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My original notes are.. 274g (79.3%) rose water 7g (2%) aloe gel 7g (2%) glycerin 14g (4%) argan oil 14g (4%) jojoba oil 14g (4%) e-wax 7 g (2%) cetyl alcohol 5g (1.5%) optiphen plus (sorry, I had an error in the first post I caught after looking at my notes again) 3.5g (1%) vitamin e no...

Thanks guys! DeeAnna, I'm definitely up for an experiment. I have no idea why this recipe has suddenly started failing catastrophically and would really like to. If stripping it to bare bones doesn't fix it, I'll up the ewax as you suggested

There smiling!! So awesome lol

As passive aggressive as I am, I'd retaliate with a little encore myself.. You dont want to turn yours down? Lets see who's system is the loudest.. ;)

Aside from the optiphen, nothing is new. And, as much as I'd like to blame the optiphen, I hadn't put it in this batch yet, so it can't be causing the problem. Eta, Well I say nothing's new, but I guess there are some new things. I'm on a new bottle of distilled water, and I'm using roses from...

Ok, how much would you suggest bumping up my amount of ewax and cetyl? Tried again tonight and mixed right after hearing and holding. Got this.... No optiphen added yet, so that didn't cause the problem.. Just as an FYI, I've made this lotion several times before without problems, but the past...

To me, an artisan is someone experienced in their craft. They work with their hands and are skilled at what they do, whether they make it "beautiful" or not. I find beauty in simple bars of soap just as much as in more complex soaps. To me, Royalty Soaps is just as much of an artisan as Rocky...

No its unfortunately separated water :/ This morning, the whole bottom half is clear water and the top half is opaque.

Thank you everyone! I'm apologize, I confused everyone when I mentioned the milk frother.. I do use a stick blender to to the major mixing, I just use the frother for the initial blast to keep my waxes/oils from resolidifying just in case (which I won't have to do anymore since y'all say I'm...

Almost every single time I make lotion, I get this.. What am I doing wrong?? Procedure: Measure out water phase, measure out and melt oil phase. Heat and hold for 20 minutes at 180°F. Measure out cool down ingredients. Allow oil and water phases to come down under 140°F. Pour water phase...

I've tried both and I personally don't care for either in a salt bar lol. I find that both cut the lather down and now use HO sunflower oil in the place. Much creamier IMO

Thanks for the recommendation! I've been playing with Snapseed all day now lol

I'm just curious, let's apply this to this forum. We have many business people here who sell soaps only scented with EOs. They're trusting their supplier to sell them pure EOs, so if it comes back that the supplier is passing off adulterated or completely synthetic fragrances as pure EOs, would...

Your soap was starting to overheat.

Obsidian, if you'd like I've got some white SFIC I could send you. If you're doing embeds down inside the soap, I don't know if royal icing would work well. If you're just using them on top, though, I think royal icing would be perfect.

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Holy wow..

Those are bada** BW. Love the girl

I'd hope they're better than the day you made them after a 10 year cure..;)

Do you have any glycerin? I've seen recipes using glycerin in salts. I'm my mind, since it appears to behave like something between water and oil that it may help dilute the carrier oils and keep them from pooling on top of the water. However, I may be way off here as I haven't done much...