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and here i though that castille was 100% OO, and high percentage olive oil with small percentage of anything else was marseille.

yeah, both fedex and ups do that same thing... i had a UPS package say it was sitting in the sorting facility for 4 days, and it was delivered on the fourth day without indication that it left the warehouse.

what exactly is a tank?

i get slight moisture on the outside of my bars too (right after unmolding) ... i think the reason could be a number of things, but for me it always gets sucked back into the soap the first day after unmolding so i dont really worry about it much.

if you dont want to use them, then dont! just count yourself lucky that you didnt pay full price for them. chances are good that she didnt use anything toxic to make them, and that they were possibly just the last bars she had left of a certain scent (or unscented). but i do think that...

i dont think crayons are a good thing to use to colour your M&P...

the amount of FO needed per pound depends on the FO. most companies will give you a max % you should use per pound (on their website, if you ordered from one) as for the apricot, not too sure. teaspoon per pound sounds right, BUT i dont usually do M&P so someone else knows better than i do...

Majestic Mountain Sage

im lucky enough to be able to buy from BBs retail store, since i live only an hour or so away and have to drive through to visit my mom. there are two things i dont like about BB, and they are- 1) ive been buying alot of their smallest size FOs, just to try out new ones, and when looking...

Color Index by Jim Krause while it may not seem that useful to some of you, i find it irreplaceable when im tryin to find inspiration for.... pretty much anything. i love colour =]

im not a web designer, but i am a graphic designer... i just saw your other post about the website, and linked a good book to check out. i use it for inspiration for soap color schemes (among other things, like my job! LOL) ill go find the link and relink it here too.

a good piece of 'equipment' when working with colour.. and i mean for anything... is a book such as Color Index by Jim Krause browsing through it even gives me ideas for colour/scent combos for soaps.

unless its a dried herb? seems like fresh herbs wouldnt do very well in that heat

i assume hot process would be best since youd be adding them after saponification.

ty tasha =]

is this the same for FOs or do they hold up?

oh no, glad you are ok raha! question though- i use glass container to mix the small batch lye water, but the size is only about ... 6-8 oz of lye water in a 4 cup pyrex measuring cup. is it really THAT unsafe? the only plastic lye container i have is like 100 oz. far too big for those tiny...

some fragrances need an anchor so they dont disappear over time, and i think citrus is one of the big ones.

ive never made a batch of lye water big enough to really be noticeably bad smelling, but i do make soap with black tea and i believe that your magnetic stirrer would be a godsend for it. tea + lye = worst smell EVER :shock: how big of a batch of lye water can you make with your stirrer...

well that is very good to know, thanks for the info!