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I recently opened a personal separate account that I use for business, for now, with the same bank I have my personal banking (non business related). I used to have something similar with a credit union, but their technology was not on the same level as my regular personal banking, so if I...

Thank you for sharing that paper @DeeAnna! very interesting

@dmcgee5034 Thank you! I really appreciate that. I tried doing the one pot wonder but with the first loaf it was too thick to achieve it.

@mx5inpenn this is a good point and perhaps a contributing factor. I used The Perfect Man FO, which does say that discolors to lavender, though it never had done it for me before and I have used it often (normally does go through gel phase). Thanks! @dibbles it was about 30% of lard in the...

@AliOop Good point! I had thought about the pinking I had read about, and now that you mention it, it is possible that combined with the blue of the soap it made purple. I don’t see BHT in the label (Armour Lard) but I see BHA. Perhaps it is similar? INGREDIENTS: LARD AND HYDROGENATED LARD...

I recently made a lot of soaps (for me), about 50, all in one evening In different molds. I am curious why the first loaf shows some purple spots on the edges. They were all made from the same oils master batch with the same lye water solution master batch. The colorants were also the same...

@Blufuz that does sound interesting to me as well, as a night owl I have always been interested in this topic, even chose to speak on sleep deprivation once; when I was part of Toastmasters many years ago.

@Blufuz I would like to see your article once it is published, if already is, do you have a link?

@Blufuz Thanks for clarifying that, good to know! @Quilter99755 That was what I thought, four people aren't enough of a pool. I do wonder if they big numbers were on the mosquito side instead. I had not heard of Vitamin B complex, I will tell my hubby about it, he is the one that usually...

The study is interesting, but I was surprised at the small pool of only four people. Also, It would have been more interesting if instead of “extracting” their scent they would have exposed them to an area with mosquitos and see how many actual bites they got. I suppose few people would...

@AliOop The first soap with lemongrass and sage does not seem deserving of being shredded, sure, it wasn’t what you had in mind but it looks cool with that color combination, unless you are concerned the ricing created lye pockets or something along those lines.

@TheGecko Thank you! I have used old fragrances before, just not one that wasn’t kept in a controlled climate. Good idea though, I will be able to compare with my other bottle.

A couple days ago, I got a crushed box from Nurture soap. Inside was a fragrance and two micas that I had ordered and completely forgotten about back on early November of last year. I placed two orders that November and I got the second one so I guess I forgot about the first order, it was also...

@AliOop Wow, that is such an impressive card! You guys did a terrific job, his mom will be happy!

Sign up list: 1. Servant4Christ 2. The_Phoenix - A spoonful of soap makes the grime go down the drain. 3. AliOop - This is my go-to rescue technique for those suddenly-thick batters. Ya never know how it will look but it's usually pretty! 4. dmcgee5034 - spoon swirl-tastic! Never done this one...

Same!

@Fireside when I checked my notes I did see that a lot of reviewers reported acceleration for that coffee FO. Also, I forgot to mention that The cinnamon supreme Fo usage rates have changed drastically since the last IFRA update.

I have done a similar blend with the same FO (fresh brewed coffee from Crafters choice) and cinnamon Supreme from Nurture soap. (I split batter in three parts and added one fragrance to each portion, to the last third I added coffee beans from crafters choice. I realized that Freshed brewed...

I have not necessarily stored soaps in extreme temperatures on purpose. However, a couple years ago I mailed some soaps to my MIL and sister in law in India, among other things (like face masks I had sewn and some painting supplies). The package never made it to them and we assumed it had been...

I like mango sorbet from Nature’s garden. Prior to that I had tried coconut mango from brambleberry and found it smelling like papaya, though not listed in the scent notes, I don’t Like papaya so I didn’t like that one.