Recent content by Saltwater Scented

I started this on Facebook in its own group because there were lots of people in a colorant group noting they didn't know who had the best prices on what. Trying to compare was a good price on one product was getting lost in translation because one person was looking at deodorized organic cocoa...

This is one thing I've struggled with. I can make some wonderfully ugly soaps; I excel at it actually. They work well enough, or at least a few of the recipes I've put together I'm liking, but these ugly ducklings have no swan adult life to look forward to. One thing I've thought about is...

I guess it worked out. Drop swirl pour. The FB group I posted it in seems to like it. Kind of surprised at the amount of feedback i got on it.

I am concerned about those two, as well as TP #5.

I've been tinkering with recipes for a few weeks since moving from Phoenix, AZ to Rockport, TX. Now have myself a source of natural saltwater, if I get around to using it. I put together this spreadsheet showing a baker's dozen soap profiles I dreamed up. All are running 90% NaOH and 10% KOH...

There's a company like that in central Texas. I forget the name of them but they are in all the Buccee's here. Buccee's is a very interesting gas station, that is generally the size of a small Walmart. Anyway, their entire line up seems to be goat milk centered. Fredricksburg Goat's Milk or...

I'd bet on soap dough. Once you have the dough, you could maybe knead mica into it and give it a glimmer. I've got a bar I have been wanting to make for a few weeks now that is going to need a lot of extrusions. I'm either going to buy a clay or fondant extruder or make one out of PVC and a...

I' pretty sure Mad Micas pioneered the True Red Set three color mix. Nuture soap is ripping off the concept that a lady named Nicki developed and shared on the Mad Micas Buzz page on Facebook. She does all kinds of color experimentation. I've used the true red set on a few soaps. The Brazen...

I used a Dewalt electric palm sander to get it to settle down perfectly. I put the foam bottom plate against the mold, turned it on for about 5 seconds and gravity did the rest.

April Fresh Downy from AZ Soap Supply, Mad Oils.

Oh man, I'm loving this series.

Has no one really tried this before?

Actually not oil drops. What I did was put in a thin pencil line of the gold on my first layer of white, then did the pours through that mica. Did the red, a little more mica right over that area where the red cleared out the pencil line, then the green. I put in the second layer of white...

I wanted to get some gold accents on a drop swirl (is this what it's called?) for a Christmas color bar done with AZ Soap Supplies Autumn Wreath FO. I didn't use too much gold as I didn't want to waste the mica if it didn't work. Turned out pretty darn okay for a first shot. I put in a second...

Funny thing, my gf opened a jar of a lotion she bought from a shop a few months ago and it reeks to high heaven. I told her if it stinks, it is probably bad and to toss it. Another one of the exact same type smells fine. Neither "look" off but what do I know.