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Hazel & Sheila ... i got the owl mold from amazon. it is silicone and listed as a cake mold. my husband actually wanted it because he thought it would make for an easier to hold onto bar of soap ... he was tired of the ovals being too slippery and shooting out of his hand. he was right ...

seawolfe suggested i post photos of some of the soaps i've made. well here goes ... hope this works. creating melt and pour soaps is such a great creative outlet. wishing everyone a very merry christmas and happy holidays.

thanks carolyn z ... i know why your daughter goes through a pallet of the EBC base in a year ... because it's fantastic! oh my that would suck if they stopped making it and just went with stephensen's. i bet your daughter makes some amazing soaps with it. you and your daughter are very kind...

thank you all for your suggestions. i didn't want it to be about me proving that i have celiac disease ... that it exists ... and don't want to use gluten products, but .... at any rate. special thanks to Seven for the suggestion of trying out Essentials by Catalina because that's what i ended...

thanks very much susie that was really helpful ... thanks for taking the time. i'm going to read about the heat transfer method that sounds really interesting. the video was really helpful too ... seems like making a soap base is as involved as making a great soap. lol i'd rather shoot for a...

wow that last comment just made me start weeping. i wish i had never started this thread.

is there a cold process or hot process soap recipe that doesn't need to be blended with a stick blender forever? i did think the other day i may graduate to making my own soap because it seems like a natural progression for a lot of people that get started with melt and pour, but the process...

i wish the essentials by catalina didn't come in twenty pound blocks. it sounds wonderful, but i can't lift twenty pounds ... i'd hurt myself trying to get it in the house and chopped up. lol i'm sure i could get my husband to help, but i'm trying to keep it small where i can do it by myself.

thanks for the link to essentials by catalina seven ... i really appreciate it ... i'll go check it out. well the reason i don't make my own soap from scratch is because i have multiple sclerosis and a handful of autoimmune diseases and i am disabled. along with the ms brings neuropathy ... i...

here's the response from sfic: I am so very sorry to hear that you have such problems with soap additives. Attached are the soap ingredient listings for our melt and pour soap base. It does not look like we are a good fit for you. Have you tried Cold Process (ours is Hot Process) often there...

i just emailed sfic to see what they have to say and will post their answer. i asked if they have a sls, detergent, gluten, free melt and pour soap base. i've been reading such great things about the sfic natural soap base and am so bummed i won't be able to try it.

I have celiac disease and can't use a product with oat protein. soap goods just told me they can't fill my order because they are out of stock of all the sfic natural bases that contained soy because "SFIC has discontinued the Soy Protein bases" ... AND they only told me this AFTER i ordered...