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I also did a thieves soap today. Cinnamon Swirly Soap, IPA Beer Soap, and a Rosehip Soap.

Today I am soaping. Off to replenish my olive oil, my mother picked up coconut oil for me so I'm well well stocked with that. But I need some olive oil. My order came in now just waiting for packaging from a different supplier so that I can do body butter and lotion bars. But today is soap...

I believe that I hot processed mine too long when I did it. Because it came out smelling oily. Almost..... Well not very good. Even when I scented it. So I've stuck away from hp. Maybe I cooked too long, or soaped too hot. This was a few years back and I haven't hp since.

Cracked a couple beer last night for a batch of beer soap. (This beer smells like grapefruit!! Hubby who isn't a beer drinker, bought a six pack of these crafted IPA's - because he thought he might like an IPA - and it tastes horredous. All is not lost, I can soap them...) But really... I'm...

I'm with you.... but hey.... soaping unicorns do exist... don't they?

This is why I don't wrap in plastic. I purchased some CP soap from another soaper, and they had been wrapped in plastic. They looked great. But a few months later, it was like oil was seeping from the bars. They got yellowish, and felt sticky... BUT. Lots of soapers use plastic with no...

Oh. My. God. GORGEOUS.

As a consumer - I totally agree!!! Bad spelling is another thing that irks me. It's not fair - but a lot of people are like that. If I see mismatched things, I think "Really, you couldn't just move that over a bit? What else did you just accept as is?" And when I see Comic Sans, I...

I also purchase small quantities - because I have found for SURE that potency declines with some oils, while not with others. (Though that was EO's). I think it's possible for that to happen with FO too though - however if you just purchased these, I'd call NDA and let them know. Like, my...

Awh, so very sorry about your Dad :( I hope you're holding up okay. I think you'll have enough time to get your soaps cured for Christmas. And I don't see why a water discount wouldn't help you harden them faster - I always soap with a water discount. And kudos to you for soaping during this...

When I first joined Pinterest - you had to be invited. Communists.... And you had to use Twitter or Facebook to long in. SpaceInvaders. So I signed up for a twitter account that I don't even use, just to join Pinterest. Imagine my disappointment (for my own self, of course) when I saw the...

I believe the detergents in commercial shampoos to be the culprit there! I make a shampoo bar - and my girlfriend who dyes her hair red LOVES it, because she finds that the colour lasts longer, she loses less hair, and it keeps her red vibrant longer. (A Beer shampoo bar WILL strip colour...

If there's one clay I buy in large quantities - it's White Kaolin. I find that it makes my bars pretty white. And Kaolin is a universal clay for me, because I use it for masks too, and in a cleanser that I make for myself. (Hubby won't admit it, but he loves our at-home-spa days). I pour a...

I generally use around 16%, with a SF of 5. Except Salt Soaps...The last salt soap I did was 100%, with the same SF of 5.

Thank you Hazel! I do love to write, and working on a blog... :). Little bit here and there.

(Stepping on a) LEGO.

Thank you! I am very very happy with the way this lotion turned out! Now...I'll see how long it lasts! I'll probably burn through it before it can go bad - even though I used a preservative (I'm still new to the whole preservative thing, so this is all new to me).

Made a test batch of Coconut Milk Facial Lotion... Formulating a belly butter for my ever-growing tummy. So far no stretch marks, and when one jar runs out - I make a new one. And after 4 weeks of not making any soap - hey, a move is hard on a pregnant lady! - I made some soap - well...

Pirates.

Maybe they only have 6 week long-term-memory spans.... I swear, they hear you when you talk to them. They know what you're saying. And for a while we can co-exist peacefully. Then all of a sudden, one day, it's like they forgot the heart to heart.