Recent content by Vicki C

I don’t do this but I should! 🤔 Copying.

I used to masterbatch at 1:1 for my lye but my work space doesn’t stay warm enough. - same thing kept happening to me, it turned into kind of a hassle for me. So now I masterbatch at my regular lye strength. @Kcryss yes spreadsheets all the way! I use google sheets which have enough...

To enter the May 2024 SMF Challenge, copy and paste these instructions and the entire list into a new post, adding the next number and your name to the bottom of the list. Sign-up list: 1. Justsomeguy - it's gonna be nerve wrecking but I'm in. My first venture into multicolored soap😬 2. Ackosel...

I masterbatch my lye for the same reasons others mentioned above - and, since I started buying lye in 50 pound buckets, I refill 2 pound lye containers after I buy it but I don’t bother with getting the amount perfect. Then, when it’s time to masterbatch, I weigh the lye (tare the container) and...

Not a fan of SPB. I had a bad experience with them.

Beautiful soap - I vote stearic spots - this is what they look like when I get them.

I love it! Question - the Luna swirl uses ombré pours which technically creates more than five colors - or would you just count the two colors that make up the ombré as two colors?

That’s funny about the pourable shampoo not being sudsy - mine is super sudsy. I do get mine to be really dissolved before pouring - I’m not sure why that would matter though.

🤦🏻‍♀️ waaaah. This month got taken up by a million other things. Sorry!

These cakes are amazing - hoping I can get to my idea in the next few days. Have some tedious things to take care of.

Not really soapy but last week I completed a five day photography course - aimed at Etsy sellers and specifically for using smart phones. I learned some things, mostly that I need a better setup for my photos, which I’m working on. Taking soap photos is a stressor for me, I never get what I...

You know it’s funny - now I can see it.

Ahhh… yup. iPad.

Hmm… it’s just a blank screen for me. 😕

I can’t see it…