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I decided to give salt bars a shot :D I am so happy with the way they came out! Scented with Lime Margarita FO from CG, colored with Wreath Green Labcolor. I preheated my oven to 170, put the poured soap in, and turned it off. It was still warm and soft enough to cut when I took it out 2...

Thanks :) It seems to be firming up pretty quickly. I love the faint scent it has...it really reminds me of banana bread, or some other sweet bread baking.

Thank you! :D

Very nice swirls!

Disney is known to come down extremely hard on anyone who is infringing on any of their trademarks. They make a large portion of their money from royalties for licensing their intellectual property to other companies. They're not about to allow someone to use any of their IP without charging...

So, my first batch of castile soap was a bust (see http://www.soapmakingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25092). Using what I learned from that failure, I took another shot at it. Success! Here is my castile soap, 100% olive pomace infused with chamomile and calendula petals...

Thank you for replying :) What about Labcolors? I know that those will bleed in M&P...will they also bleed in CP? Does anyone have any photos of CP soap where the color has bled? I would love to see them if you do!

Thanks :) The darker shade is a mix of ultramarine pink and burgundy oxide. The lighter veins within the red are probably due to mixing the colors in glycerin.

Thank you! I brought one of the bars to work with me to cure on my desk, and I have to smell it every 5 minutes! I absolutely love the Raspberry Lemonade FO from WSP.

Do colorants bleed as readily in CP soap as they do in MP? The impression I had was that they would...but I see many people making multicolored swirls with Labcolors. Will these beautiful swirls eventually start bleeding into each other? Or does the cold process change something so that they...

Cut pics: I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out. I had a little accident on the way to the curing rack, though, so a few of the bars are a bit dented! :shock:

Thanks! I checked on it this morning, and it had gelled...the colors look sort of muddy now :( Hopefully it will look better when I cut it!

I did my first CP swirl tonight :D I used a recipe with olive pomace, castor, palm, coconut, and avocado...colored it yellow and pinkish red, and used Raspberry Lemonade FO from WSP. On Saturday night, I made this wine glass with M&P, scented with Berry Wine FO from BB. It was a gift for...

Hello fellow Long Islander :) I lived there all my life until I moved to Wisconsin a couple years ago. Oh the blue soaps are GORGEOUS! I also love the vivid red you got with the apple/cinnamon.

I don't know where you can get seeds, but I just wanted to say: Before I started reading these forums, I thought they were from the ocean too! :lol:

Your first batch looks fabulous!! Great job :D

It's just a thin layer of oil...the soap below is firm (not liquid), but not hard enough to unmold yet. It looks mottled white and yellow. It smells oddly like banana bread. :?:

I think it separated in the mold :( I checked on it yesterday, and there was a layer of oil sitting on the top, and the rest of the soap looks very mottled. I'm going to leave it alone for a few weeks to see what it does, but I may end up having to toss it. I'll try again in a few weeks...

Whew! I feel a lot better now, knowing that it may not be totally ruined. Thank you for the advice! Next time I will definitely use less water. In the meantime, I'll just leave it alone and hope that it will turn out ok eventually. When I checked it this morning, it's still VERY soft, but it's...

Last night, I made my first Castile soap...100% olive pomace, infused with chamomile and calendula. I used full water, and soaped at around 95 degrees (too cool?). I stirred...and stirred...and stirred...I used my stick blender for so long that I was afraid the motor would burn out. No trace...