Recent content by jolenesing

Thank you Judymoody. I appreciate your comments. I believe it is the F.O. as well. I am doing my best to only use E.O.s but sometimes customers ask for certain scents that are simply not available and that's where F.O.s come in. I do know that coconut milk will not give me any scent...but it...

Thank you dixiedragon. I use the lye calculator from Bramberry. Not sure what it is set at...I will check! Thank you for your suggestion!

Thank you cmzaha. F.O.s are terrible..especially the coconut! I'll just use coconut milk in my cp soaps next time and leave it at that instead of trying to use the f.o. I have tried pumpkin and a coffee one before and didn't have any issues...so the coconut and pineapple ones were a shocker...

Thanks Lsg. I have never tried hot process and I also don't have a crock pot..although I should get one in the near future. Maybe I should just use it for other stuff I make for now. :( Obsidian - thanks! I read that Canola and Soybean slows trace, which is the reason why I added them...

Hi Osso, Thank you for your reply. There wasn't any review of the f.o. from the site that I bought the coconut f.o. from. The ones I used for the 3rd recipe has and everyone said that they move fast. That is why I decided to add the f.o. to the oils first before adding lye as many sites say...

Hi there, I have been making soaps for more than a year now and have been relatively successful with them. I used e.o. in the past and a couple of f.o. and never had any issues. I have been asked to make one with coconut and pineapple soap and I have tried making it three times and still...

Your Christmas soap is amazing!!! Well done!!!

Wasn't expecting the green. Very pretty!

I have been getting my inspiration from drinks...like caipirinha, mojito, purple haze...etc. I made the caipirinha soap about a month ago. I could not find dried lime slices and so I decided to add dried orange slices for that pop of color and it still worked. :P