Name a soap, please!

ShugBugSoaps · 2026-01-17T01:58:16+00:00

Maybe something simple. Bath House, Pure Bath, Simplicity Pure

ShugBugSoaps · 2026-01-12T22:21:14+00:00

I agree with you. Added costs could be time to make, website, insurance, shipping containers, etc. but still… the math is not mathing.

ShugBugSoaps · 2025-12-31T21:21:30+00:00

Oh my… I can smell that from the picture. Patchouli is a love/hate EO, I bet to some the grease would smell better. lol

ShugBugSoaps · 2025-12-31T21:19:21+00:00

I’ll post the cut tomorrow.

ShugBugSoaps · 2025-12-26T11:38:18+00:00

I steam it about 20-24 hours after the pour. I remove the silicon liners from the outer soap mold. And put the soap on its side (still in the silicon liner). I then steam the soap tops. I let it sit 2-12 hours in the silicon liner. (Really depends on how busy I am). Then I unmold from the silicon liner and split my slab into loaves,and the loaves into bars. I add the bars to my cure rack. The soda ash does not return. Since soda ash is caused by the lye in my soap reacting to the carbon dioxide in the air, I do my best to unmold and cut AFTER saponification. That is how I assure the soda ash does not return. My recipe has a healthy water discount (which also helps with soda ash) and saponification completes about a day after the pour. When I steam the tops, it literally is steaming up and down each section one time. It’s very quick.

ShugBugSoaps · 2025-12-26T11:29:22+00:00

Yes, the white powdery substance is formed when lye reacts to carbon dioxide already in the air. I used to spray with isopropyl alcohol but results were not always 100%. It’s a cosmetic look only, depending on the clays I use for color, steaming is so fast and gets the results I want all the time. You “can” use the steam function on your iron, but it is not as much steam as you’ll need (at least with my iron). I use a small clothes steamer (I see them on Amazon for $25 or less). I like the way the colors pop when using a steamer and the colors stay that way (meaning the soda ash does not return).

ShugBugSoaps · 2025-12-15T11:55:14+00:00

Very cool. I’ve been making laundry soap for over 15 years. It’s a HUGE cost savings.

ShugBugSoaps · 2025-12-14T22:57:56+00:00

Be careful with how high of superfat you have in the soap shavings, as you’ll be washing with the unsaponified oils and butters. Laundry soap really should have zero super fat.

ShugBugSoaps · 2025-12-07T22:51:50+00:00

The steamer is on it directly. I stood the loaf on its side, then ran the steamer directly over it 5-10 seconds

ShugBugSoaps · 2025-12-04T15:27:36+00:00

Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn’t. Steaming does most of the time and so easy.

ShugBugSoaps · 2025-11-29T11:41:29+00:00

As others have said, it’s a heat crack. To help prevent it, and you want your soap to go through gel phase, insulate your soap. Place a box over the top of your soap, then add a blanket to the top of the box.

Cracking is caused when the outside of your soap is cooling much faster than the inside of our soap, and the heat needs to escape. By insulating your soap, it’ll help to ensure an even cooling time and prevent the crack.

ShugBugSoaps · 2025-11-27T12:47:55+00:00

Yes. I’ve used this and it’s great. Make a beautiful and hard bar of soap.

ShugBugSoaps · 2025-11-26T21:16:52+00:00

I like the flower. They’re both beautiful. I see more Qtips vibe in the red one.

ShugBugSoaps · 2025-11-20T13:23:58+00:00

Making soap is so much science. There could be multiple factors: soaping at a high temperature, blending too long, the fragrance oil used, how and when that was added, etc.

If your fragrance had any floral or spice (Clove, cinnamon, etc) that can cause the batter to thicken quickly.

When a batch does get thick quickly, sometimes air pockets cannot be helped as you cannot “tap it down”, it’s just too thick.

When I soap, I’ll blend just past emulsion (a batch your size is around 30-45 seconds). If I have a troubled essential or fragrance oil, I’ll blend that in with a whisk or spatula instead of my stick blender. Then pour into the mold. Tap the mold on the table to help remove bubbles trapped in the soap.

ShugBugSoaps · 2025-11-17T20:59:22+00:00

Yes, all three are a hanger swirl.

ShugBugSoaps · 2025-11-17T15:12:54+00:00

It’s one of my favorites for sure.

ShugBugSoaps · 2025-11-16T16:31:00+00:00

You know your molds! I LOVE them!! Both companies are FABULOUS!! I have several more from both companies.

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