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Here's a bit of an update: coconut pulp co2 is very tenacious on a fragrance strip. Over 24 hours later, and I can still smell it from inches away, very clear and present. If nothing else, it'll make terrific scent for summer products.

I'm curious as to why you want to have big pieces of seaweed in your soap?

Your third cat sounds like my Mister Kitteh. He likes to perch either on the washing machine or on top of the fridge to watch me work. Either spot gives him a good view of my main work area in the kitchen, while keeping him out of the way so I don't step on him or fuss at him. I don't (yet) have...

Sometimes it's a matter of personal preference of the person making the soap. Sometimes you need more or less water in a recipe based on the recipe. toxikon's explantion covers it pretty well. In general, the higher the lye concentration (less water used), the faster the soap will reach trace...

Oooh, I just got my order in from Fillamentum. Some absolutely gorgeous colors, pearl blue and vertigo galaxy and gold and silver. Got a print started already in vertigo grey. This place is probably going to be my go-to for most non-standard colors. Long as I order at least 9 spools, the cost...

Lemongrass has a strong green note (that mostly fades after a few days), litsea doesn't have that. Litsea is a more generic sort of citrus scent and seems a tiny bit crisper to me, where lemongrass is strongly lemon.

She may let hers sit a day or two longer, or be using salt or sodium lactate or some other agent to help it harden faster. The recipe you've got there will make a nice, hard bar of soap when it cures. My recipes are not too different from yours, and yes, mine are still kind of soft on the inside...

I need one more toilet paper roll to try that for making color columns. I've got the two I have so far all wrapped up with packing tape inside and out, so hopefully they won't get too soggy and floppy (and to keep any bits of paper out of my soap).

I've ordered from them a few times and had no problems. I don't like that for essential oils their size selection jumps straight from 2 oz to 16 oz. They also ship EOs in aluminum bottles for 16 oz orders (and I had to scramble to get amber boston rounds to transfer them to). I have noticed what...

I'd rather deal with snakes than rodents. Snakes EAT rodents, so that makes them a little ok. Though a venomous snake that decides in my house, or even too close to it, is the place to be is courting sudden death by shovel. We have two cats and a dog, so it's either a really desperate or a...

Took my shaving soap out of the molds today. Stuck it in the fridge for a few hours to firm it up enough to come out mostly intact, now it goes to the curing rack for a couple of weeks. And I'll have shaving soap for MONTHS. Stearic acid 50% Coconut oil 40% Shea butter 10% Added 15% PPO...

Mine are all over the place. Some are bars about 3/4" thick, or blocks about 2 inches to a side, and some recent slightly larger bars that are 1" thick. It depends on which mold I use, really. One batch is something like 18 bars, and every single one of them is a different size. That one...

Oooh, I haven't seen that one yet. Thank you!

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Absolutes are NOT EOs mixed with a carrier oil, absolutes are solvent extracted where EOs are usually steam distilled. Absolutes generally have a more rounded, complete scent, where EOs are generally single notes, or at least less complex. Solvent extraction yields more per kilo of blooms than...

This is a great thread to read through, it has some wonderful information and several types of recipes to try and tweak to come up with the perfect shaving soap for you. http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=34264

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Yep, she means set your container of lye water into an ice bath to help keep it cool/cool it quickly.

We all fail an occasional spot check. :mrgreen: