Lol! So well said Matthew and isn't it sad?? Man, if only people would put all their negative energy into themselves the world would be SUCH a better place!

@@christeef6840 it is quite the bizarre world we live in isn't it where people seem to enjoy what divides us rather than unites. Thank you for your comment 😊

Heh… “soap not soup” is gonna be my new catchphrase 😂

When I first started soap making I was very dismissive of M&P, but its great for novelty soaps so... stupid me...

You can also make bars with potassium. But it takes way longer to trace and usually requires external heat. And a long cure time.

You really do have to stir. Have been making M&P a long time and if ya don't stir it can burn or scald very easily so surprised a big soap maker would say that - not good advice. And you have to stir in FO's, EO's, etc... There is some who think stirring will release bubbles which will affect the lather but that is false as well - at least the difference is so small that I have never seen it. ;)

It was nice! But nothing like my own soap🤣👍

I don't use expiration dates on mine. Soap lasts indefinitely. The only part that doesn't do well in the long term is scent strength.

Maybe. I will say that I just learned that you want it to cool off when doing a swirl with this stuff. I'll let you know how it turns out..lol

Yep

Soap working. Soaping. 🧼

Yeah.. I probably won't though..lol. I go more by feel.

@@unclejonssoap it's not important if your doing just one colour 👍 but multiple colours, taking temps saves your design from being screwed up... otherwise the colours morph together.

Gotcha! So... What's a good temp for just doing basic swirls with m&p?

@@unclejonssoap The ideal pour temperature is 140°F. If you are doing a layered soap or embed soap, the ideal pour temperature is from 125°-130°F. Step 5: Spray with 99% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol to pop any bubbles that have formed on the surface.

I always spray with the alcohol for sure. Just never tried different temps.

But not everyone can do some of the amazing designs I've seen. I think it's just as much an art. Just not starting from scratch.

@@unclejonssoap I just the natural soap you make. Less chemical

I agree with to each their own. You do you. THAT being said. We human people, pack animals and primitive brains and all created "language" as a better way to communicate. Just as paper money and coins are more convenient than having to trade items to get what you need or want. The human brain and also psychology understands what it knows, but if I hold up an item you don't know what it is and say a word you don't know, maybe in a foreign language, does that word mean the item ? - the color, shape, what it does? When words are used, the brain actually finds the related image, understanding happens, it's in micro-milliseconds, so you don't perceive it. But when someone else uses a word INCORRECT, confusion begins. This is the psychology of how arguments begin. To make something is understood as from scratch. A painting By an artist is an original, there's only one and it's price is based on it being rare. Reprints are Mass produced and cheaper because they are machine made and exactly the same. So by definition an organic artisanal Soap is made from scratch, using ingredients to create soap that even if they followed the exact same recipe and technique, EACH bar is going to be different, even in the same loaf batch. While Melt and Pour soap is a type of cleaner, depending on its components. So Let's Define cleaners. Originally we humans didn't use "sosp" we used Sand, Ash, and other abrasive stuff, there's what is believed how Soap was invented but this is not that debate. Making soap was done primarily to clean fabric and was too expensive for regular people because it was excessively taxed. Until it's usage and values were changed. There's that and the earlier settler's to the colonies that became the United States, figured out how to Mass make their own, it was inconsistent and not pleasant to use, and was all purpose used to bath with, clean dishes and laundry, But after machines and chemistry created the ability to replace costly ingredients the term or word SOAP stayed attached to things that are not true soap but detergent, what most non Soap making people buy to clean dishes, laundry, hands, body, hair and teeth, aren't soap but detergent. Hence the colloquial use of the word soap. This is also why there's an argument over terms applied for those who make or create some versions of cleaners. Organic Artisanal Soap is thought they make from scratch ingredients and molded however it's process is done. Melt and Pour might be soap but If it's your primary or only ingredient you didn't make it. To put it in understandable terms, a chef makes, prepared or cooked dinner. If you poured something out of a box you didn't make it, you reheated, rehydrated, or assembled dinner. Trust me. Ex husband asked for homemade mashed potatoes. I peeled, diced, sliced, and created the best mashed potatoes you ever had. His response, not like jis mother's. I called her. She used instant potatoes. IF you start out with ingredients careful prep, measure, and go through a process you made it. It's crafted. If you use Melt and Pour and you measure, put in scents, colors, and mold to create artistic designs that are more of a gift or display piece than is meant for everyday use, you get to claim artist status, because a painter or sculptor do not make the medium they created from. If you use a form of lye, that in measurements with a recipe for Oil or fat and Water and follow a process, you made soap. If you used a premade medium Such as Melt and Pour, you made Art. Maybe this will settle it. But just my thoughts and opinions.

I would say soap artist maybe?

@@unclejonssoap That works! The detail in the end is really nice though, definitely has a place.