Sometimes a nice layered soap looks perfectly bonded while in the mold, but peels along the color line as you take it out. This often happens because the second layer did not stick to the first one. Melt-and-pour soap requires…
Adding color to a soap bar goes fast, which is one reason you start with less. What looks like a little bit of mica or pigment in the jar can go quite a bit further once you’ve blended it all…
You pour what seems like a smooth mixture into a silicone mold, and the next thing you know, there are tiny bubbles all over the top. Some are big enough to make indentations after they pop, and some are smaller…
Melt-and-pour soap base requires heat to be pourable, but adding more heat won’t help the process. When a melt-and-pour soap base becomes too hot, it can become dry, thicker than expected, develop a wrinkled surface, or have shorter working time.…