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I have a bottle of Neem at home that I use mainly for my cats. It's awesome for skin conditions of animals but it's the burnt onions and garlic stink which I have trouble stomaching. The kitties have a little flea issue at the moment and the flea formula I put on them from the vets just isn't...

And I made my first honey and cream soap. Milk carton mould (why not?) and it's in the oven trying to gel. All seems to go well. I made it with organic tallow that I rendered myself, organic honey and cream. Threw in some coffee grounds and cloves at thin trace then poured. Looks like it'll be a...

Cruising my local supermarket and picked up these.... 4L Cold Pressed Rice Bran Oil $9.80, 50% off! Yummy apple juice in these nifty 8 sided tetra paks which look perfect for a soap mould. Just the right size for a 1kg loaf, cross sections will give lovely square soaps with bevelled corners and...

want to make soap shaped like this... http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Art-mold-3D-silicone-Soap-Mold-600-Growing-Elasticity-Resin-mold-33-dung-/140872183360?pt=AU_Candle_Soap_Making&hash=item20cca2ee40#ht_2847wt_1189 oh yeah! Lovely xmas pressies.... :twisted:

Two weeks ago I got a bit crazy and infused some vege oil with ginger, lemongrass, kaffir lime, jasmine and osmanthus flowers. It smelt so good today that I tipped it on my rice noodle prawn salad with fresh lemon juice. Best fragrance oil. I mean salad dressing ever! :lol:

For my batch #5 I gave coconut milk soap a go, unscented, uncoloured. I put the coconut milk in at light trace and am in love with how this soap looks already. It turned a lovely glossy pale cream and I hope cures into an ivory coloured loaf. I took photos but as I only have an iPad I don't know...

I like blending my own scents. Sure it's frustrating sometimes but it's a patient past-time with huge satisfaction payoff when you finally come up with something that works. I don't have any interest in scenting my soaps with ready made blends. So what are the best basics for single frgrance...