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This is all very interesting! I agree that some of the soaps people make are absolutely beautiful, and this could deter people from using them. Personally, I don't like using a soap that doesn't stay still in my hand and allow itself to be "used" in a normal sort of way - there was a fashion...

Thanks so much, Seawolfe! I am feeling quite a bit better today, thank you. I still don't have much appetite and am very glad that our Christmas meal was postponed till 2nd Jan. by which time hopefully I should be eating normally again! I have tried the lavender with frankincense in the bath...

Thanks Snappyllama! This looks great. I do like a lot of bubbles in my bath. I bought some simple baby bath/shampoo as a base the other day but I'd much rather make stuff from scratch so you know what's in it. I hold this forum responsible for me spending too much on Ebay lol lol!! Every time I...

Gotta try this, Seawolfe! It sounds amazing. I'm suffering from a flu-y sicky bug at the moment and haven't got the energy to strip off for a bath today (also I'm feeling really cold and don't fancy getting colder, although the bath would probably help!) but next time I have a bath I'll try...

This sounds very good. Useful to have on the back burner in case of winter colds and flu! Thanks for sharing. Could you also add it to hot water and inhale the steam? Shoshi

What beautiful black soaps. I saw something online a while back about adding black colouring (liquid, I think, and also some dark blue) to clear M&P base, and then swirling in some other colours and adding some glitter - galaxy soap! It looked really cool and I'm keen to try it. Those black...

This is very interesting. We made bath bombs in the soap making course I went on recently, and I wasn't impressed - they were a pain to make and the results were disappointing. I love bubbles in the bath and after the fizz was gone, that was it - no good for me! If you actually get bubbles from...

I totally understand people not wanting to use the lovely soaps we make for presents - they treasure them because they look beautiful, and the fact that we made them for them. You can always promise to make them some more, so they don't feel bad about using it! I bought some home-made marmalade...

That sounds lovely, Seawolfe - does the combination of lavender and frankincense smell good? Shoshi

I've now got some Epsom salts on order. Looking forward to trying them! Shoshi

Thanks for the info, Ruthie. Shoshi

Success at last! Managed to access the site with no problem tonight. The soap wrappings are amazing - really professional, and nice and manly too! Shoshi

I quite agree! PC, health and safety etc. etc. has gone crazy. I think the world has gone quite mad, and the main casualty of all this silliness is common sense. I mean, for goodnes sake - on a packet of peanuts: "Warning: this product contains nuts." My hubby (a retired church minister) was...

Thank you DeeAnna. That sounds like good advice. I think I like the Epsom salts idea best. I am aware that you are not supposed to put EOs direct onto your skin (with a few exceptions). Shoshi

Thank you Saponista! I think I'll go down the salts route and avoid the nasty cleanup. I hate the smell of commercial cleaning products (I must say I dislike the smell of Cif!!) - I have developed a bit of sensitivity to these sorts of smells since developing M.E. I am currently looking at...

Thanks very much, ABC and Seawolfe for your helpful replies! Now I know I can have a lovely aromatherapy bath without all that awful cleaning up... I was exhausted after doing it and ready for another aromatherapy bath lol! Spearmint and eucalyptus sounds interesting. I just used lavender, and...

Thank you for your quick reply! Do you find you get plenty of aroma from the oil in this way? I was told it would evaporate and not make much smell without a carrier oil. Also, how much Epsom salt do you use? I haven't got any but should be able to get some easily enough. Shoshi

I had my first aromatherapy bath last night, using several drops of lavender oil in about a tablespoon of carrier oil (olive oil) according to a recipe I found online (they said that if you use the EO without a carrier, it will just evaporate and you won't smell it). It was a fabulous experience...

Hi Jason, I'm new on here too. It seems to be a very friendly and informative forum. I love the idea of what you are doing. I clicked on your website link but was told the server was not found. Hopefully I'll have more joy later. Shoshi

Thanks for more nice warm welcomes! This is a lovely friendly forum. Benefieldclaus, I so agree. I'm very much into frugal/recycling mode these days and love making things that cost less, or better yet, are free, compared with shop bought stuff!! They also end up better too... I have just...