Recent content by jadelilly

I made 100% coconut oil with 25% superfat and 40% salt and love it so far. I made it in a loaf mold (plastic box lined with parchment paper) and cut within 2 hours. Worked well for me.

That looks like camo! My son would love that :)

I just made a soap with alkanet infusion and it's totally green. It's been sleeping for 10 hours now, it's still green. I hope it changed back to purple soon! It's a pomegranate scented soap so green is not right.

Thanks...I didn't hold it back for that reason..it's actually kinda stupid because I used a too small container to melt the butters in and so didn't have space to add it until after I moved to the bowl I was using to mix the oils and lye...so the plan was to add it when I moved the oils but I...

I made a soap yesterday with 5% superfat in the recipe. Only I forgot to add the 5% castor oil :( soo..no castor oil in my recipe and no superfat. Soap is not zapping me and looks good. Is it ok? Ugh! I can't believe I missed that! I topped out my container for oils so I was going to add...

Thanks! I def don't want to get cut on it! Maybe I'll go ahead and add it into a new batch. Does it look strange when that's done? Do you have any pics? :) Thank you!

So....I tried salt soap. It was fun and I thought it was all going well until an hour after molding, I noticed it was getting crumbly on the top sides. Checked it, it was hard so I pulled it out and cut it. (I thought I had longer than that! I know it's fast but an hour!?) Anyway, cutting was...

Thanks! They are printed on clear labels on my home printer. I wish I could get them screen printed!

I make bars for my 2 oz tins and they are 1 oz by weight

I use Photoshop. I tried other software but that's what I'm most comfortable on (since I learned on it have the most experience with it) I create my own templates...templates meaning I'll design a look (like for the butter and scrub jars) and then I can customize it for each product that...

Thanks! I'll do the drop by drop thing then...def don't want to waste! ok so my list... Lavender Sweet Orange Bergamot Litsea Mandarin Lime Cassia Sweet Fennel Star Anise Geranium Ylang Ylang Neroli Rose Cedarwood (atlas) Clary Sage Clove Rosemary Spearmint Peppermint...

I just bought a TON of essential oils (yay!!!) and now I'm totally overwhelmed on how to play with them! I know I want to make some diffuser blends, some blends for body butters and perfumes, and also some for uses like stretch marks, sinus, relax, etc. If I share a list of what I got, would...

With labeling, I think it's fine for some to stand and some to lay, it adds variation in your display. Try to come up with similar looking design templates for each orientation/shape/size you need. Something you can tweak as you go to suit each design is useful. Coming from a design background...

oh no! I love that scent. I just bought 1 lb last week..thankfully. I hope they bring it back!

Just thought I would update with a newer picture...Thank you for all the input. I used a lot of that in the changes I made.