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Great, I'll try the same oil combo again, just in a smaller amount. Thank you!!

Yes soy wax. Sorry i should have been more specific. Naturewax c3. I'd prefer to use more natural wax and not add paraffin if possible.

After burning, the wax is turning a different color and giving the candle an ugly layered look. Is this from the type of wax? Or the heat? Any tips on how to not make this happen? Here's a picture... http://imgur.com/tBNGjq2

I used about 15% essential oils and the whole candle caught fire. Was this because of the flashpoint of the essential oils? Or because I used so much? Or the type of wax (soy)? I liked the smell and would like to try to make this work

1oz pumpice to 35 oz base, 2.75 oz EO

been doing some googling and thyme might be the culprit. from brambleberry product review of white thyme oil: I'm so glad you loved the way the White Thyme Essential oil smells! Though I' sorry you were disappointed in how it behaved in Cold Process Soap. We decided to do some more testing...

base oils totaled 35 oz; i used 2.75 oz of essential oil & 1 oz of pumice. the color was 1.5 tsp indigo dye

yikes, good save. thanks! reading comprehension goes down on a friday. i'll drop the palmorosa. any way to work with pumice or should i avoid that too?

i used essential oils of lime, thyme, rosemary and palmarosa didn't know you could add the EO's to the lye water! that's a great tip, thanks. can i add color and exfoliants in there too?

while stirring last night, when i just hit trace, i added fragrance oils, pumice and color and it solidified in the pot almost instantly when i started to blend. what happened? i've made about 10 batches of CP soap and never seen it happen this quick. did the temperatures of the fragrance oils...

thanks to all who have shared. very surprised you guys have been having success with glue sticks. i always make a mess. guess i need more practice!

thanks for all the great answers so far. what do you think the "pros" use?

what's a good way to seal up soap packaged in paper? clear tape just won't cut in any more. regular elmer's or a glue stick seems like it won't be strong enough?

fantastic. thank you so much for sharing!

could you go in to some detail about that for me? i've been making soap in a baking pan for about a year and am looking to upgrade. much appreciated!

that makes sense, thanks. any pros/cons when it comes to cutting? what's worse, or more common: drag marks when cutting soaps made log style vs. marks from removing the dividers?

what are the pros/cons of a log mold vs. the flatter ones with individual dividers? other than not having to cut each bar, are there any other things i should be considering?