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Hmmm... I love roobios tea. I've made Peppermint and Green Tea soaps now, both I left the leaves in as an exfoliant.

Dagmar, that is so funny. Just when I was looking at your picture (eating the plastic), Anze was doing the same thing. Aw, she thinks she's a dog. Chay, I see vet bills in your future. Big ones. Tasha, that is so neurotic of him but so cute.

We, that is my roommate and I, have four cats all together. Folly, who is 1 1/2 yrs and a moron. Puck who is 4 and mommy to the other cats. Mikol who is 5 and scared of her own shadow, and Anze who 1 1/2 is psychotic and annoying as all hell. Before Folly was neutered, he and Anze were the...

I put 1-2 tablespoons ppo for sugar, haven't used salt other than in a salt bar.

I discovered the culprit of numerous thefts throughout my house (and items placed in shoes) Folly, my polydactyl cat was caught red mouthed as he ran off with the lid to my soap dye. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the dang thing after he ran off. Next thing I know, he's gone off with the lid to...

It's definitely still useable, I still use one of my first, ugly and overcooked, but certainly useable batches. And I mean it is ugly, it looks like craters on the moon.

It sounds like you overcooked it. If you want to save it, you can grate it up and rebatch with some water, or you can scrap it all together. Once the entire mixture looks like vaseline or apple sauce it is important to keep a close watch on it and ideally stir until it isn't quite as shiny...

Thank you. I'm working on different colourants. I think I'm officially in love with liquid concentrates.

Exactly. The cooking process will bring the soap to trace on it's own so it is an unnecessary step. I whisk it by hand just to avoid separation.

It sounds like you are stirring far too often. When I make a batch, I melt my hard oils first, and then add them to my crockpot and liquid oils. Then I mix the lye, and then add the lye water to my oils, and then stir. I don't stir much, just enough so everything seems blended. Reaching trace is...

I haven't posted any pictures in a while, mostly for lack of a servicable camera. So I borrowed my parents' camera and backyard and have been working on cleared soap pictures. Sprice Route Puck's Garden Pacifica (salt bar) Sea to Sky (also called the I forgot the...

I've never used honey but I have used chocolate (sweentened, white chocolate and baker's dark chocolate) and the soap reacted exactly as my sugar or sodium lactacte batches so I wouldn't be surprised if honey had a smiliar effect. Except in cp I have read that honey often overheats.

I think I'm going to convince her to let me use a different oil, it's not like I don't have enough variety as is. Haven't heard anything yet that tells me it's irreplaceable and I care about my comfort, ha.

I didn't use espresso, I used Tim Horton's dark roast as my liquid, but then again, I don't drink express ever drink espresso so I don't have it on hand.

Soap making in and of itself is not the cheapest thing in the world, moreover it takes time and lots and lots of soaping before you are going to make a sellable product. It is not realistic to be thinking about a business when you haven't actually even made a batch of soap.

That's why I don't understand the other fellows attitude. The scheduler has power over knowing but our schedules, she didn't decide to lay off anyone but at least for the first time we have someone in management that wants to help make our jobs more suited to us. I may not like my job, but I...

I get a rash from hemp fabric and I get a migarine from marijuana and hemp incense. It's my worst allergy, thankfully isn't about to kill me but it does ruin my day.

Points to you for as well! The 2 tablespoon ppo is for my hotpress, it work perfectly in my soap but I would be cautious to use that much in cold press is you are already having success with 1 tsp. 2 tsp ought to be good.

I use a tablespoon ppo. Whether you hp or cp will dictate when you need to dissolve it in your water before you add lye, or just during the cook. All I know is that it is worth its weight in gold.

I'm with you 100% sugar is a miracle additive.