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So how do you use them? Or did you just make them for decoration?

I use only natural colorants and find that it takes a week or 2 for the shelf stable color to set in. A good example is when the lye hits turmeric in one of the soaps i make it turns it and everything a bright deep fire engine red but 24 hours later as it saponifies it turns lighter and about...

In india! My Goodness! Use Turmeric, Cumin, Paprika, The vivid clays found around india! Take and soak overnight the spices in a little water than add right in at the same time as lye. Don't forget to discount the water you using in the spices. In India I bet you have wonderful colorants right...

Thank you every one for your kind words and encouragement. I'm going to have my better half look all this over and hopefully it will make her feel a lot better with doing what she wants!

HAHAHA I tell everyone I'm looking for stuff for a family reunion!

Its simple A valve hooked to a pipe reducer to a cupler to the pipe, air compressor with a regulator and a tinny little tank ($69 at home depot) I was thinking i could make them and sell them to soapers but really once one get out people would just make them haha on the other hand there are...

It's a drag day and everything's covered in snow the view is 10 times better in the summer.

My better half is like that, hates any attention what so ever, me, I'm fine with it i'm a salesperson to the bone and am used to being at big conventions engaging with people and drawing a crowd. We could have the wedding at our house and rent out a local restraint on a sunday afternoon i bet...

Absolutely, I'v suggested Vegas, with round trip flights as low as $100 and rooms at older hotels like excaliper or circus circus for as low as $20 a night it would be easy for everyone to afford to go. (that and i could eat at the Peppermill everyday, love dinner food!) You can get really good...

Lol thats what mothers are supposed to be on occasion haha

See this seems perfect to me! Not what i would have done but clearly was special to you guys! Thats what its all about being together with the people who support you in your life!

JP would be just fine for me! one of the complicating things we are up agents is her mother is dyeing, on top of medical problems has a lot of mental problems and is trying to pressure her to have a big wedding before she dies and is making it about her (the mother). My lovely bride to be is...

We have rows of grape vines on our property that back up to a lard flat clearing to the back side of our barn. Vires of farmers fields in the background and its where the sun sets. Our property is super beautiful and if we plant a some bushes we could really make if nice but we could have 50...

Eloping sounds better and better every day!

Ok so I thought i would share my findings. So far i have made about 80 lb of soap in 2 ft pic pipe 3 lb at a time. I only had one time where i had a problem getting the soap out, put it outside to freeze for a bit (i think it was -10 f out) and it came right out. Now that the molds are...

I'm 30, and we got engaged a few months ago. We are doing things in life little out of order, we own a little home together have a payed off car, the every wonderful ralph the mastiff, life is grand. We are committed, in love, and have all the ups and downs that go along with it. Life is...

Has anyone ever used Caffein powder in soap? If so How was it?

ehhh I'm trying to find it! it was off a site on voodoo i think haha because of the lemongrass is supposed to do something If i can find it again I'll post it. I'd love to try and find an ingredient list

It was OCTAGON LAUNDRY SOAP! She came up with at lunch that she thought it started with an O! From a web site "The original primary purpose of Octagon Soap was for washing laundry. In the old days, before the advent of liquid or even powdered detergents, folks kept a bar of laundry soap on...

I am staying with my grandmother while my mother is away for the week end and we were just talking about soap. She remembers when she was a kid, (she turns 90 in a few days) they used to get a big bar of soap that was yellow. By big she means big, said the bar was at least twice as big as...