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" I like it when someone during my day says, "Oh! What is that delightful smell?"" I washed today with a brand new 8 week old soap - Cranberry Balsam. Have gotten several comments on "that great smell". I love it when that happens. I would call the Cranberry Balsam bars only lightly scented...

Move along, folks. Move along. Nothing to see here. I just cut the Three Wise Men slab. Major disappointment. It was a ITP and I colored the pot Dark Gold & Canary Yellow. The accents were Paprika and Turmeric. I believe that the pot color and the Turmeric were too close in color and I...

A progress note: The temperature this morning is down in the 80s Fahrenheit (or in the high 20s Celsius or in the low 300s in Kelvin :p) Looks like we could be cutting this afternoon! Yippee!

@KiwiMoose and @earlene TESTING Ok... Let's see And I just continue typing. Cool, It seems to work! Maybe just one more time: Great! Thanks you guys! I think I will be ok now! Well... almost ... There is, of course, the matter of posting screen shots. I saw, for example, someone...

Anytime I am on a soap supply site I buy WAY more than I should. But you know what? I am still here and I really enjoy the stuff I bought impulsively. Open your front door and tell the owner of that accusing voice to GET OUT!!

Remember the Blueberry soap I made back in August? Here, let me refresh your memories (See pics below.) You might remember that the bars were oozing oil significantly. Then I figured out I added twice the amount of FO as was specified. They were also quite soft. Well, I have kept them in my...

I have a VERY efficient heat retainer that I put over the soap mold. It's coming up on 24 hours since I made the batch and it is still quite warm: 102 degrees Fahrenheit (39 degrees Celsius). The soap still has a translucent look to it. Maybe we can cut tomorrow in the PM. I have to say I am...

Took a peek this morning. (I have no self control.) Ten hours after the pour. The slab is in full gel mode. The colors are much darker, of course. I hope the original colors come back!

Hi All! Made a batch this evening. The scent was Three Wise Men. The pot was colored Dark Gold and Canary Yellow. The accents were Paprika and Turmeric... The top doesn't show much evidence of swirling. I guess we will have to wait til the cut. Soap Partner thought Tequila Sunrise would be...

Nice work, Zing! Is there a name to that technique? @ResolvableOwl et al. Soap Partner has put the kibosh on soaping today so I guess I'll have to wait.

Thanks Carly! A good part of the fun of this batch was how so many people jumped in (at my plea) to help me. Lots and lots of cooks, but only one in the actual kitchen. 👁:swinging:

I want to do Three Wise Men next. The day after tomorrow would be a great day to do it, but Soap Partner will divorce me! I need to get Soap Partner indebted to me somehow. :rolling: I'm thinking of mixing my dark Gold Mica with some canary yellow Mica for the pot color. Then use paprika and...

The smell is really nice. I chose it based on the reviews on the supplier's web site. Everyone was saying what a great scent it was and how their customers would buy them like crazy. I buy wine in the same way. I use filters of "cheap" and "4-5 stars". Haven't been disappointed yet...

And here it is!

The details: I used (Owl, take a breath) six colors: orange, yellow, blue, green, brick red, and hot pink. They were all rather deep, bright colors, and I wanted them in pastels, so I added TD to all of them which seems to have worked. I colored the pot pink. The other colors were poured at...

HELLO HAVANA!

I gonna make soap today, but the question is what scent do I use? Choosing the scent is the hardest part of soapmaking for me! ;-) So, I got three bottles staring at me this morning: 1) Three Wisemen - A classic favorite of frankincense, myrrh, patchouli and warm, powdery sandalwood. The...

Yup! That is really me! Of the 9,000,000 hobbies I've drifted thru in my life, there was a time when I was a pirate re-enactor. Believe it or not, there is actually a large community of pirates in the States and Canada. A lot of pirate re-enactment events take place every year in the coastal...

I was just poking fun at him/her. He/she is a rather humorous person. And, of course, his/her posts are invaluable! I could have just gone to the source and asked him/her, but I wanted to give him/her a chuckle. I am a playful kinda guy.

Now DON'T tell the Owl I'm asking this :secret:but, is the Owl a man or a woman? Something makes me want to say woman. (It seems to me I should know this by now but I am unclear.)