Nanette
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I used an annatto infusion with salt..soleseife....went white pretty fast!
What soapy thing have you done today?
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That looks like a pretty color! Holiday soap? I better get on the bandwagon!
The madder colorant May have faded somewhat in my salt bars. The indigo looks has gotten darker. I will post pics tonight.
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Nanette
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I made a annatto infused soap with an in the pot swirl of yellow oxide....my fake ghost swirl...
We don't do 'holiday' like y'all do over there. It's still called Christmas here, and it's very low-key. Sure, families get together for a big mid-day lunch, but bearing in mind that it's summer time here, it's usually a big outdoor barbecue (or 'cook-out' I think you call it). I'm not sure people would go crazy over Christmassy type scents - but it could be worth trying a few to give as gifts this year I suppose.
Is the Pope a Catholic???????????/You WILL post inside pics right???
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This made me smile.
I checked my curing soap today. And took small pieces for testing, they're about two weeks old. Coffee and turmeric soaps.
Then I found a detergent bottle, cleaned that for doing master batch lye. I need to look up again what does the numbers at the bottom mean, whether it suitable for keeping lye or not.
Yes it is bio glitter. And it does seem to have dulled somewhat since going through gel. But since the name of the soap is sugar plum it still suits - because it looks like granulated sugar.
Fiona Robertson
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Thanks, good to know!
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I'm curious to know how a summertime Christmas affects your associations. For example, what are the tastes and smells of Christmas for you?
jenneelk
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Wow.. I posted on here like 4-5 years ago and this thing is still going after being gone several years. Very cool.
Today I unmolded a 20 layer fall soap only to realize I had 10% SF somehow which I can't say I've ever used. I blame my baby smacking the keyboard or no sleep lately as I have no clue how this happened and its so soft! This one always takes all day to do.
Today I unmolded a 20 layer fall soap only to realize I had 10% SF somehow which I can't say I've ever used. I blame my baby smacking the keyboard or no sleep lately as I have no clue how this happened and its so soft! This one always takes all day to do.
Marilyn Norgart
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two farmers markets in two days. sold 7 soaps the first one (only a 2 hour market) and 2 today (hardly anybody came today cuz it was raining off and on. but even though I didn't sell much I got leads on three other markets and met some nice people. now the weather just needs to stop dumping on us
Nanette
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Your higher superfat soap will be loved by all this winter when everyone gets dry skin....so you are ahead of the game!Wow.. I posted on here like 4-5 years ago and this thing is still going after being gone several years. Very cool.
Today I unmolded a 20 layer fall soap only to realize I had 10% SF somehow which I can't say I've ever used. I blame my baby smacking the keyboard or no sleep lately as I have no clue how this happened and its so soft! This one always takes all day to do.
Dawni
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Our Christmas isn't summertime but being where I am my color, scent and tastes associations are somewhat different too. We do celebrate our Christmas with a bang though... I'm sure this will be a long thread once it's created **hint lol**
KiwiSoap
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It's been three weeks, feels like longer! I keep seeing all the wonderful soaps people are posting here and it makes me want to experiment further -- my soaps have been pretty basic so far, you can see what I've done so far here, and here is my latest:
Calendula Infused Soap (with plain soap upright in middle for comparison)
Dawni
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I made, what hopefully turns out to be, my first salt bars.... We shall see soon.
Oh - I thought you'd been salty girl from way back?
I'm having thoughts of making a 'triple coconut' bar using coconut milk, finely desiccated coconut, and 3 x FOs - Creamy coconut, toasted coconut and island coconut.
Dawni
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Do it hehehe
I've done several brine soaps and I love em. This is the first time salt went after trace, not in the water
I've let them be. They're in individual molds so I don't need to babysit them. I'll figure I should check every half hour, just coz lol
I haven’t made soap in ages. I’m still in Charlotte helping my 23-year old daughter get relocated & settled in the big city. I did, however, score a sale from my website and, fortunately, the customer is OK waiting for her purchases until I get back home to pack & ship.
I set up, and peeled the protective coating off of my new stainless steel work table.. 
Zany_in_CO
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I made "Grandma's Old Fashion Lye (type) Soap". Two loaves of Lard soap. One for a geezer pal and one for a customer. Too easy! (Yawn)
My soapy activities were all prep work for the weekend. I made some rice milk and am going to try using it for some of the water in my next soap batch. Kind of skeered - the only milk I've used so far is coconut milk. Rice milk is starchy so I'm hoping it plays nice. I also hope it makes a nice soap because it was kind of a pain to make! I also made some heart embeds and am going to attempt to make curls of soap for a melt and pour project although I haven't quite figured out the design yet. I'm starting to plan for Christmas presents. This way I allow myself time for any goofs and re-do's lol.
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