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This is WHEN I have time to watch tv, like when I'm labeling soap. Chef's Table Parenthood Key and Peele Portlandia Workaholics Saturday Night Live (I used to have favorite "eras" of SNL then someone described it to me like baseball team: the players continually change but it's still your...

Love it! Ha ha ha!

Australian Vegetable Shortening. Is this only being done in Australia? Are they shortening the vegetables in order to concentrate the nutrients? Are vegetables just way too long in Australia? I have so many questions!

I'm in Seattle too and I have trouble with weepy salt bars when the weather isn't dry. My packaging is paper, so sometimes I have to repackage when it's really bad. A few times at my market this winter, all my other bars stayed dry but my salt bars were attracting the moisture from the air all day!

I'm a bucket hoarder and a box hoarder. I've always hoarded boxes, but after I started selling soap, it got worse! I know exactly how many wrapped batches will fit in certain boxes and I have certain boxes I like best.

Ok, that must be why. Thanks, DeeAnna! I'm going to have to look more into that. I often have trouble finding out what type of cedarwood an EO is because it's not always listed. But you're going to get very different scents from each type. I'm sure I could email the companies, but I'm too lazy.

Cedarwood can also smell a lot like vanilla and is cheaper than vanilla. There's cedarwood that smells like cedar wood (particularly Texas cedarwood, at least in my experience), but then there's the type with vanilla notes. You'll probably have to read descriptions before you buy. I was using...

I'm finding bits and pieces of my soaping habits in all of your posts! I'm definitely a scraper (but not compulsively so). I've used the same Pyrex measuring container for my lye mixture for six years. I have to make sure my kitchen is clean before I start measuring out oils and other...

I love it! That's the best soap dish ever!

I finally made a batch of soap after being worried that I had come down with a case of "soap gremlins". But everything turned out lovely.

I second everyone else! They're gorgeous, clean, and classy. Nice work!

That's too bad, but at least you have the picture for April Fool's Day.

I think that's hilarious! And even funnier if you have it available to buy and people buy it!!!

Sounds about right for my process too! Monday, I was planning on making a batch but managed to only wash the previous soap dishes (from a week ago) and wash my molds.

Oooh...very pretty! Looks like flames and paisley.

I love Instagram too! It's almost as bad/good as Pinterest when it comes to following rabbit trails and hashtag trails. My soapy Instagram is @sageonthemountain.

That's good to know, TBandCW! I haven't really been successful with unscented soaps in the past, but this one would've had more going on (salt, color, etc) than my purposely unscented soaps in the past.

Made a double batch of salt bars and forgot my essential oils! First time for everything, right? Fortunately, I was able to pour them out of the molds, add the EOs, and get them back in the mold with no problem. I poured a little early to begin with, so all was good. Whew!

They look great, handavaka!

I think punctuation also plays into it. I (over)use the word "nice" a lot, but when I really like a soap I'll say "nice!then also add more complementary dialogue. I like EG's idea to start referring to soaps as handsome. We could get very creative with our adjectives..."That's a debonair bar...