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Essential Oils for Soap Making

Soap Making: How to Combat Scent Fading

Soap Making: How to Combat Scent Fading

Five ways to keep scent in cold process soap: use the right amount, anchor the blend, pick oils that last, add clay or starch, and cure it cool and dark.

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Lavender Essential Oil for Soap Making

Why soap makers reach for lavender, with four recipes: cold process oatmeal soap, a melt and pour swirl, a shampoo bar and a body wash.

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Essential Oil Blends for Soap Making

A guide to blending essential oils for soap using top, middle and base notes, with three simple starter blends given as percentages.

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Soap Making: Essential Oils or Fragrance Oils?

Soap Making: Essential Oils or Fragrance Oils?

How essential oils and fragrance oils differ in soap making, where each one works best, and examples of both that hold their scent in a bar.

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Using Essential Oils for Soap Making

Usage rates, timing and ten essential oils that work well in soap, with notes on how each one smells and behaves in a blend.

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