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Love your Xmas soaps!!! Especially the little snowflakes. I really fancy doing a gingerbread man one :) Any idea how I make it smell like gingerbread? :D

This is the Christmas chutney recipe! Only thing I found was that as the other comments said it takes around 2 hours to render down not half an hour like the recipe says! http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1158/mary-berrys-christmas-chutney

Never thought about doing soaps for the kids but I'm sure you're right they would love it! Might keep an eye out for some fun moulds. Ha! No I don't sell them, never done any of this before but set myself a challenge to have a go at making all these things from scratch to teach myself some new...

Here are the marmalades I've made so far...

Oh that wonderful thanks so much for your advice! :D I'm doing all these for hampers for my family so far I've made Seville Orange Marmalade, Christmas Chutney and soaps. Next on my list is homemade chocolates, fudge and shortbread! I've also designed posters and framed them :D

Gorgeous! I love the colour! What did you use? I've not wandered into the candle making side yet. I fear it may be a slippery slope! Lol Are they easy to make?

I'm using the white melt and pour, not seen the clear but that look like fun!! Here are my finished soaps, lemon, lavender and rose :)

Want to try lemon and rose scented ones today :)

Thanks for your help everyone!! I eventually used a baking tin inside a water bath in another pot and it melted perfectly! I think the glass was just too thick. I melted some of my original ones down and remade my lavender soap! Quite chuffed with them :D

Brilliant thank you!! :))

I have white melt and pour base and I'm making a lavender soap so would like to add a hint of lilac colour, only problem is I don't have any special colours or anything. Do you have to use bought colours or is there a way of colouring them from products at home? I do have gel colours for cake...

She says I need to make it hotter! But if the waters already boiling underneath how do I make it hotter!

Thanks for your advice! I've sent the seller an email asking them to advise. This is what I bought: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00495A7LE/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

It says melt and pour base soap

I bought a soap base from Amazon and tonight proceeded to try and melt it so I could add some essential oils. I did it in a glass bowl over the top of some simmering water in a pan but although the outside would turn to liquid the centre kept going hard again. I had grated the base too and it...