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What a great idea! I will be honest, I only have a large jerky gun with the hand trigger, so I had to look up a Makin's clay extruder to follow what you were saying. So your little one looks like this? If so, it seems like using the drill with your attachment would be a great help. The larger...

Just beautiful, @Vicki C!

I like it, too, along with the rest of the beautiful creations. Thanks for sharing that loveliness with us today, @basti! PS - we did the big dinner at noon, so I just finished putting away food, doing dishes, and cleaning up the kitchen. Time to do some Christmas shopping from the comfort of...

I thought it might be. The last time I checked their calculator, it doesn't give percentages that are specific to each EO - just a general recommendation, which I find to be quite irresponsible on their part. Their actual product listing for clove leaf EO says to use at 1% max in soap...

More than one online fragrance calculator gives a generic percentage for all fragrance types - just like all the soap calculators default to a "suggested" percentage. It sounds like you might have used one of those? Either way, contacting the company to inform them of this problem sounds wise...

I also should be getting our Thanksgiving table set up, instead of ogling your soap art, but wow, so fantastic!! 🤩🤩

No worries, I appreciate the clarification, as I don't want to mislead anyone. All good here. :)

I'm sorry if I was unclear, or sounded derogatory in any way... I meant all of that as a sincere compliment about how much she has achieved, and how long she's been doing this. She does have lots of different sponsors who donate prizes - but you are right, it is only one sponsor each month...

My thoughts exactly. The extra prize categories make sense for Amy Warden because she lots of sponsors, donated prizes, and paid help based on entry fees -- not to mention 500+ entries. I'd love to see SMF get to that point someday, but for the time being, your hostesses are volunteers, and some...

I was pretty sure those brown wet spots were honey, molasses, or syrup. We have some good threads here that you can read to learn how to incorporate it completely into your soap, and not end up with spots. As an aside, hopefully you checked the safe usage rate on clove EO. As a known skin...

I agree with DeeAnna's response, just above your post, where she said:

I agree with Relle. Also, yes, you should probably use a super fine grind. Even then, it will be quite scrubby, which makes it a wonderful additive for gardener's soap or mechanic's soap.

Hello @AliBx from another Ali :) So, how do you know for a fact that the liquid is alkaline? Did you test it, and if so, how? To me those spots look like they cold be undissolved honey, unmixed FO/EO, or any number of things. We can definitely troubleshoot with you if you want to provide your...

That's very interesting that it smells sweet. Is it just sandalwood, or does it have other scents mixed in? Zing is correct about frankincense EO being much more affordable than sandalwood EO - appreciate the clarification on that. Whether EO or FO, the smell of frankincense can range anywhere...

I just checked the video, and that was the temperature of her oils. However, she mentioned that her lye solution was still "warm to hot." It appears that the only thing she did after making the lye solution was to heat the oils, and then got straight to mixing the two. That means the lye...

Are you (or they) open to using FOs instead of EOs? Here is a five-star rated FO from WSP that has both of those scents (plus a few more). If you don't want the additional notes in this blend, you can also buy just frankincense and just sandalwood FOs, and mix them together yourself. I have and...

That's awesome! Looking forward to hearing how it goes for you. :)

It doesn't appear to fix that completely in this recipe, at least, not for me. There's always white stuff at the bottom of the bottle, and often a thin layer on top, too. That only happens to me when I've thickened the LS with stearic acid, so I'm pretty sure it's separating out somehow.

Very good point! You mentioned in another post that there is also some separation that tends to occur over time. I've definitely seen that, as well. It doesn't bother me that much, but I do prefer to make LS that doesn't need to be shaken up every few days.

Are you talking about the Creamy Cocoa-Shea recipe? If so, it is a wonderful recipe, but I wouldn't make it as-is for a foam dispenser. I do make the original version for my SIL, who calls it "body wash" and says it works well to eliminate his post-shower itchy skin. However, when I make it for...