“And I want my eyebrows replaced with upside down Nike symbols colored with sharpie!”

I’m a simple gal. I see a Dungeon Crawler Carl reference, I upvote 🤷🏻‍♀️

Oh yeah that’s definitely a frankensoap lol. It’s cute though! Whether one is better than the other imo kind of depends on personal preference. Cold process is my preference because I have full control over it from start to finish. Melt and pour is using a soap base someone already made and just adding color and fragrance to it. But it can be just as good as cold process if you find a soap base you really like!

I like M&P as a craft for kids though since cold process is a little too dangerous for them with the lye and everything.

That’s so interesting, thank you so much for the detailed response! I’d been a Reddit user since 2011 and logging onto the desktop version of Lemmy makes it look a LOT like old Reddit…back when times were more simple 😭

Oh it can be 100% expensive when the ingredients and fragrance/essential oils come into play, trust me! I’ve seen some essential oils go for close to $75/oz. They also need to be soap stable and skin safe, and not something you pick up at a craft or grocery store.

For the Oatmeal, Milk and Honey soap, I put bubble wrap on top, which is how I get the honeycomb effect!

And that sounds really bizarre with the different colors dissolving at different intervals! My best guess is that it wasn’t cold process and was melt and pour (different soapmaking process where you just cut up a soap base, melt it, and add color/fragrance of your choosing. Good for people who don’t want to deal with lye and fun to do with kiddos!) and the different melt and pour bases reacted differently to the water and some melted faster than others. Like a frankensoap if you will!

Oh I love that! I’m currently working on some more natural soaps (essential oils, natural pigments) because my tagline is soap for everybody and every body and I mean that!

Yeah I’d advise that lol. I’m an aunt to four and dang did they LOVE putting the most random things in their mouths

I ship to all countries (just edited my shipping profile). Thank you!

Well you’re in luck because I got it (and sell it!) in spades! Also I love your username lol

Thank you! Does your mom make soap too?

I use micas and pigments dispersed in sunflower oil. I use proper ratios and a lower superfat to make sure they don’t stain. I also make color blends as I have an art background so instead of buying every shade under the sun I try and mix my own! I test everything myself first to make sure nothing stains and other than some tinted lather (Vaporwave has a beautiful periwinkle blue lather!) I haven’t had it stain my skin or shower 😊

UGH, I know and I don't blame you. Etsy sets the shipping prices on my profile. I want to delve more into shipping costs and how I can save people money because that's just ridiculous!

I do have a video of me making the Vaporwave soap (bottom middle) on both Instagram and YouTube and want to start making more videos but I want to get a new phone to film on first (I cheaped out on storage for my current one). So that could disprove the dropshipping lol. I don’t even know why someone would dropship soap in the first place. To me it’s very specific and a little niche