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    I'm dumbfounded

    I feel like i'm in an Ebay nightmare that makes no sense whatsoever :shock: A month ago DH purchased a game from ebay using my Ebay account, he payed for the game the same night he purchased it. We didn't recieve the game but instead recieved an unpaid item case against me 2 weeks later...
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    Soap on the brain...

    Tonight I had soap on the brain. Whilst putting the creamy mashed potatoe on the cassarole dish of tuna mornay I caught myself "Decorating" it as if it were the top on one of my freshly made soap batches :shock: and as if that were not bad enough my laptop went into hibernation and here I was...
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    Pre made base

    I found a pre made body lotion base sold by one of our Australian suppliers however I didn't see any preservative added. Could this be added after purchase?, if so which preservative and how much? I've not really spent much time making anything outside of soap but neither did I want to rush...
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    This makes me wanna have a bath lol

    How fun is this stuff??? http://www.gellibaff.com.au/
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    Bath Salts oil question

    I would like to make up some bath salts but keep coming to a scattered mindset when it comes to taking the plunge, so before getting started I wanted to get some carity of mind first. For those that have made and used their bath salts, did you have any issues with an oily bathing...
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    Do any Aussie here do Made It?

    I love looking through Etsy but I get so excited over everyone gifted creations that I have to limit my looking time lest I start going on a buying rampage lol. So anyway, it got me thinking about Made It, do may aussies here use it for their products?
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    Amazing, i'd never have believed it...

    I've been battling a tension headache all afternoon, DH had spent ages trying to rub a knot out of my shoulder but nothing changed (and he's a pretty strong guy in his hands -he's an alloy bullbar polisher so he's holding a heavy polisher/sander all day) Anyways, I went to check on my lectric...
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    Would the soap stick?

    I finished a batch of soap that traced quite quickly. I had some of the batter left over so spooned it into some heart shaped moulds, tapped them hard but when I unmoulded them there were some gaps where the batter was too thick and didn't settle. When I do my next lot of soap is it possible...
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    Cigar label helpful hints

    I wanted to share this hint with everyone, only because it's been a big challenge for me, actually here's a couple. Rather than using a plain piece of card for a cigar band this is what I do: I print the required number of labels on a coloured piece of card, -with all the necessary...
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    Handy soap label hints-pics added over in the craft tutorial

    I wanted to share this hint with everyone, only because it's been a big challenge for me, actually here's a couple. Rather than using a plain piece of card for a cigar band this is what I do: I print the required number of labels on a coloured piece of card, -Business name, mobile...
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    I wanna cry...

    ... with EXCITEMENT :lol: I made my very first skin cream and it came out PERFECT even DH used it on his face and loved it (he gets dry flakey facial skin as well as a reaction to his silicon mask he wears all day at work). My friend graciously sent me her recipe but I removed the Olive Oil...
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    Sugar scrub recipe with polysorbate 80 yaaay!!!

    I just found this sugar scrub recipe that uses the Polysorbate 80 (I love that stuff, amazing) anyways, I don't have the optiphan but I do have phenoserve. But i'm not sure how much to use, any ideas? http://southernsoapers.com/news/how-to- ... ub-recipe/
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    Soda crystals-what to do with them?

    I brought a bag of Soda crystals today, not sure why. Anyways, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas how I could use them (for body purposes it says they refresh and relax) the ingredients say sodium carbonate, water. I was thinking of adding an EO to it or an FO, it's got water added to the...
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    How to get a creamy bar

    Which oil ingredient would I use to bring out the creaminess in a bar?
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    Mountain Man, Irish Jewel, Swish

    Irish Jewel: My husband suggested a soap that was green, yellow and white that smelt countryish, so I made this one up and scented it with Gardenia and Lemon Verbena, smells wonderful, although I think it should have been named "Aussie Gold" Mountain Man: This was a HP I did, I had...
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    CALLING ALL AUSTRALIANS-Multiple wire soap cutter-Interested

    Now that I have your attention :D I wasn't sure where to post this but I figure everyone like to drop in for a chat on occasion. We have a friend of ours that may be interested in making up either a metal or wooden multiple wire soap cutter. We're sending him through some designs but wanted...
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    Superfatting question for newbie superfatter..

    I have a new recipe I would like to try out, however, my only hard oil in the recipe is coconut, unfortunately it exceeds the 30% mark, I definately don't want to add another hard oil into the recipe neither decrease the other soft oils (I have the exact amount of oils measured for my mould you...
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    Clear deoderant/anti persperent search

    O.K., Here's the thing, I was previously using Lady Speedstick from the store, smells nice and does the job for the most part but the white waxy residue left on the arm holes of my cloths is horrible, I can't get the stuff oot no matter what. Soooooo, can anyone direct me towards a recipe for...
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    Is there a difference?

    Before we moved our goat girls on we ended up with 4 litres of colostrum, so I was wondering to myself does the goats milk colostrum add any extra benefits compared to standard goat milk in cp soap?
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    Some of our newbies

    This is one of our first lot of soaps after a looooong break from soaping, not bad but there are a couple of things I would like to have changed with them: Choccolita: By pretty_n_plain at 2011-09-18 The Plain Jane Goat: By pretty_n_plain at 2011-09-18 Gardenia Girl: By...
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