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Hello! Here are some of the recent soaps I have been having fun making - Berry Nova - scented with black raspberry & vanilla fo Fantasy - scented with a Fantasy (type) fo Country Garden - scented with rose geranium & lavender eos Castile - 100% EVOO scented...

Hi everyone! I have just taken some pics of my last few batches, so I thought I would share them with you :) Camellia Tea Facial Bar with Sweetcakes Clean fo Gaia Spirit - this one has Earth Goddess fo and Pink Grapefruit eo and is quite light and minty smelling...

Hi everyone! Here are two of my newer soaps, still curing. This one is Very Vanilla - using BBs Vanilla Select fo which is absolutely yummy! My boys (including my DH) want to eat this ;) DH even asked if I could use the fo to make a dessert....I said no, so he said to do it anyway and...

http://www.satirewire.com/news/jan02/australia.shtml Tanya :wink:

Hi there Aussie Swappers......I really, really am desperately waiting to hear what you all thought of everything. Likes, dislikes, impressions, etc. Personally, I would love this to be a learning experience as well as a skin-sational experience. Is that agreeable with everyone? Pretty please...

So I have started playing with lotion/massage bar recipes and am having so much fun! I have three different ones so far and have just had a contact on facebook ask me for one that can be used by a massage therapist. Now the ones I make warm up with friction in my hands and then I apply the...

Hi all. Does anyone know if Sodium Lactate accelerates trace in CP at all? I have used it once before to harden up an RBO soap and love how easy it was to use. I have a tricky floral fo which accelerates trace and I now find I have to use no water discount at all to get it to behave so I can...

I finally got some pics of my Teddy Soap this morning. These were made using a simple bastile CP recipe with a slight variation. My first batch had GM added with no colour or scent. My second batch had lavender eo and some alkanet infused oil added. I was hoping for pale lavender coloured...

Hi everyone! One of my online suppliers is offering her business for sale. The business is based currently in New Zealand and the owner has moved to the States so feels it is the appropriate time to move on. She notes that the business may be moved anywhere there is a courier service. I...

Hi everyone! One of my online suppliers is offering her business for sale. The business is based currently in New Zealand and the owner has moved to the States so feels it is the appropriate time to move on. She notes that the business may be moved anywhere there is a courier service. I...

Hi everyone! I have finally got around to cutting and photographing my Confetti soap - made, appropriately, on my wedding anniversary :wink: I used shavings from my recent floral batches as the confetti and made a creamy base soap scented with lemon myrtle essential oil - lovely...

Hello! I would like to source clear, laser printable, wrap around jar labels to use on my body butter packaging. I haven't been able to find an Aussie online supplier of these yet. I did have a look at onlinelabels.com and they have what I want but their shipping to me is $87.00 US!!! :shock...

Hello! I would like to source clear, laser printable, wrap around jar labels to use on my body butter packaging. I haven't been able to find an Aussie online supplier of these yet. I did have a look at onlinelabels.com and they have what I want but their shipping to me is $87.00 US...

Wow! I am so thrilled........ My Mothers Day Tribute photo and the recipe for my Sweetpea Delight soap have been featured in Soap Queen's 'Soap and the Finer Things in Life' blogspot! The Aussie supplier I used for the FO and colours in this soap, stocks only Brambleberry FOs and has a good...

Hi all! My SIL hosted my very first Soap Spa Party last week and I wanted to share with you how everything went for me. First of all, a great big 'thank you' to Lindy for her inspirational posts on just this topic....I did almost everything you said and it worked perfectly! I had a nice...

Neener, neener.....fooled you! :wink: (Can't post pics until Emilee gets hers :( )............stay tuned! Tanya :)

Here are some of my Sweetpea Delight soaps which I have made, among others, for Mothers Day this year. I am planning on teaming a soap with a matching scented body butter and packaging them nicely for my next market. The photo says "Mother'' to me - I have used some special items as props...

April 22nd is Earth Day.... Have a wonderful day everyone! (Sound on...) http://www.care2.com/send/card/6176 Tanya :)

Hi all! I organised a stall at a monthly market in a coastal town which attracts a lot of tourists. This market started in January this year after a haitus of 12 months - it previously ran for 7 years. Word is out that it is back on and I had my first stall there yesterday. Now, this is...

Hi everyone! I have been developing a facial soap bar along these lines and would love some constructive criticism and any ideas you may have to help me get it right :wink: So far my oils are:- CO 50% OO 20% RBO 10% Neem Oil 5% Shea Butter 5% with possibly either Camellia Tea Seed...