] Read more…
I personally use tallow in soap making as much as I can when making cold process soap. Even though there are many people who are excited to use vegan only soaps, there are three compelling reasons for using tallow when making soap. Before we dive in, let’s back up a little to get a running […] Read more…