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Yay! New nerdy soap person! I can already tell that I'm going to be looking forward to your posts and experiments. ... well I wasn't thinking about bear tallow before but gosh darnit I am now thanks!

It's really sad when stuff like this happens but thank goodness you're there to look out for your mother. And it's actually good that she thinks that everyone paid for themselves because any attempt by your step to claim "it was a gift and she knew" is blown right out the window with that. I'm...

I made three lbs of soap, one for the Nag Champa test batch and the rest went to my second attempt at this months challenge. I did end up giving in and using a fragrance with that as well despite saying I wouldn't but I couldn't resist. I went with Nurture's "Awaken" since I had it on hand. But...

:eek: Doylestown is actually closer to me... *googles it* omg that's only 10 minutes from my house. Welp, I think I know what I'm doing today :D It's nice to be able to smell the oils before buying them. They have a wall of tester bottles the woman was laughing at me standing there for...

I found a Nag Champa that smells amazing out of the bottle from a local supplier that I can go and pick up from instead of having to pay shipping, but sadly they don't give a lot of information about them like Nurture or BB does. So I'm doing a test batch to see how it performs. So far no...

I've been sick with the worst sinus infection I've had in a long time for the past week and have barely gotten much of anything done. But I'm determined to do another attempt tonight even if I don't end up eligible to compete by the time this is all said and done. I've already got my jug of oils...

If you have Amazon Unlimited there are actually a lot of soapmaking books available in kindle/ereader form that you can read for free. I can't say how good they are because I'm still reading and learning myself, but they're there and a good resource if you're interested

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Maybe we should get your nephew and my ginger daughter together. Last year she went as Amy Pond ;) Today I am packing and doing the cleaning before driving across the state for my cousins bridal shower. I like road trips, even 5 hour long ones. I just hate having to get all the stuff out of...

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It looks like it only got a partial gel, but I'm not sure why the lavender would turn green like that. What brand mica did you use out of curiosity?

This was the one attempt I've done so far. I was so very pleased with my colors and I had managed to get it to behave a bit at first but then the bottles started seizing up on me and I had to abort. Got a couple raindrop shapes before everything went south on me. Check out my lovely glycerin...

Don't get me wrong, I love the fall and autumn weather. But it's getting to the point where it's too cold to keep my windows open at night, but still pretty hot during the day and it's driving me crazy. I come home from work at 6am freezing and have to decide if I'm going to open the windows and...

Lye doesn't bother me, I've used it as a drain cleaner and to strip the seasoning off old cast iron skillets when restoring them from old rusted messes. After having to fish pans out of a water bath comprised of 1 lb lye to 3 gallons of water it doesn't phase me. It can be unnerving, but gloves...

I hope that it's alright to ask this here, but is there a deadline to sign up? I know I don't hit my month till just around the time entries need to be in. If I can get my posts in would it be possible for me to participate in this challenge? Or would I not be able to get in till November...

I'm not brave enough to try generating my own recipes too much yet and have been sticking to researching other peoples tried and true ones and seeing how they turn out. Soap Queen has a pretty good goat milk recipe I've had bookmarked for when I want to start making some. It has their oils...

Hello! I'm also pretty new here, and milk soap is something I've been wanting to try in the future. I'm looking forward to seeing your posts and what you come up with.

Thanks again! I'm going to add it to my list for my next purchase. I'm so excited now :D