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Thank you so much for sharing this, bhelen! My cousin will be thrilled! I really appreciate your help :)

Ohmigod, you saved my life! I just checked it out online - I think that's the only one I didnt check - and it's waaaay cheaper than the place I usually buy from! Thank you, my fellow Canadian! I love Kelowna, by the way. I've been trying to move there since I was nineteen. I'm in Calgary. :(...

Those are lovely, commoncenz!! They have a flamenco look, very elegant. Auntie Clara's my hero. Her ghost swirls rock my world.

Thank you all so so much! I appreciate you taking the time to help me! I should correct myself, though, I ought to have written .5 oz ppo instead of 5%! Duh!! I wonder, is it possible that I've been buying crappy lye for all of this time? I can't buy lye from the hardware stores where I...

Thank you so much, soap angels! I appreciate your help!! EG, many thanks for your assistance! I'd be doing a 1:1 lye to water ratio, would you consider that a significant drop from full water? I have pretty thick wooden molds so gel always happens, even with low water and the temps up here in...

Hi all, I have two questions, I hope some soapy angel will help me!! I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on how to slow down soap (that don't include using full water). I'm making a masala chai and honey soap and I know it's going to go craaaaazy fast because I made a similar soap...

Also, white kaolin at 3 tbsp per 10 lbs of soap seems to hold my eo's for about a year, at least. Weird, but my lard soap retains eo's forever, so maybe oils have something to do with it as well?

bhelen, my cousin wants a honey soap for her babies - she remembers it from her childhood in England - and I'd love to make it for her, but I'm worried that if I use enough honey for the scent to come through, I'll have an explosion. How much do you use ppo? Do you use a darker/stronger smelling...

New Directions Aromatics in Canada has good prices. I've also heard good things about Voyageur Soap and Candle here, too.

Wyredgirl, that's super neat! It's so cool that kiwi makes an off white! I must try that. :)

SoapSwirl, I do have those! Thank you and here I go!!:)

Wyredgirl, stupid question(s), but how do you put egg protein in? And what colour does kiwi end up?

Oh, SweetBubbleTreat, those are glorious! Perfectly tropical!

Hey SweetBubbleTreat, you've given me clay envy! What does Island Breeze smell like? Is it an edible smell or a fresh-y smell? If it's a fresh-y smell, I want that, with a spin swirl with reds and pinks so it looks like ripply sand and if it's a edible smell, would you please do a high top that...

Oh dear, should I pass on this turn and wait till tonight when I have some time? I don't know soapmakingforum etiquette!!! :sad: I LOVE bay rum!!, SweetBubbleTreat, that sounds fantastic!

Thank you, lionprincess, and bear with me please... I'm a newbie. But this is AWESOME!! I'm going to think about this and come up with an idea tonight. Is that okay?

Ooooh!!! This looks fun!! May I join? Please please??!!:smile:

I just can't get with patchouli. I've tried. It reminds me too much of my grubby art school days - incense burned until my neighbours' eyes probably bled, etc., and sandalwood is the same. It smells like armpits, to me. I wish I could find a blend that doesn't make my psyche itch, I have so many...

This link is a pretty good start. http://www.lovinsoap.com/2011/07/natural-soap-colorants-gallery-spice-and-herbal-powders-at-trace/ I find if I mix my natural colourants in oil before adding them to soap batter, they're less messy and quicker to incorporate. But I might be wrong, I often...