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  1. Momonga

    Chicken brining question

    Totally unrelated to soap... but that's what this board is for. Hopefully someone might know a thing or two about poultry. So I would like to roast a chicken for dinner one of these nights, but I never have time to brine and roast a bird on the same night. After I brine, I always rinse before...
  2. Momonga

    Get Well Soon theme

    I have not had any "me time" at all for a month, with one baby sickness after another! And I have not done anything fun, just work, chase the baby, and sleep. So last night I drank 6 cups of tea and ate 3 chocolate Easter bunnies, and stayed up until 3:00 am in my little studio! I've got...
  3. Momonga

    First Soap

    Fell behind a week with a sick baby, but finally got to make my first soap. :-| Here it is. Note the little M&P mold from Michaels. Once again, I ran out of patience waiting for my mail order stuff. "Well, it'll make a [soap]". 1: Drat! L x W x H x .40. Why is it even simple math always...
  4. Momonga

    "Superfatting" vs. "Lye Discount"

    Are these terms interchangeable? Is there a difference in the effect if you incorporate additional oils or butters at trace (I was under the impression that this was "superfatting", more than just a lye discount)? And if you incorporate oils at trace, do you include them in your lye calculations?
  5. Momonga

    So you thought you were creative... but you didn't think of THIS!

    Bacon roses. :sick: Happy Valentine's Day. (found this on Facebook, not my coffee table, thank God!)
  6. Momonga

    I still have questions after reading up on CP

    So I've read and read and watched videos on YouTube and DVD, but I still have so many questions. Maybe you all can fill the blanks in my brain? 1. How low can I go with temp? Can I mix my lye solution in the morning before work, and then come back in the evening and combine with the oils...
  7. Momonga

    Lush Gratuitous Violets

    Does anyone remember the Gratuitous Violets Soap from Lush? That was my favorite soap ever, and I would love to try to recreate that. I'm taking a CP class in a few weeks and I think this will make a good first project. But how to get that scent? I'm not sure whether there was anything in...
  8. Momonga

    lotion bars colors and fragrance

    Still getting around to those lotion bars! But I actually have the double boiler on the stove top... I've come so far, there's no turning back!! Does anyone know if you can layer these for color? If so, should I use alcohol between layers, like M&P? What fragrances or colors or designs have...
  9. Momonga

    Silly question about measurements

    I'm getting ready to try making a solid lotion bar. I have looked at a few recipes, and they all pretty much say something like: 1 part beeswax 1 part cocoa butter 1 part sweet almond oil So here's the silly question: do I make the parts equal in measure by weight or by volume? :Kitten Love: And...
  10. Momonga

    Valentines Day Gifts

    Yay! So this weekend I finally produced some soaps worth giving (if I get this attachment thing right, you should see my oatmeal-honey soap with the little bees). I also made some delicious-looking hot-cocoa swirl hearts. So I'm going to send them off to family as Valentine's Day treats (treats...
  11. Momonga

    The dangers of bath salts!

    Heh heh! You know you're getting old when... I am so out of the loop. So I saw the video stills and headline from the Navy's campaign against bath salts (why on earth should the Navy have an issue with lovely bath salts?), and I thought, "goodness, look at his skin! How does that happen...
  12. Momonga

    How do you know when you need a preservative in bath and body products?

    I'm getting ready to do some lotion bars and searching recipes. All call for cocoa and/or shae butter, of course, but few call for preservatives. I should think these items need preservatives. What ingredients trigger the need for one? And how long will my bath and body products last without...
  13. Momonga

    Releasing from a hard mold

    I have a couple of ideas I want to try out, but I think I will need to use a hard mold, like glass or or metal. Any advice on how to "prime" the mold so that it won't be impossible to get the soap out? I read somewhere about "unmolding product" but can't find it anywhere. And are there...
  14. Momonga

    Think I "nuked it"...

    I've had incredible beginners luck with my M&P, so finally a couple of weeks into it, I ran into my first problem. Actually, I have been using some cheapo base called "double butter" from Michaels (because I was too impatient for my first batch of good stuff to come in the mail), and while I...
  15. Momonga

    Oops! Party Foul!

    I just realized I posted this on my profile instead of here, which means I didn't introduce myself properly before I started diblin' and dablin' in forum conversations! Fortunately, Hazel saw it anyway and pointed it out. Rookie soaper. "Just signed up for SMF! I have an 18 month old little...
  16. Momonga

    Whipped M&P topping

    Has anyone tried to whip their M&P bases? I saw an old post that described just fluffing it up with a mixer, but it can't possibly be that easy. I will find some way to screw this up. I need a topping for a chocolate/vanilla swirl loaf (yes, I'll screw up the swirl too - but I'll have fun...
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