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Mine is brand new :) http://cafesoap.blogspot.com/

Thanks Genny. I guess I shall embrace the brown!

I just found out that there was a product called vanilla stabilizer which stops the vanilla in fragrance oils from discoloring the soap and turning it brown. I didn't know about this. Has anyone used this and what are your thoughts?

Wow, great job! Those are so pretty. I love your colors. I bet they smell great.

I've turned mine upside down or on it's side to cut it, this way the herbs don't drag through. You have to be kind of delicate though so all the herbs don't fall off or get too smashed :)

Yeah, I definitely think I used too much. I put about a teaspoon and a half in less than one pound. Oops.

Hi all. I made a cold process soap using a red mica colorant to make a swirl. I just cut it tonight and it's coming off on my hands and making prints on the white part of the soap as well. Bummer. Anyone have this experience with a mica before?

That is such an awesome color green, I hope it stays like that!

These are so cool! Will you bevel them or leave them as is? I love how they came out :)

I tried preventing gel for the first time this week. Put my batch in the refrigerator making sure it was cool even before putting it in. I agree - it wasn't ready to come out of the mold 24 hours later, but I do like the creamy texture so far. I posted a photo in the photo gallery called "Last...

Thanks Soapy. I'll post some cut photos tonight. The vanilla is making it change colors a bit, which I expected. We'll see how the color ends up.

Here is a photo of the soap I made last night. It is vanilla chai tea and smells really good :) http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/440/photo12ad.jpg/

Oooo, I think it looks really cool, kinda rustic. I know what you mean about envisioning something else though. I bet it smells wonderful!

Thanks Irishlass, I learned something new :)

Your soap is beautiful! I love the stamp as well - it suits the soap perfectly.

Wow, all of your soaps look beautiful. The banana one sounds amazing - I bet it smells great!! Great job!

Thanks Carebear! I hope you are right. I'm going to try it again done correctly this time, haha. I love the color so far - I put in some grated cucumber peel and I love the way it looks.

Ok here is the recipe: Water - I used cucumber puree in the place of the water - 19 ounces Lye - It was supposed to have 7.2 but i only had 6.2 ounces Olive Oil - 15 ounces Coconut Oil - 15 ounces Palm Oil - 14 ounces Castor Oil - 3 ounces Cocoa Butter - 3 ounces...

Thank you so much Judy - soon as I get home where my recipe is I will post it!

Well, I made a really silly mistake and I should have known better. I was making a 4-5 lb batch of cold process soap with cucumber puree. I had measured out all my oils and cucumber etc and then when i went to measure the lye I realized I was 1 oz short of the recipe. I went ahead and mixed...