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I’ve had uncolored soap do that before. I have no idea why. Yours is beautiful!

Love it! Panic pours are my specialty! :D

What is this "spare time" you speak of? (Oh, and your soaps are gorgeous :))

I ordered some essential oils from Sun Pure Botanicals on July 28th. When I hadn't heard anything after 2 weeks, I started emailing. I probably emailed 6 times and called asking what the status of the order was. No response. On August 27th I sent a final email saying that I had disputed the...

I have several recipes using clove oil and I haven't had trouble with tracing too quickly, especially when used in combination with orange EO, which slows down trace. Whenever I use an accelerating EO, I also use a decelerating one to counteract the effects. And I use a very small amount. Here...

Okay, so I decided to get out my peeler and try to just take a little bit off the sharper edges to see how I liked it. I'm a convert! I only did the sides, not the bottom, but I think I'm going to do that from now on! I've seen the light 😄

I would do something in the orange/rust/brown palette. Turmeric or cocoa powder. Or both!

I'm irritated by many things, but not by discussions about anything soap related!! Welcome!

Ok, I may have freaked out prematurely. My candy corn blob swirl actually looks pretty good!

I kinda thought that too, but then above Zing said he did a 50/50 cedarwood/bergamot blend, so I thought I'd try it. I just used a small amount of clove, and also used orange, which I find slows down trace. Usually when I use them together they cancel each other out.

I did run it through. I did 40% cedarwood, 20% orange, 20% bergamot, 10% clove, 10% ginger

I just did a cedarwood/bergamot/orange/clove blend. I may have used too much cedarwood? That's all I can currently smell.

Well I just had a total freaking disaster and of course it was with a double batch o_O I was trying to do a drop/hanger swirl and my brown was supposed to be a very dark brown, but it was like milk chocolate brown, so I tried to add more cocoa powder, and in the meantime the other 2 colors...

I buff all my bars with microfiber so they are nice and smooth. Just no beveling or planing.

I love the way beveled soap looks, but I also like the "rustic" look of non-beveled soap. I'm all about the rustic, natural type soap, and I don't think beveling fits in with that aesthetic.

You are too kind, @Zing !

I got a couple of kind of swirls out of it

Well, my swirl was a flop! More of a blob!

Trying to ramp up production for holiday gifts! I made fall spice and coffee soaps on Monday, then I attempted a fancy swirl with my matcha coconut milk soap last night. It's still all tucked in, so I'll keep you posted when I cut it 🤞🤞🤞 I am going to attempt a thin blue line soap (husband is a...

Congrats to the winners and all the entries! This was a stretch for me, as I am really not artistic and mostly do simple soaps—but very fun and I’m glad I participated!