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My brother-in-law is making me a soap cutter! Yippee! I’m so excited!:dance:

Thank you! It’s hard to describe—almost minty maybe? Definitely not like the culinary basil smell. This is how EOcalc describes it: Description: Sweet, herbaceous, and slightly camphoraceous with a subtle licorice sharpness It’s pretty intense and you only need a little bit.

Made some orange basil soap with orange, litsea and basil essential oils. I also added orange peel powder. 🌞🌞🌞

Interesting. I've never done lines except in the tbl soap, so that's been my only experience! In my next batch I'm going to try indigo for the blue. I know it won't be as bright as the mica blue, but I try to use only natural ingredients, so we shall see how it turns out!

It takes some experimentation, but there are definitely some EOs that last very well in CP soap. There are going to be scents that you absolutely can't get with EOs (fruit scents for example), but you would be surprised at what you can do with blending EOs! You say these EOs are not lye-safe...

That is very sweet of you, and so sorry to hear about your friend 😢 I make 3 separate batches for the 3 layers and mix them when the previous layer is set up. It’s the only way I can remotely get straight lines.

I feel your pain! I have at least 3 batches of thin blue line fails! And so many people want me to make it. It’s a pain and my least favorite soap to make.

@ResolvableOwl I thought you had been quiet lately! Glad you are back!

I haven’t made any soap in a while, so today I made a double batch of rosemary mint soap. I went to measure the essential oils and I didn’t have enough rosemary, so I improvised and added some vetiver, cedarwood and fir needle. It smelled good in the mold, hopefully it will be a good combo!

I guess my question is--what are you trying to achieve by adding those things? I would make a batch with just one at a time and see how it worked.

I do a layered coffee soap. I use strong brewed coffee as full water replacement (make sure it's cool, and yes it stinks.) I add cocoa powder to the bottom layer, then one package of the Starbucks Via instant for the middle layer and no additional color for the top layer. I use a combo of...

I’m pretty happy with how these look after trimming and buffing. After some trial and error, I think I’ve got the process down.

Thanks! I originally made these for my husband and his coworkers (luckily a very small department of 8), and they have been such a huge hit that I ended up making more for some police wife friends and then for a police wife organization. They are kind of a pain, but people love them!

Sorry, just seeing this! I used 40% geranium, 30% orange, 10% rosewood, 10% cedarwood and 10% litsea

Ooooh, I love it! I'm going to plant some comfrey!!

I think if you use fresh spinach, it may turn brown. I've had success with spirulina as well as green sea clay mixed with spirulina. I've also heard that chlorella gives a nice green, but may increase chances of DOS. I know people also mix indigo with annatto. The SNIF Facebook page is full of...

Aaaaahhhhhh! They're so cute! ❤❤❤

Wow! That's a lot! I wish you luck on your home buying adventure and relocation. Real estate seems to be crazy all over right now. The puppy is adorable and I love his name!

Hmmm, I didn't know there was such a thing!

Ok, this is much more my style. Wild Rose, colored with rose clay and activated charcoal. It’s got wild rose hip infused olive oil and rosewood, geranium, cedarwood, orange and litsea essential oils. It really smells like a bouquet of roses 😍 I did a hanger swirl. It definitely accelerated—I’m...