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Hey, Norai, I'm a library clerk too. I worked in a large public library for 20 years. Then I decided to leave the city for the country and I now work in a college library.

New Directions always gives shipping costs right away at checkout.

Warm welcome from B.C., Gracie! Pleased to meet you.

Calendula comes in a range of colours from deep orange to pale yellow, double and single petals. I grow and use the whole range in my soaps and healing calendula cream. If you are interested go to this site and click on seeds then calendula. They have three choices there with some...

That is excellent advice! What a great idea. Thank you, Isg

Why, thank you!! And of course you're right :D Somebody told me a few days ago that 50 is the new 30, so 40 would be the new 20 and 60 the new 40. Heck, I'm just a spring chicken!! 8) 8)

Woops........going the wrong way. I'm 63.

That was really funny, Lindy. :lol: :lol: I messed up on the last one.

WOW! Those are beautiful soaps. I really love the mood idea for scents and naming. My mood is "despondant" right now. It snowed again last night......sigh. Will Spring ever come? It's so difficul for a Gardener not to be in the garden. :cry:

Here is a link to a BC company that has some nice natural colourants: www.essencesupply.com I'm quite sure that Voyageur doesn't charge a handling fee. I use them all the time too. Shipping from the US with Fedex would cost more than $18.00 because of the high customs brokerage fees...

Actually, looking at it I see my math isn't very good. It never was (sigh). That ratio is actually 8:1 but it should still work.

Yes, it does. The citrus fades and the patchouli holds. You have to wait about three weeks for everything to meld, but then it smells yummy. Keep me posted and let me how it turns out for you :)

Where do you live Naturliche? I have used Soap & More from time to time and found their S&H to be quite reasonable. I haven't used them for awhile. I only use them for items I can't find anywhere else because they are a little pricey. But they do have some cool looking resins I would like to...

I use approx 1.5 oz. ppo in all of my soaps. It may vary a bit depending on the EO's. So for 100 oz. of oils, I use 9 oz. of EO. For a citrus patchouli blend that would be: Orange - 5oz. Lemon - 3 oz. Patchouli - 1...

Why, thank you!! How kind of you to think so. But I'm older than that. :D :D

Wayyyyyy over 40+. I'm probably one of the oldest members. How old am I?

Patchouli is a base note and citrus is a top note so you would use more citrus than patchouli. I use a ratio of 3:1 when I blend orange or lemon eo's with patchouli. The scent of grapefruit is not very strong so that would be 4:1. If I use a mix of citrus eo's then it's 3:1 with patchouli. HTH

It looks lovely!! Rich and creamy and I love the colour. Old Fashioned recipes are often the best :D . I really love making lotions and creams. They are a lot of fun. Good for you! :) :) :)

I made a batch of Mint N Moss on the weekend. It's scented with mints and contains Irish Moss. Not a very pretty colour but folks like the scent and it sells well. Also made a test batch coloured with Madder root powder and scented with Palmerosa, Clary Sage, Ylang Ylang and Lavender...