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How do I make wax warmers? You can buy a jar full of this soft waxy type stuff that you place on a heat pad, and once melted an aroma is given off. I would love to make some for my Mam, but have no idea where to start, can you help?

but way back when I said a thank you to all of for being so encouraging to everybody, and how that helped me while I was in training for my first half marathon? Well, yesterday I did it, I finished in 2hrs23mins, a speed demon I am not, but I am so chuffed with myself, and I am still on a high...

Here are my weekends endeavours! First my charcoal one enspired by Carebear's soap. I crushed two charcoal sticks for this I would have liked it slightly darker, it is secnted with Tomato leaf, I am happy with this one! Next one is an Alkamaar dupe, which I did ina paink and lavender...

I have recently been a convert to Lard, it makes such a fabulous lather, but I have a problem, I have quite a few veggie friends, and off course I can't give these soaps to them. Is there another oil subsitute that I can use that isn't Palm that has similar properties

Thought I would show what I have been doing recently in the world that is making soaps! This one is Christmas Swirls with Yuletide fragrance from Sensory Perfection, lovely smell, but I am not 100% happy with the way the colours have gone scale like, a few of my soaps have done this when using...

Sorry if this is a repeat post, I can't find it on the search. I would like to know how to mix mica's in CP and HP. I want to do swirls, I have tried using Gracefruits colours which I think are similar to labcolours, but I am going through them a rate of knots! I thought that I might try micas...

This is my latest effort, my DH thinks it's great but I'm disapointed, I wanted the balls to be round but trying to mould them they were either too soft or too hard! :cry: It has a black cardamom, scent which is a spicy vanilla, a bit too sweet for me.

I would like to say a big thank you to everyone one of you who has posted positve engouragement in the past. I am currently training to run a half marathon, later this summer, and everytime I hit a hard patch, mantally or phsically, I somehow always end up thinking of all the positive thought...

Following on from the post about what scents sell best in there a difference between standard names as in straight "Lavender", "Citrus" or more creative names such as "Tranquil", "Blue Skies"? Apologies if I have used anybody soap names here! I love more creative names, but my imagination sucks!

Well I thought I would put a pic up of my rosemary and tea tree soap. I don't know if I like the mould too much as there was a lot of bubbles on the surfaces of my soap :( , but I have to admit it does smell lovely. I added the EO to my oil before the lye, just to try. I was curious as there was...

I have a little question, my sister is expecting and due in Dec, I would like to make a baby soap for her. It is going to be unscented 100% OO, what superfat should I use, I normally use 5%, but I feel a higher superfat might be more suitable, what are your opinions?

A box of soaping supplies arrived at 7.30 this morning, colours, scents and some oils, I can't wait to use them, BUT I have to wait until my birthday (Sat) for my new silicone loaf moulds, I am getting seriously agitated! :lol: I am going to try one with ground rosemary first, it currently...

I thought you might like to see my more successful effort at swirling after my cow like jobbie the last time! I used different oils this time, but I used the same F/O but it smells slightly different, maybe it will mellow given time!

I was just think about how there has been lots of talk about using tea as your liquid, my little grey cells were working and I came up with a devilsh plan for a soap for somebody I didn't like to much! I have in my cupboard a box of chilli herbal tea, I bet that would make some rather...

Well this was my first attempt at HP in a slow cooker, I thought I would try marbling too, as well as the lemon zinger tea. As you can see the paler colour is the result of the lemon zinger, not the lovely pink I had envisioned! It has a bergamot and lemongrass EO blend which is holding up...

I know I am asking what probably is on the site any way, what is best to use a soap straight away? Is it, Hp or can I use CPOP, I would rather use the latter as it is a present, it's shaving soap, so it will be poured into ramekins, so I am not sure about the surface of HP, but if CPOP could be...

Thought that you might like to see what a day I had the other day! I thought that I would try and do a HP soap, great stuff I thought. As I was about to pour the lye in to the milk, my mother turned up, giving me the fright of my life ( she isn't that scary she just surprised me!), so all of...

Hi, Well I have made two batches that didn't have any brains :o , so here goes! I have made them with 33% water and I am not going back! They don't look the best but I am trying new techniques, so I have learnt a lot. :D Milk and Honey, this one I didn't want to gell so I left it...

I have made my castille (with the water discounting info- thanks guys!) but there is this common thing I have on all my soaps, this brain like texture on the top. I stick blend and there is no zap. This one is 100% OO. :? This is how it looked cut and trimmed a few minutes later...

I make an olive oil soap for my Dad, and it takes a while to trace with the stick blender and harden, I use soap calc and water of 38%, having read here about water discounting what amount should I discount by, just to get it to trace and harden that little bit quicker? I have never done...