Recent content by thursday48

cmzaha, I was trying to avoid gel because I kept getting glycerin rivers in everything I put TD in and was getting cracks from overheating even at ~85 degrees. Should I try hotter with the water discount or am I going to be walking into the same issues I’ve been having with TD and overheating...

I tried a water discount and my soap took more than 36 hours to be ready to un-mold and once it was cute it still took another 4 days to really harden. I think one of the issues is that I mixed the lye and let it cool, but it was maybe 3-4 hours between mixing the lye and then adding it to the...

Hey Cee! I'm also in the Denver area and excited to see you around the forum!!

Okay, quick question (it maybe a dumb one but we all start somewhere) I've seen where people have had luck with adding TD to hot oil in preventing rivers and crackling, but I've also seen that soaping cooler is a way to avoid it. Are these things unrelated and my brain is just connecting them...

Oh Thanks for the information IrishLass, I didn't scent the white portion of my soap but I'm glad for the info. Thanks Cherry I didn't see the whale until you pointed it out but it's totally there and cute. Dixie, OMG YES! I love Anne. My TD is oil soluble, I"m going to try to prep it...

Excellent, that's what I thought but honestly I WAY over stick blended this recipe and am not doing CPOP which is where I saw most of the things about this. Also thanks for the Auntie Clara's link I kinda forgotten about that websites.

So after way to long between batches, I made my second batch of soap! Honestly while I was a lot calmer through this one, I made it way to late at night so things sort of turned into a bit of madness and I’m pretty sure that’s a big part of the reason that everything that did go wrong in this...

The DH and I are currently making a wooden soap mold, I'd be done already if he'd put down his phone and finish cutting the wood :p. I'm not allowed to play with the handsaw because apparently I concern him when I do, though it maybe because I call it playing with the handsaw.

Oh Lord, Thanks for the heads up Krista! My husband and I went in and smelled most of their supply a few weekends ago. I think we smelled this and didn't mind it oob, but I'm wont be making that purchase. I'm also bummed that there isn't another local store front around here. I'm semi terrible...

The FO in question is Applelicious, and according to the website is red and green apples with viola. Thanks Dixie for the gardenia note, I for sure smelled a bottle of that while I was at the store. I'll steer clear till I'm more experienced and am ready for that headach-er um-Challenge...

Well my soap sure doesn't taste good but it also isn't zappy so I successfully made soap, Yay! I'm using something from a local vendor, Mile High Soap company and it doesn't have any reviews anywhere, they made the note that it slightly accelerates in CP... I really didn't think about the...

Okay, so I have like a zillion questions but lets just start this. 1) I made soap like 2 weeks ago and didn't zap test it. I used soap calc and didn't use a water discount, am I okay? 2) I lined my molds with freezer paper and totally put the waxy side toward the soap, how big of a deal is...

mind blown, for sure, Witchcraft on an whole other level

I keep coming up with design ideas, I think I need to put in an order for some FO, EO, and colors and I think that would help. And just letting myself come up with random recipe ideas.

I just cut my first soap! I did get soda ash and some weird texture on some. The weird texture I'm pretty sure is because I cut one mold to early and when I took it out of the mold some of the soap stuck to the freezer paper. Okay other than the soda ash "issue" (and looking at the pictures of...