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The supplier I get my lye from has sodium hydroxide and food grade sodium hydroxide. Has anyone else seen this?

Wow...I love your products. The colors of your natural soaps area absolutely amazing & the open jar of cream looks wonderful!

MyNaturesArt: I am so sorry for your loss of your beautiful little "Tink", I am crying now also after reading of it, (it brings back sad memories of previous pets of mine). A faithful, cuddly, furry friend becomes a major part of the family it lives with. It is always so, so hard when we lose...

Are there any steps that must be taken with the FDA and CPSD? for soap, lotion and creams? I've read with FDA the color additives must be approved and good manufacturing guidlines and labeling adhered to. I wasn't able to find a detailed list of natural color additives (other than a few) and I...

Thanks Wendy. I just placed my first order with them a few days ago. I ordered a number of items including one essential oil. I shold be getting my order within a couple of days. I'll have to try their palmarosa on my next order. Thanks again.

Rosey: My husband was throwing out an empty cd storage case the other day (they look like a mini round cake container) and I pulled it out of the trash can and said, wait, I can use that for something. I thought I would make a little soap gift with it. It could hold 2 or 3 standard bars, a...

phpworm: Where are you buying your EO's? Check online at different sites for EO. You'll be able to find much better prices then $5 - $10 for 10 ml. Check in fragrance and EO for a number of suppliers names.

Thanks twilight. I am terrible taking pictures, they are all blurry. I am going to attempt some swirls or funnels in my next batch; everyone always has such pretty soaps with those methods.

Kittywings: I think if your ingredients are listed on the back in small print it will not interfere with the elegant front of your bottle.

Wendybyrd: Where did you get your palmarosa. I bought a sample on ebay some time ago and didn't like it. I even wondered if the seller sent the wrong thing. I have since started buying my EO's from two different suppliers and love them, but I never bought palmarosa again after my previous...

Wow...that turned out really pretty. Great job for your second batch! In the picture it looks like yellow and brown, did you also use something else for the yellow, or does it just look that way in the picture? Very, very pretty.

I am sticking with one from now on. There really is "too much going on". It's just not worth it. Fortunately, these can still be used, it's just not the color I wanted for each batch.

Depending on the essential oil, an average % will be from 4 to 9%. (Use .4 ounce for strong oils - Clove, Cinnamon, Ylang Ylang. Use .7 oz for average oils. Use .9 oz for citrus oil). Your batch is 64 ounces of oil (4 pounds) & 2 tablespoons of EO = 1 oz. 64 ounces x 4% = 2.56 oz...

Great ideas...thank you!

Has anyone ever made two batches at the same time and put the wrong scents in the wrong batch? I made one green batch and one peach batch yesterday. I just unmolded them and realized I put the mint fragrance blend in the peach color soap, which is supposed to be a botanical/citrus blend...

Magia: I read this in a website today and thought you might be interested. "Do not add cornstarch to soap. Cornstarch can leave a thin film on your skin that might attract bacteria". I don't know if it is true or not as there are other sites that give recipes with cornstarch. Have you ever...

That is beautiful oatmeal soap. I love the light shade.

Welcome hunnieb. Even though I have been soapmaking for a number of months, I am still in the stage of getting information...I can't read enough books or threads regarding soapmaking, herbs and aromatherapy. I think I am addicted :D .

Welcome Kelly, if you enjoy creative cooking, you will enjoy soapmaking! Good luck to you on your first go at it.

Wow! Those are all beautiful! How did you get your purple soap that pretty purple shade? I love it! The oatmeal looks wonderful, I like how you packed the top with oatmeal & Red Sedona...is awesooooome (just like the city of Sedona).