Hi all - newbie to M&P soapmaking and this forum was recommended to me by another member so I thought I'd better check it out.  I'm from Ireland and just wanted to say hello to everyone.

Loving  :mwaha: and these  :buttrf: lots!!!!

Hi Honey!

Welcome to the forum.  We find ol'  :mwaha: gets a lot of use as do the  :buttrf: (especially when we are ooh'ing and aah'ing over lovely pics of peeps latest creations  ).

I hope you enjoy it here and hope to chat with you more around the boards 

Hi Honey
Good to see you here.
Hope you will enjoy it
PS - just a forewarning....you'll be making CP soap in no time, happens to most folks (just so you know) :mwaha:

Hello Honey,

There's a growing group of MP soapers here - from novice to expert; so if you've any questions just shout!

Hya Honey, you are going to love it here. Im a M&P soaper Ive got my certs for the 'hard 'stuff too, but havent been brave enough to try it yet. Still playing with the melty stuff and its amazing what you can do with it a times.
You wil find everyone very friendly on here Im loving it.

  Hi Honey. I like this one .  Hav'nt had a reason to use it yet :mwaha:

 Hi Honey
 Welcome , hope you enjoy it here, which I am  sure you will.
Kath

Thanks ladies for all the hello's!

I'm too scared for the CP stuff but a girl in work makes it and assures me I'll be making it soon too!

I'm utterly mad into this stuff and it's only been a few weeks (that's me all over though!).  I'm a natural researcher and have read almost everything I can find about M&P, fragrancing, adding oils and butters, moulding etc etc etc and, in theory, I know it all.  Funny how when it comes to practice, I'm not that hot! Oh well, I guess that's what newbies do!

I put in a mega order with The SK and the box was waiting for me last night when I got home - now the question is, what do I make first!!! 

Hiya and welcome to the madhouse lol, i make m&p and havent ventured any further as yet time will tell lol xx

ello' & welcome :buttrf:

hi all, joe soap here, been @ m&p since 2000,also do lots of skincare and bath products, we are back after a couple of years break and find that the legislation has kicked in here( we are based in Ireland, hello Honey) looking to get certified at reasonable cost but with so many products it's soap first. We use a lot of Organic base as it seems very popular but we've started getting pretty creative with clear base usig non bleed colours for lovely inserts and novelty soaps.
Hope to talk yo y'all over the coming months.

The EU Cosmetics Directive has been around since 1976.
There is loads of info on the forum and people are very knowledgeable so if there is anything you don't understand, give us a shout

Hey Joe - you should do an introductory thread and tell us a bit more about yourself... do you sell to the public and can we have pics? (pic crazy we are!).  Where do you source your supplies from (by that I mean anywhere in Ireland cos I've only found one supplier and they're prices are too high).