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I've made several sucessful beeswax lip balms. I recently tried using candelilla wax, decreasing the percentage due to hardness and using the same oils as the beeswax version and no matter what I try it always ends up super grainy. I've googled over and over and it says carnauba wax is...

I am behind on posting photos, these bars are from April 4th, and I have made 5 more since then. I really wanted to share these. I was short on time/light and only got some good shots before cutting. I'll get some cut shots later on and share those. I wanted to try some solid bars, no...

I had so much fun Tuesday night!! I got to play with my colorants I got from soap making resource and here are the results I've been making a palm free, all veggie bar, so far I like it, great creamy lather, but its kinda sticky coming out of the mold. Olive, Coconut, Shea, Cocoa...

I recently ordered some of their unrefind shea butter. http://www.camdengrey.com/essential-oil ... fined.html I've bought shea butter from numerous sources and I've always liked the scent. But this stuff stinks! I can use it in my soap no problem since the scent goes away but I tried...

I haven't made any new soap in the last few weeks :( boohoo The last one I made was a salt bar, I made it late at night as I usually do when the kids are asleep, I waited the 2 hours but it was still too soft to remove from the silicone mold. I fell asleep, and woke up the next morning to a...

Here is the soap I made last weekend. I tried my new bramble berry mold I got from the sale I also tried a fragrance oil for the first time, lots of firsts this go around. My bar took a little longer to harden enough for me to want to handle and it also was a little oily and had some small...

Here is my first share. These are my 4th and 5th soaps I've made. I'm still a total noob and experimenting like mad. I made the Moroccan clay soap last week. It has Olive, Coconut, Shea, Apricot, Castor & Cocoa. Its scented with Vanilla absolute (will never use again) Sweet Orange, Cedar...

I've been lurking here for quite a while. :) I mostly use the search function for all my questions instead of posting. I just want to make sure to pop in here and say hello. I'm Marcie and I am a craft addict. It started mostly with knitting back in college and them morphed into...