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Hah, good point. I should've thought of that myself. I use a bottle with a threaded screw top so that should be good. (I saw earlene's comment in the what soapy thing have you done today thread about using the Essential Depot lye containers (when emptied!) to store lye solution and I like that...

Just bought 16lbs of lye! The most I've ever purchased but EssentialDepot has a good deal on it ($23 w the green club membership which I figured was worth it for at least this month). Now to wait. I guess I'm making melt and pour for a while. 🤣

Thanks @earlene! Those are all really good things to remember. I've written down the amount of water and lye in my recipe notes, and I know the weight of the container (and it's written down in two places! lol) so I think it will work out! Thanks for mentioning to double check the weight of...

I went to pre-mix lye solution for soap I wanna make later this week, and realized I didn't have enough lye. (I DO have an inventory system w SM3. I should probably check it. But it doesn't tell you that you don't have enough if you're just creating a recipe and not "making" it, but anyway)...

Sometimes it's the little things. I'm happy and tentatively excited that after years of battling hormone imbalances (that impacted/effected my other chronic illnesses, including fatigue)and despite the stress ball that 2020 has been, I finally seem to be coming around to having normal energy...

Yup! And this is gonna be the one I enter, b/c I don't feel like doing a marble again any time soon! XD (I will more than likely change my mind about this throughout the month but I DO have other soaps I want to make first)

So, I found this thread bc I too am in Florida and am having trouble with ash even before the cut. I thought it was bc i wasnt covering tight enough and peeking (heh) but I covered this, wrapped it up and left it alone for 24 hours and it is asssshhhyyyy. That's supposed to be all black/dark...

@Dawni is that you??? Stunning eyes. 😍 Making a neon "halloween" swirl soap today. Black, orange, green, purple. Also steadfastly NOT opening, peeking at or otherwise bothering yesterday's soap (I'm really bad about looking at soap/peeking and unmolding too early and it's given me some ash...

Wait...so...they're.... POOP O LANTERNS??? 😆🤣😂😂😂 I'll let myself out ;)

nope nope nope! I

I know this is a month later, but YESSSSS!! I was SO frustrated and confused for months over how ppl used "water discount". I was always wondering "discount from WHAT?"but no one else is the thread/conversations/posts seemed to be asking that so I assumed it was always from "full water" which...

I finally made my marble soap! Annnnnd...friends, I think it was a disaster. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 I'm not even upset. There were a lot of "firsts" for me with that batch so it's fine. I just think it's funny. Even if it doesn't look great it'll smell good. Me: spends days and weeks painstakingly getting...

I can imagine gel might be bad when using FO's that accelerate/overheat maybe? Would it contribute to cracking?

Tasha that's just beautiful all around.

I JUST remembered that I stuck the Black white batch (although it was covered) in the garage . I live in Florida. The humidity is unreal and i've since stopped doing that (for a while it was the only place i knew kitties wouldn't get into it. I've re-arranged things to make space for soap loaves...

Funny you mention that. I made the decision last week to melt down the bucket in a big pot and ladle into freezer bags and just pull out a bag as needed. Glad to see you've done this successfully. I was worried about microwaving the ziplock. The weird thing is...I didn't use any other water...

I think you need to copy the list above and make a reply adding your name to it, and the next number. :)

I've found that recipe (recently) and that's when I *started* to get the looks i wanted, but i'm still running into things like weird white spots(not lye, but stearic, ash or undissolved TD), discoloration from FOs, and minor things like that. But I can say I've learned from each batch and each...

I NEEDED TO HEAR THIS. Seriously. I've been pretty down on myself lately because none of my soaps so far have turned out the way I saw them in my head. But I'm still learning and this forum has been a great help. And that is a beautiful soap!! 😍 🤩

1. Catscankim have been wanting to try this technique 2. Primrose - love this style! Hopefully, I don't lose my marbles trying to achieve it ... 3. Arimara - I may fail but at least I'm experienced with this brand of fail. XD 4. Elizevh - Oooh, So Pretty. I can't wait to try this out. 5. dibbles...