How to make soap cupcakesSoap making
How to make soap cupcakes
Soap cupcakes are made in two parts: a soap cake base poured into cupcake liners, and a stiff soap frosting whipped up and piped on top with a star tip.
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Mica powders for soap makingSoap making
Mica powders for soap making
I fell for a jar of jewel-purple mica years ago, stirred it into a cold process batch expecting that same glittering color, and unmolded a flat, grayish
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Infused oil for soap makingSoap making
Infused oil for soap making
Infused oil for soap is a carrier oil steeped with a dried botanical, either warmed in a slow cooker for a few hours or left in a sunny jar for weeks
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How to make soap bar last longerSoap making
How to make soap bar last longer
A friend once told me the bar I gave her melted away in a week, and when I saw her bathroom I understood why: it was sitting in a shallow puddle in a flat dish.
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How to make confetti soapSoap making
How to make confetti soap
Confetti soap is made by chopping or grating colorful soap into small pieces, chilling them, spraying them with rubbing alcohol, and setting them into
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How to make soap papersSoap making
How to make soap papers
My first batch of soap papers tore into wet shreds because I kept brushing back over the same spot. I have been making soap for about eleven years, and
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Titanium dioxide for soap makingSoap making
Titanium dioxide for soap making
Titanium dioxide is the white mineral pigment soapers use to whiten a bar, opacify it, and build a clean base for pastels. You disperse about a teaspoon
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Trace soap makingSoap making
Trace soap making
Trace was the one word that confused me for my entire first year of soapmaking, and the batch that finally taught it to me was a swirl I ruined by over-blending.
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Coffee soap makingSoap making
Coffee soap making
Make coffee soap by stirring used coffee grounds into your batter at trace, about 1 tablespoon per pound of oils, for exfoliation and odor removal, and
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How to make oatmeal honey soapSoap making
How to make oatmeal honey soap
Oatmeal honey soap is cold process soap with two additives stirred in at trace: finely ground oats at about a tablespoon per pound of oils for a soothing
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