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My microwave doesn't mind melting soap or beeswax mixtures but straight beeswax or straight Vaseline or the combo it balks. The lip balm came out fine in the end thankfully. I will make a note on the recipe page to add a little skin safe or food oil to make it work....

I was making some lip balm that requires the use of Vaseline and beeswax. After figuring out neither was melting I added a little vegetable oil and they melted fine. Is there some trick to melting Vaseline I don't know about?

I've been going to Whole Foods for the cheapest EO's I can get and have done pretty well on Ebay long as I use a top rated seller not a fly by night company...

Here is some more of the poppy...

I've had more than one fail though I usually keep the fails in the house lol. Let me see I've added too much dye to the point it stained washcloths,had layered soaps fall apart :-)and my latest instead of mixing powdered goats milk with glycerin or some liquid I just added it and it is in...

What I did was to melt some chamomile base I had and I added some powdered goats milk. Naturally I forgot to mix the powder with glycerin so it clumped :roll: but I guarantee they're likely gentle! I added no colors no EO no FO...

i need to post an updated picture will do ASAP! I am working on the outlines and trying not to let my cousin claim it lol!!

I tried searching for these topics so if I am reposting I apologize in advance. I've got a lot of melt and pour bases and would welcome suggestions on baby soaps. I know not to use the honey bases and finally got it through my thick skull not to color them. I read on this forum that essential...

I sure didn't(hitting self in head repeatedly) and I do have some...well it could have been worse....

I took a stab at making layered soaps in my silicone loaf pan last night. I poured the first layer and let it set for about 45 minutes. I colored the second layer and poured it on top of the first and let them set overnight. This morning I went to cut them and the layers fell apart!! :shock...

I like the brain ones and the Pi ones...

Are EOs any better? I've made a few lip balms using lemon EO but am ordering the tube rack and tubes from Elements instead of the 2 ounce tins I did at Christmas.

I've been hitting the 3 big craft stores(AC Moore,Michaels and Joanns)for silicone molds. I've scored a pumpkin mold,several 2 bite sizes shaped like itty bitty brownies and stars, bigger stars too from the baking and candy sections. I use the smaller ones for samples.

Here is my poppy in progress... I got the design from a British cross stitch mag I upsized it because I can't stand evenweave and switched out a few DMC for their Satin equivalents to give it a bit of shine...

And here they are..I apologize if the picture looks bad I am not the world's best photographer.... :shock: My impressions of them is the chocolate FO and vanilla FO took perfectly. The strawberry FO was a bit chemical at first then settled in fine after a few days... The gel coloring took...

I did the chocolate part last night. My kitchen still smells of chocolate FO lol. Tonight I might attempt the strawberry one. I also buy from WSP though I also split between Sweetcakes and BB. I prefer the clear vanilla from Sweetcakes because I don't have to add something to keep it clear. I...

I was also buying mine from Michaels I stopped because I had trouble telling colors one from the next when the labels would fall off. When they began selling liquid colors clearly labeled I purchased a few. Then I started buying gel colors from Sweetcakes better labeled thankfully!! :D . And...

I don't think there is a Neapolitan FO I'd be leery of it if it was lol. Since I've got so many heart shapes I might use those I will need to cast 3 different batches altogether...

I just got a nice cherry FO from Sweetcakes I used for some cherry vanilla melt and pour I made a few weeks ago. I recommend them but I am Sweetcakes biased lol....

Very pretty....