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Attempt #3 is in the oven. It thickened up a little quicker than I’d have liked, but I do know this: I’m going to love the colors! I sniffed the FO and made what I envisioned. ☺️ We‘ll see how it turns out!

i keep TD in a squeeze bottle to, but I do need to get some ball bearings in there. Dumb question, but where do you even get them?

Last night was chili with black beans and sweet potatoes. It’s been kinda cold here (relatively speaking, of course, lol) so it tasted pretty good! I’d have never thought of making ribeye in an air fryer!

Last night hubs made yellow and red peppers, stuffed with quinoa, tomatoes, black beans, and more peppers (it was a bit of a fridge clean-out). Topped with faux Parmesan made from cashews. I liked it, but he had to make himself an egg afterward because he didn’t feel satisfied. We’ve been trying...

I’m really struggling with choosing good sets of colors for my soaps. I pick colorants and group them together in ways that I think will be nice/fun/pretty, then when the soap is done, they look…..meh. Often they look like they were just randomly thrown together. Some of y’all come up with these...

Today I cut the second of the two batches I made this weekend for the January challenge. I’m not really happy with either. I took a couple months off from soapmaking and I feel like my skills have taken a couple steps backward. 😩

@CLMP I hope this clears up and you feel better soon!

Yesterday I made my first soap for this month’s challenge. I haven’t cut it yet, but I’m pretty sure it’s not competition-worthy. Back at it today!

Wow! Overall, though, still probably cheaper than if you’d bought them from a soap supplier. But still!

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@glendam I asked her and she said she uses this:

My daughter lives in Nicaragua and this is how her laundry setup was until last year when she moved into a house with a washing machine. She still does have to hang her clothes out to dry, but she’s got a covered area to do it, so that’s nice for her.

This is more of a soapy-thing-last-week than soapy-thing-today, but I got a chuckle out of this. My daughter lives in Nicaragua and was here in Tennessee for Christmas (without her husband, but that’s a whole ‘nother story 🙁). She wanted to make Nicaraguan nacatamales since that’s a traditional...

@dibbles Those are lovely! Very pretty yellows. Did you use an impression mat for the tops of your loaf soaps?

I think that’s really neat looking - love the colors! What was the EO blend that you used?

Thanks for the info, and good to know! I’m of Swedish descent so lingonberries (or “lingon,” as my grandma called it), are so embedded into my family’s Christmas tradition. I really should order some for next year!

Pretty! How do you like Lingonberry Spice FO? Does it smell like lingonberries?

Don’t quote me on this, but I believe a lot of the websites where you buy ingredients (WSP, etc.) will tell you what the INCI name is.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Ah, true - I didn’t think about the alcohol in cologne (clearly I have no idea what’s in cologne….i guess figuring that out should be step one). The FO does seem like an easier choice. Thanks!