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Ah, thanks for that input. Would the musk listed in the VB Noel make a cookie or cake type product smell funky? I'm planning to attempt something that smells like chocolate chip cookies and (separate product) oatmeal cookies and am looking for a vanilla scent for that purpose. Thanks...

There seem to be two opinions on the subject... EOs are concentrated essentials and, therefore, stronger than FOs. or FOs are synthetic and can therefore be made concentrate and stronger than EOs. Or is this one of those "it depends on which scent" situations? ~Lori

Shopping List Ok, so it's time again to put in an order to WSP for a few things but I could use some suggestions. I want some simple FOs for blending with others, but even for "simple" scents there multiples from which to choose. :roll: Most will be for MP soaps, but I CP also. I know...

Oatmeal, Milk and Honey: http://www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=601 Very noticeable (cherry-like) almond scent with milder creamy honey tones. Used in MP honey base at 1Tbs/lb, medium-strong scent well liked by all guinea pigs, could probably have gotten away with a...

What's the 40/42 stand for? Thanks! :) ~Lori

I see we're no longer Newbies, we are now Forum Members. You've got 100 messages on me, but I bet I can catch up! :) I caught your thread on the whole LYE EYE situation. I think since you didn't have the wherewithal to grab the video camera (what *were* you thinking! That could have been...

ALTON BROWN!!! Not knowing his name is nigh-on blasphemy! :lol:

The rosemary and tea tree do a pretty good job of camouflaging the neem. I thought surely I'd have to hold my kids down if I intended to wash their hair with it when I cut it at the 24 hour mark - *that* was strong. But I laughed my butt off when I stuck a fresh bar under hubbie's nose and...

Anyone have any pictures? Are we talking Baby Swiss cheese or poppy seeds? TIA! ~Lori

:lol: "Even for a newbie"? Is that like, "You play [given sport] pretty good... for a girl..."? ;)

If you use an online calculator you can adjust your oils to make any size batch. If they're not listed in percentages you'll first have to add up the total amount of oils (for a 4 lb batch it should be around 64 oz) and then divide the amount of each individual oil by the total amount of oils...

'Twas something I read on the internet, so it must be true!! ;) Just figured I'd hedge my bets - wouldn't harm to keep it below 85 if possible. :) I'll have to do more research on the subject one of these days. Thanks! ~L

'K, thanks! :)

I posted the symptoms of my latest batch of soap and one suggestion was it may have over gelled. I haven't had much luck finding any information on that particular topic. Can someone tell me what actually happens in an over gel and what the results are or can be? TIA! ~Lori

And is there a way to keep it cool? I ask because I have a recipe for soap with neem oil in it, and the anti-buggy components of neem don't like high temps (max of 85°F) so if the soap hits that during saponification (which I would think it did) it's kind of pointless. TIA ~Lori

LOL YW You might want to make up a batch of soap and stash *it* away in hopes you never need it since the stuff takes nearly a month to cure! I forgot to add that in the process of waiting for it to cure I used a hair oil that worked wonderfully and left the girls' hair (I have 3, all with...

It's just a recipe I found online... http://www.discover-neem-oil.com/neem-o ... cipes.html It's the Neem Oil Soap Recipe #2. It doesn't say it here (there) but throughout my (frantic and itchy) research I learned: * Do not heat neem over 85 degrees F or it destroys the important...

Re: tomato juice in cp I used 1 tablespoon per pound of oils in the last batch I made. :) ~Lori

http://picasaweb.google.com/lorialliani This is my 2nd attempt at CP, but my first "hobby" batch of soap. My *first* batch of CP soap was a medicinal lice treatment that was dumped into a Gladware container which subsequently got mangled upon the removal of said soap. :lol: Talk about...

uh-oh Scraping one of the little bumps (they're maybe the size of poppy seeds) with foam and tongue testing that may have caused a tingle. Fooey. :?