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I made Lotion Bars today and added Lavender Essential Oil with a few dried rose petals. They smell great. If any one can suggest how to package the product it would be appreciated. They are a bit to big for tins and I have tried cellophane bags but they get a little untidy. Thanks for looking.

Hope this is not a silly question. I have made many batches of CP Soap and I got to thinking can you over gel or over heat Cold Process soap. Does this mess with the soap? Cheers

This is one of my favourite recipies. Oatmeal,Milk and Honey and has been published from the book Soap Naturally. I always come back to it. It has Goats Milk, Tasmanian Leatherwood Honey, Oats. I have added EO Clove and Cinnamon. I also added BB OMH and it smells great. (first time.) I...

My heart shaped Soap Cupcakes. I think I need to practice more on my technique for the frosting They did not gel as well as I expected. Apologies if the photo is too big. Thanks [/img]

I just love this gives me a smile in my hectic day. Australian aboriginal interpretation of Zorba the Greek. These guys are from northern Australia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-MucVWo-Pw

Well it has to be Lovehounds each time I read it I have a smile on my face. Does anyone else have some favourites? on this board.

Lately the weather here has been very cold with temperatures reaching 9 degrees celcius or (48d F) at night. I have my soaps located in an outhouse building curing on there racks, the last two days if I was to pick one up I notice that they are slightly damp and I am starting to be concerned if...

I just want to say that I ordered and received some fragrance oils from Daystar and the customer service is great. Thankyou Stacey :)

I have purchased some Monoi de Tahiti (awesome fragrance) and I am thinking of using this with shea that I have. I would like to whip the shea and add this in. Would 3 parts shea and 1 part Monoi be enough for this recipe so that it is not overwhelming if you know what I mean. I have to...

Made a batch of straight lavender EO and was quite pleased with the colour this time. I used pink oxide (first time for me) Cheers

Soap I made a few nights ago. I used BB Dark chocolate FO which I put in with the cocoa and attempted a swirl, I think that next time I will use less cocoa but it smells o.k.

Hi I thought I just share some pictures. Just a few soaps made over the long weekend,pictures might not be good quality, taken with my mobile phone but I am still experimenting and playing with colour, I suppose I am addicted. Cheers

Hi I have been wanting to use micas in CP soap but just not to sure if they can be used as a colourant throughout the soap or just to be used as a dusting feature on top. Looking at different suppliers I have noticed that their is quiet a variety of colour range. Could anyone who has some...

Don't you just love soapmaking especially when you have in your mind a particular colour you just want to experiment with. Initially it was meant to be a ripe tomatoe red colour with white ...... but hey I am still pleased with them. I used the vegetable shortening base recipe in soapmaker...

Well I decided to give it a go today after a few years of not making CP soap. Started off all excited and confident, thinking I will whizz through it with no problems. It amazed me with the prior experience I had about the subject and quiet a few batches made that I could get it so wrong in...

Time to say hello I am from Australia and this is a very interesting forum with lots of helpful advice. I enjoy making CP soap but the last time was a couple of years ago so I gave it a go today wow did I have fun..... I will post pictures for advice. Regards