Tag: soapmaking
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4 Ways to Reduce Fragrance Oil Acceleration in Cold Process Soap
Hello Handmakers! There has been quite a few inquiries on how one can deal with fast (aka accelerating) fragrance oils in cold process soap so here’s a quick post sharing some tips on how can you do so 🙌 Note: Each fragrance oil is made of different ingredients which means that each unique blend has…
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DIY Cool Peppermint Aloe Vera Soap
Hi Crafters! For today’s DIY post, we’re sharing how you can make your own Cool Peppermint Aloe Vera Soap using peppermint essential oil (which has antiviral, antibacterial and antiseptic properties) and Stephenson Personal Care’s Aloe Vera Melt & Pour Soap Base. This soap base is a sulfate-free vegetable-based soap made using natural aloe vera. This mild…
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Washing Hands with Soap Kills Coronavirus
Hi Crafters! We saw this informative post on Stephenson Personal Care‘s blog the other day and wanted to share it here as it touches on the topic of why soap is the most effective in killing the coronavirus (and other viruses). One true tip that we are sure everyone has heard of since the beginning of…
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5 Common Cold Process Soap Mistakes and How to Avoid or Fix Them
Making soaps from scratch and having full control over the ingredients can be exhilarating, but there are also risks and problems you can come across. At Craftiviti, we often hear from our customers about the issues they face while making their own cold process soaps at home, and have come to notice that there are…
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Cure in Candle Making VS Cure in Soap Making
If you’re new to the candle making and/or soap making scene, you might have stumbled across the term ‘cure’ in both crafts. However, despite it being the same word, the exact definition of this term is different according to the craft it is used for. For Candle Making… ‘Cure’ refers to the chemical process that…
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Soap Sweat and How to Fix It
Are there ‘crystals’ or beads of liquid on your Melt & Pour Soap? Do they look powdery? These are the symptoms of your soap ‘sweating’ (it’s also called ‘glycerin dew’) which is common in humid climates. Melt & Pour Soap (henceforth MP Soap) is also known as Glycerin Soap because of it’s high glycerin content.…
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Yein Shared 10 Minutes Soap Making Recipe on Her World Malaysia!
Thank you Her World Malaysia for this opportunity, hope this recipe helps! Watch the video below: If you are interested to learn something new and would love to be a part our craft workshops, click here and see what we have scheduled for you and book a spot for yourself!
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