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  1. PrairieLights

    Bubble Bath recipe by Failor

    I made the super sudsy bubble bath recipe out of Catherine Failor's book, hoping to provide the grandbabies with a bubble bath that is less chemicals than store-bought, but also made by ME! :-) I let it cure for one week and grandprincess1 tested it. Bomb. Waiting for second week, but not sure...
  2. PrairieLights

    Coconut-free Soap

    A person has come to me for help in making coconut-free soap. She and 2 of her children are sensitive to coconut oil and gluten. I searched this forum and used the search engine - I know I have seen this topic before - but I cannot find any thread! I've made 100% OO, 100% HO...
  3. PrairieLights

    Hilarious!!! NaOH, I didn't...ruin my LS???

    :headbanging: This is too funny!!! I was banging my head, trying to figure out why my LS was so... cloudy-separating-gelatinously strange looking. I have spent the last 5 hours reading and reading books... Only to glance at my notes and see I calculated for NaOH, not...
  4. PrairieLights

    Pumpkin & Brown Sugar by Brambleberry

    Anyone tried it here? Reviews don't sound very good. Neither did the ones for the pumpkin spice (which I do have, and did have a bit of trouble with the one time I tried to use it, so...:confused:) We are looking for a pumpkin spice fragrance that will not darken too much, that will smell as...
  5. PrairieLights

    Lye Master Batching Advice Wanted

    Long story short: A group of ladies joined me to make soap for the shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. We succeeded in making about 100 bars in one morning; our goal is 300. In my preparing, I searched this site to find ideas on how to master batch the lye water, and I opted for pouring...
  6. PrairieLights

    What is this horrible gray stuff?

    This LS has been gorgeous until now, when I brought it out to add fragrances and bottle (at 6 wks). Opened for the first time. This is the first time I actually used preservative. Liquid Germall Plus at .3 %. Kind of makes me not want to use preservatives - or use a TON. It is gray - like...
  7. PrairieLights

    Lotion Supplies

    Where do y'all get your supplies? I was looking at lotioncrafter...
  8. PrairieLights

    Lotion question

    Picking your brains... My sister wants me to make her a lotion that is less oily but still moisturizing, than my body butter or lotion bar. She uses it as her "perfume", and she wants to be able to put it on throughout the day without that time oil takes to "soak" in. I was using avalon's...
  9. PrairieLights

    Castor oil toxic???

    Last night I had a gentleman accuse castor oil of being toxic - containing arsenic. I do not see this in research. I see the ricin which is neutralized in the process of extracting the oil..... Am I missing something? His wife has cancer, so as we were talking about soaps, this came up. Guru...
  10. PrairieLights

    Soap paste cure question

    I came up with a bright idea to just send my friend a supply of soap paste for her to dilute, rather than sending her bottles and bottles of my LS... But it dawned on me... do I cure the soap paste or the liquid soap? Oh my. My brain is not wrapping around this at the moment. SO, soap goddesses...
  11. PrairieLights

    Shred CP soap and add water?

    Ok - I have searched and searched... but am out of patience (waiting on news regarding my daughter's biopsy... hard to be patient). It seems like I saw that we can shred CP scraps and add water and get liquid soap. I did that with 100% organic OO soap and it made a gorgeous liquid. As it...
  12. PrairieLights

    easy web store?

    Let's see if my tablet holds out... I am currently using WordPress for website. We r having so much trouble with the webstore. Woo commerce??? Does anyone recommend an easier one for WordPress?
  13. PrairieLights

    Oh no i di-n't!!!

    Need a laugh? I just used my soap cutting knife to cut my sandwich! ROTFLOL!!! Oh well, that is what I get for sneaking in some gluten. (yes, I can taste it. yes, I am still eating it. no, my boys do not think it is funny at all - they asked which was the soap knife and stepped back.........) I...
  14. PrairieLights

    Same batches - but some bottle separating

    Help, scientists and chemists! I had separating occurring on parts of the SAME batches of LS, so I broke it all down and tested individual ingredients. All fine. Recombined and now some are doing it again! Same recipe, same batch... and yet.... Help? On an interesting note - I made a batch of...
  15. PrairieLights

    Wen

    Whatcha think about reverse engineering WEN? I searched the forums and did not find anything about anyone trying this.... Is there a thread elsewhere? If not - thoughts? I tried it on vacation and thought it was pretty darn cool. 8-) L
  16. PrairieLights

    Well DRAT! Soap separating...

    Never had problems with the base thus far... Separated off one part of the batter, then I added pumpkin, chai powder, honey, and fragrance oil.. and BAM! It curdled. I kept going (like Dory the fish) and it looked like it was ok... put it in the mold... topped it with the batter set aside... and...
  17. PrairieLights

    Essential oils to NOT us in LS

    I tried to "search like a pro" but am not finding which EO's to use in LS so I am deciding to try this: Which essential oils do you say we should NOT use in LS??? :thumbup: Ready, set, .... go!
  18. PrairieLights

    Large molds - where oh where

    I will probably post this on CP as well... Where can I find large molds (5 lbs - 10 lbs) for M & P soap? Has anyone tried the HDPE ones on ebay? Reasonably priced there but will they hold? I love the idea of using soap-making-resource's plastic molds for CP, but pricey and won't hold M & P.... I...
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