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I thought about this for the next batch - with these I was way too late by the time the thought came up! lol

I'm making some body powders for Christmas gifts, and I'm looking for containers. I wanted to get something that would have the fuzzy puff and then a container it and the powder fits in (or at this point even separate as long as they fit). I could also do a shaker container if that's all I can...

Really?!?!?! I did not know this! Thanks!

I'm not thrilled with it, but right now I have to stop spending so much on my soaping hobby. It isn't terrible, but I'm going to keep playing with it.

I bought a silicon shot "glass" baking mold from Michael's and poured clear M&P with Peppermint EO in the mold. Once it came out, I mixed up a little more M&P, added peppermint EO and some cocoa powder, and poured into the "glass." Then I whipped regular M&P with a little liquid castille soap...

So I saw these shot glass silicone molds and decided they needed to become soap. Here's the first experiment. Not thrilled with the "chocolate" portion, and I need to fix a few things (bubbles, piping, etc), but not too bad for the two testers! They're Peppermint Hot Chocolate soap shots -...

Thanks! I'm trying to get better at the pics. :)

I did! And I changed the scent to Nature Garden's Christmas Cabin (which is AWESOME). Here's a pic. Its a bit hard to see the sparkle, but they look SO much better with it!

Makes sense. I just won't worry about it then! :)

Thanks! I've thrown out the book's recipe, and done some research. I'm planning to use 80% CO, 10% Shea and 10% Castor with 100% Coconut Milk. I did it in soap calc at a 13% SF. The salt is the only part I'm debating. I set it up for 50% salt so that when everything was mixed it would fit a...

No, it just listed it as "1 pound recipe of cold process soap" rather than providing a recipe. - The directions have you mixing up the CP soap as normal, and then adding in the salt. No rebatching, that's why it seemed weird to me.

Thanks! I thought that seemed really wrong, but I hadn't made a salt bar before, so I wanted to double check before I screwed something up really bad! I'll hunt that recipe down - thanks!

Ok. Thanks! I've only ever dealt with hard water or in the middle, never soft, so I wasn't sure what to make of it.

Okay. I want to try making salt bars this weekend. I have a recipe, but I'm questioning part of the directions. Those of you who've made these, is the cure time right? It is for a 2# loaf, which I figured would work since I haven't made them before. Small is good. Recipe (from Everything...

Is there something I should change in my recipes, or is it just a fact of life when you have that kind of water?

I'm waiting on a supply order, and planning to make a sugar scrub bar with some M&P tonight while I plot for the next round of CP (When the supplies come). And I have convinced my husband to let me have most of the tiny garage (he gets the shed) for my soaping activities. He's building me (or...

I've been testing some of the soaps I've made, and I've been really happy thus far. BUT, I took a bar to work. It seemed slippery, and hard to get it all off. So I thought maybe an additive I put in the bar (Its CP) was to blame, even though the other half of the batch worked beauitfully at...

No, its just Sky. The description of the scent says: "blend of fresh violet blooms, sparkling bergamot, and pink pepper, floating on a clouds of whipped lily petals and sheer sandalwood." So if anyone can think of something that would compare, I'm all ears!

Thanks! You guys have given me a lot of great info - I've printed out the thread and made notes to go and check things out. Hopefully I'll find something that will work! :)

Okay. to go back through ft Monkey's blog and back to the drawing board! :)