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Hi everyone! I made my first nearly castille bar. Its 90% EVOO 10% CO, and scented with Lavender EO. I made this for the babies being born in my family. It started out pure green, then over time (only a few weeks) white splotches apreared on the bars, and the top was completely covered...

I had some spare time to experiment the other day. This is my first ever attempt at using cucumber :) I used Parsley for colour - but added it fresh rather than dried, so it will be interesting to see if the green colour sticks? (it's a lot brighter in real life) Uploaded with...

I got 'soap on a stick today' - with a FO I have used dozens of times (ginger) without any probs. Sigh....so frustrating - my own fault, I water discounted too much and trace was too thick. Stupid. So I am now HPing my batch, which I havent done before. I'm not a fan of the rustic look, so...

this is a 90% Virgin Olive Oil soap with 10% CO, made in August, it scented with Lavender EO This is my first high olive oil soap, and the first time I have use EVOO It's a bit hard to see in the pics, but the soap is very green/yellow (which it has been since I cut) a couple of weeks...

Hi everyone, I've been using Shea Butter for a few months now. I currently use it at 10%. I have found that nearly every batch is cracking on the surface fairly early in the gell stage, which I havent experienced before. I cant think what else would be causing it. I even used a fragrance...

I know this isnt soap but just had to share a pic of my new friend Nuget. We found him running in the middle of the road a couple of weeks ago, we found his owners but they didnt want him back - some things happen for a reason I guess. Check out the smile :) Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Hi everyone, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post..... I've got lots of questions! I'm gearing up for xmas, and have been working on a few B & B treats over the last few months - but I need some decent labels. All I have at the moment is 'Word' - which is limited, and I don't...

Hi everyone, I just made a baby soap which is 90% olive and 10% coconut. I used a 40% lye solution (for the 1st time). The soap was solid in a few hours. So what is the recommended cure time for this? Surely the water discount cuts down the long cure? There are babies due left...

and got a partial gell.....but aside from that I think I like it, can't wait to give it a try. Its a Beer, Honey, and Oat bar, with Shea and Cocoa butter and scented with Sandalwood. The beer smell has gone, smells pretty good :) Uploaded with ImageShack.us Thank you to those on...

I know there is a Vanilla Files blog on the web. Which has kinda inspired me to do my own :D My new FO's arrived today. I've been burned in the past a lot with dodgy fragrance and wasted heaps of product. So today I decided rather than jump in (like I am prone to do) I would do a test...

I haven't posted a pic for a while, so here goes: This is my second attempt at an ITM swirl. I used 8 colours, pinks, purples, blues and black. The colours *should come through a bit more after gell. It's scented with Sweet Cakes Cucumber and Melon - the BEST fragrance ever for swirling it...

Sorry I'm not sure of the right words, so I will try and ask in my own :wink: How much water does it take to dissolve salt in water? I have a faint memory of it being more than 1 part water to disolve 1 part salt. The reason I am asking - I made a batch of OMH, dissolved the lye in...

This is a question for all the aussies :D I'm in desperate need of some new FO's. I have only used Sweet Cakes which I love, but their supply is quite limited in OZ (I thought about buying direct since our dollar is better against US than OZ at the mo but shipping was HUGE). So now I'm...

I'm trying to make cocoa butter bath melts - which I am having sooo much trouble with its embarrassing. Simple recipe: 90% CB 8% coconut oil 2% FO I cant get them to set properly, they are all mottled and holey. I have searched and searched, but cant find any info on this problem. The...

Sigh... i've googled and searched the site and cant find any info on this. I made some balms about a month or two ago. 4 dif flavours and 4 dif batches. I have had them stored in tin pots and in a zip lock bag. Its winter here and not humid. I opened them today and 2 flavours are...

Has anyone ever tried a framed soap before? http://arte-jabon.blogspot.com/2011/01/jabon-capas.html I gave it a go today, thinking for my first attempt I would just do a block colour with a frame - wow much harder than I thought! I started with the bottom and side layers and rolled it...

I am in the process of formulating a palm free bar. My regular recipe consists of 25% palm with a total of 55% hard oils, and has a soapcalc harness rating of 43. So I have played around with a couple of other recipes. One of them using shea and cocoabutter in high percentages to achieve...

Sigh.....I'm sitting here at the computer unable to go to sleep. We had two huge earthquakes today. For those of you that dont know, I live in Christchurch NZ and we have been having regular quakes since our 7.4 in September of last year. This Feb we had a 6.3 which destroyed our city, and...

I've seen this question discussed a couple of times: 'is LUSH CP?' Well DH heads to lush today to buy me some bathbombs as an aniversary prezzie. He hands them to me and explains how he asked the shop assisant: "are your soaps melt and pour or CP" :shock: the shop assistants answer...

hi everyone, Im stuck! I've been searching the net and info on here and cant find an answer. I am making an emulsified body scrub (no water), its gone well. I used LGP as a preserve. I have just read on swiftcraftymonkey's lotion print off info sheet, that LGP is not suitable for any...