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  1. hmlove1218

    Country Living Woes..

    It's fixed!! And AC guy recommended getting a few window units to ease the load of the main unit. Got some 8000 btu ones from Home Depot on sale for $240 each. Hopefully that'll help cool the house better even when the air is working lol.
  2. hmlove1218

    Mix it, Stir it Up

    When you say hand blender, do you mean a stick blender/immersion blender or a hand mixer like with beaters? A mixer won't properly emulsify the batter and can also whip in air. Anyway, to answer your quedtion, I do similar to TEG and blend for a few seconds, stir, blend, stir... until I get the...
  3. hmlove1218

    Country Living Woes..

    Lol definitely first world problems ha. I have two big dogs, an indoor/outdoor cat, and my kids are 4 and 2. We're probably going to go to my dad's house once it really starts heating up. Luckily he's only 3 miles away. Luckily I do have ceiling fans and a box fan, but since I live in a trailer...
  4. hmlove1218

    Country Living Woes..

    Thanks y'all! I'm hoping it can be a quick fix. Oh, and did I mention that I live in a mobile home? Lol its a full on oven
  5. hmlove1218

    Country Living Woes..

    My A/C doesn't always go out, but when it does, there's guaranteed to be a heat index if 112°F.. Sorry, I just gotta rant a bit. This is not the first, not the second, but the THIRD time my A/C has gone out this summer.. It already feels like 90°F outside and it's only 7:30 in the morning.
  6. hmlove1218

    Free Windows 10

    Oh I hope it is like 7!! I HATE windows 8. I was stuck with it, though, as i wasn't about to pay $150 to downgrade my OS... I got the notification to download it, but haven't done it yet. I'll probably do it tomorrow.
  7. hmlove1218

    After Show Soap Storage

    You guys are geniuses lol. I don't know why I never though of soap boxes for storage
  8. hmlove1218

    After Show Soap Storage

    Ooh great idea!!
  9. hmlove1218

    After Show Soap Storage

    When I do shows, I package all but one bar of each scent to act as a sniffer. I like to keep these bars for use at the next show, but storage is a pain as I can't enclose them all together or the scents mingle. Right now, I just let them sit out about a finger space apart from each other, but...
  10. hmlove1218

    high and low quality Oil question

    Everyone above has pretty good ideas, howver, I would like to point out a few things. 1. doesn't even smell I've never bought from TJ, but I would assume you're used to buying virgin coconut oil, which still has a smell. What you got offline is, I'm assuming, RBG (refined, bleached, and...
  11. hmlove1218

    Question?

    Try adding the honey to the lye water while it's still warm, but not hot - basically when you can hold your hand to the side of the container without being burned. The lye water will heat back up a little, so give it time to cool back down before soaping. Adding honey to the lye water seems to...
  12. hmlove1218

    Favourite soap size

    My bars are roughly 3.5" - 4" × 2.75 × 1.25
  13. hmlove1218

    Mega bath bomb mold ideas?

    I reuse mine and so did a few of the reviewers. I just wash them between uses. I've had the same set of 10 for about a year now and haven't had any problems with them. I can't pack them accurately enough to use them as packaging as well. I usually overfill them ever so slightly and they won't...
  14. hmlove1218

    Metallic stick blender

    Well lookie there! Learn something new every day! :D That's how I always saw to test the difference
  15. hmlove1218

    Metallic stick blender

    Next time you're not sure if it's stainless or aluminum, try sticking a magnet to it. Aluminum isn't magnetic while stainless is
  16. hmlove1218

    Mega bath bomb mold ideas?

    I've never been in a lush store, but if I'm wong, don't most of their bath bombs weight 5-8 ounces? If so, WSP sells a bath bomb mold that I get 7.5-8 ounce bombs out of. I'll go find a link.. ETA: Found...
  17. hmlove1218

    Big creepy white spots

    I would also bet that it's ash. I had a soap get weepy from a naughty FO that developed ash spots on the top of the loaf.
  18. hmlove1218

    Destash

    Bumping as o still have several things available.
  19. hmlove1218

    Browsing soap pics

    I saw that one on Pinterest and was stunned! It appears to me as a mantra type swirl on top of the bars as apposed to in the middle. I can't imagine the practice this took.
  20. hmlove1218

    Powdered milk in soaps

    I used to add it directly to my oils and SB away, but that usually gives me a slight texture and grainy visual appearance. I now mix it into just a touch of water and add that to my oils.
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