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  1. dianne70

    April Soap Challenge...just made it!!

    Here is my "Locale" Soap. Where I live in Queensland, Australia ( a little town called Goovigen) we have a diverse range of farming/mining. So my soap represents coal mining (black stripe on bottom), grazing country for cows, as well as crop farming (green bit, has a bit of ground oats...for...
  2. dianne70

    Soy wax tarts/melts

    Thinking of making some soy melts. What do I use to colour soy wax? Can I use the colours (micas, oxides etc) that I use for CP soap? Or do I have to get special colours just for wax? Also to those of you that sell/make tarts, what are your favourite fragrances? Thanks :)
  3. dianne70

    Wholesale supplies Plus / Crafters Choice

    Hi everyone.....just found a supplier in Australia for some WSP/Crafters Choice supplies.....not a huge range, but it is something!! My question is, what do you people who use this brand think about their micas and neon colours? Are they good quality? Do they stay true in CP soap? Or do they...
  4. dianne70

    Oatmeal Milk and Honey

    So I have some OMH fragrance that I have just received.....just wondering what most people do with it......actually add Oatmeal Milk and Honey to the soap and then add the FO as well....or just the FO and maybe some oatmeal? I have never used honey in a soap before, and don't really want to...
  5. dianne70

    English Rose

    Hi there...just thought I would share my latest adventure. This is English Rose fragrance. Was so worried about the soap tracing really fast on me that I think I nearly under mixed the white portion of the soap.....was a bit worried last night that the whole thing was going to separate on me...
  6. dianne70

    Natural Colours

    I seem to have a one track mind at the moment, and that is colours!! For those of you that use natural colours, do you find that the colour stays pretty good, or does it fade away after time? I can't seem to stop my mind form working sometimes, and now I am thinking that I would like to have...
  7. dianne70

    Neons from Brambleberry

    Hi there....has any one used the neon colours from brambleberry, and what do you think of them? Thinking of getting the sample pack to try. Thanks heaps :)
  8. dianne70

    Lemon & Lime Balls

    Finally got around to making my very first "ball" soap! The melon baller didn't work, so I had to hand roll all the balls...took a good hour.....but I think the extra work is worth it. Lemon and Lime essential oils, and I added kaolin Clay to hopefully make the EO's stick a bit better :D
  9. dianne70

    Packaging soaps to sell

    Hi there everyone.....I need some feedback please. Currently looking at changing my packaging for my soaps. Currently I just use a paper cigar band, but I would like to know your thoughts on some other ways. 1. Aponi, from this forum, uses organza bags. This is what I am leaning...
  10. dianne70

    Lye Heavy Batch....again :(

    Hi there.....some of you may remember that I posted about a month ago about a batch of soap that I made that ended up Lye Heavy....even though I was 100% sure that I had weighed everything correctly. Well it has happened again...and once again I am sure that I weighed everything right....so my...
  11. dianne70

    My "New" Man Soaps

    I feel a bit "Man Soap"challenged, have a hard time coming up with scents that would appeal to the men. I made a new version of my Camo Soap the other day, this time using the Zebra Swirl again, purely because I didn't have the time to do my normal "spoon different colours into the mould until...
  12. dianne70

    Pink Zebra Swirl

    Hi there...made a batch of "Strawberries & Cream" yesterday using the zebra swirl technique. It was so easy, and the effect is great. Think I might just use it for all my soaps now!! :D
  13. dianne70

    Can you rebatch a rebatch?

    Did my first rebatch yesterday...and toatlly messed up!! Did not add any water to the grated soap when I put it in the crock pot. Was wondering why it never reached the gloopy stage that everyone talks about! Anyway, can I regrate it and try again, or will it be OK as is........ The thought...
  14. dianne70

    Sweet Cakes Fragrance Oils

    Hi...does anyone out there use Sweet Cakes Fragrance Oils? Do you recommend them? Thankyou :)
  15. dianne70

    First day of School

    My little girl is no longer my little girl any more. She has gone to her first day of school...Thought I was OK about it, but when I got home I had a little cry :cry: Here she is in her uniform...so very very very excited :)
  16. dianne70

    I made Salt Bars :)

    Made some salt bars yesterday for the first time. The only silicone cavity moulds I had were some heart shaped ones and a cube one from Brambleberry. Most of the heart ones came out Ok...some crumbled on the edges a bit, but the cube ones were a disaster! Can't ever seem to get these soaps...
  17. dianne70

    Melting Palm Oil

    Hi everyone So...I have melted my 15 kg of palm oil, stirred and stirred and put back into a big empty drum (that originally had coconut oil in it). Now my question is...do I keep stirring until it solidifies again? Really want to see if this gets rid of my crackling problem. Thankyou :)
  18. dianne70

    Olive Oil Soap....

    So I just made a 90% Olive Oil soap with goat milk. No colours or fragrances. On a scale of 1-10 .......Ease and quickness of soaping 10 Satisfaction 0 :) I almost felt the need to "pretty it up" a little with glitter.....but I held myself back!! Made this for all the sensitive...
  19. dianne70

    Display Shelves

    My "not so handy hubby" made these for me on the weekend......they turned out pretty good considering his carpentry skills!! He made them so I could cart all my soaps and anything else that will fit inside them to the shows. Just have to sand and stain them now and they are good to go! I'm a...
  20. dianne70

    Blogs

    Hi...this is probably a very silly question.......but is it free to have a blog...or do you pay a fee per month like you do to host a website? :confused:
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