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    Dragon's Blood Monster

    I can't really see the dragons I also saw Autumn leaves but I think it's beautiful
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    Post your happy

    And here's Apoganza aka Ganzi guarding the horde
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    Post your happy

    My unbelievably happy I just started a new job and I have to get through until the end of the month on zero money then I get paid a couple of weeks and I won't see a full months wages until the end of next month A friend who said she could lend me a bit next month then had to let me down so...
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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    Boring but I did some melt and pour last night. Shea butter base, I was trying for red and yellow swirls with bronze mica but the swirls didn't work But when I took it out the mould it was an amazing burnished copper colour. Little heavy on the mica but also as I used a cinnamon FO smells divine
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    What advice would you give to your beginning soaping self?

    Let's see Well, And yes I've made all of these Be mean when adding colours and fragrances. A little really does go a long way When microwaving base, don't set it for a minute on high power unless you like scraping burnt plastic and soap off your kitchen worktips Make sure you've got enough...
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    what are you doing right now ?

    Sitting in the local pub with a cold beer, writing my diary and reading this. Toying with trying the goats milk base I got with Dragons blood . If I am doing soap for xmas presents I need to start soon, got a lot of people to make it for and I need a bar for myself
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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    Ordered 2 more 2lb blocks of base- shea butter and oatmeal and goat milk and some new moulds and some Dragon Blood FO
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    What soapy mistake have you made today?

    Messing about last night I melted base and it didn't seem to be melting so being a genuis (HA!) I put it on longer.. When the timer went off I looked and oh yes its melted. Got my oven gloves on. Took the container out and the bottom stayed behind! I'd melted a hole in the base. So then I...
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    Melting soap

    Just before I started making my own soap I got some white soap from the shop- nothing special just cheap soap for washing hands etc. always left my skin feeling dry as most shop brought soaps do and since I started making my own soap it's just sitting there and I am wondering if I could use it...
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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    Alas I don't have an outside, which is a big reason I do melt and pour I don't have anywhere where I could safely handle lye
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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    Not today but last night. I made a batch last week and when I put it in the moulds I realised I hadn't quite melted enough base so I added some tapwater. Too much as it turned out the soap stayed gel like and wouldn't set enough to lift it out the mould so last night I scraped it all out and...
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    What went wrong?

    I'm now making soap with more confidence Did one for a friend. Didn't add colour to the melted base apart from a swirl of copper mica. Bit of a disaster when I realized I'd get two thin soaps from the base but wanted a big one. Ended up remelting half of it then adding it to the mould so the...
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    Men's fragrances

    I made some quick MP soap for a male friend and as most of my current stock of FO's are a bit feminine I used patchouli and gingerbread FO's and he loved them
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