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Pretty neat little experiment. Wouldn't that be something-- if all along the best coffee scent was right under our nose! I'm going to give this a try.

I've been thinking on this for a while. How about mixing blue and yellow to make green? I was thinking indigo for blue. There are some gorgeous blues that come from indigo. I think there are different methods of adding it to your soap. I've never used it so I have no suggestions about usage. And...

How about French green clay?

I like to use 1 Tablespoon of coffee grounds per pound of oil. I prefer to use dry grounds, not wet grounds. Wet grounds end up having a halo around each ground in the finished soap which is just cosmetic, but I don't like the look; but dry grounds don't get that little halo-hard to explain.

When I'm traveling, I wrap wet/recently used soap in a dry wash cloth. It kind of sticks to the cloth but I just use that cloth upon removing the soap...no wasted soap. I too like to travel with a full sized bar and I don't want to leave it behind or throw it away. Just pack a wash cloth from home.

How about bath tea with ingredients such as oatmeal, sea salt, Epsom salt, chamomile, lavender, flower petals, herbs etc.

Are you referring to the sweet soda ginger ale or more of a beer "ale"? I remember making pie crust with 7-up in place of water. I guess the idea is the carbonation adds flakiness to the crust. Ginger ale- if you're talking about the soda type- would be about the same as the 7-up I used to use...

differences between Coconut: water, milk, cream & butter When I make coconut milk from a coconut, I drain the coconut water out of the nut and set it aside. The. I remove the meat of the coconut. I then blend in a blender the coconut water and the coconut meat and add additional filtered...

Thank you for sharing this. It looks just right for a nice bath!

Glad I could contribute! I also know nothing about solid perfume so I can't say whether or not the recipe is a good one but I like the idea and the locket is so neat.

After reading this discussion I happened upon a post about solid perfume... http://mountainroseblog.com/revitalizing-solid-perfume/

I have had great success using rose geranium. Mine is not that particular brand though. It has not accelerated for me but I'm not one to make swirls and designs...my soaps are pretty plain so I don't have experience in whether it gives you time for playing. Rose geranium sticks very well. You...

I just wanted to share a link for low budget, cute soap packaging. http://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=EsYLPyb00Wo It might be helpful since so many soaps are gifted at this time of year! Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk 2

Another bath treat to cconsider is bath tea. Bath teas involve basically steeping herbs in a large bath tea bag but in your bathtub. Some people add Epsom salts to the herbs or even oats as well as drops of eo. For instance, you could steep lavender buds, chamomile, Epsom salts and lavender eo...

Would you be able to use full fat coconut milk for the milk? It would contain some coconut fat that would saponify along with the olive oil. I'm not sure if this would be an acceptable approach but it may cut the slime factor. Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk 2