I do something similar. I use an elastic band to hold the pipette to each EO and FO bottle.
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I do something similar. I use an elastic band to hold the pipette to each EO and FO bottle.
What a fantastic idea, and thank you so much for sharing it!I don't know if this is ideal for your setup, but I've taken to taping a pipette to each of my EO bottles like the way WD40 used to tape the little straw to the side of the can.
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My soaping thing was yesterday, but I'm so pleased I found this-a Little Dipper Crock Pot. Thrift stores for the win, only $4. So dang happy. Thanks to @TheGecko for showing me the way.
And good score on the Little Dipper. I've been on the hunt for one of those for about two years now!
It turned out better than I had expected. Turns out plopping the accelerated strawberry batter into the fluid lime batter made for a really lovely batch of soap! I’ve been sf’ing at 2% for a few reasons, one of which is that unmolding and cutting is cleaner. Cleaning tools and bowls is easier because there is less oiliness to degrease.
I’m soooo pleased with this. Used the margarita mix and the high sugar content will add, I expect, nice bubbles. Threw a tablespoon of coffee grounds into the pink batter to mimic strawberry seeds. It smells sweet and juicy and zesty and...just...yumm!
Think I’ll celebrate tonight by making myself a REAL margarita.
I’m soooo pleased with this. Used the margarita mix and the high sugar content will add, I expect, nice bubbles. Threw a tablespoon of coffee grounds into the pink batter to mimic strawberry seeds. It smells sweet and juicy and zesty and...just...yumm!
Think I’ll celebrate tonight by making myself a REAL margarita.
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Looks delicious! Makes me want a frozen daiquiri...It turned out better than I had expected. Turns out plopping the accelerated strawberry batter into the fluid lime batter made for a really lovely batch of soap! I’ve been sf’ing at 2% for a few reasons, one of which is that unmolding and cutting is cleaner. Cleaning tools and bowls is easier because there is less oiliness to degrease.
I’m soooo pleased with this. Used the margarita mix and the high sugar content will add, I expect, nice bubbles. Threw a tablespoon of coffee grounds into the pink batter to mimic strawberry seeds. It smells sweet and juicy and zesty and...just...yumm!
Think I’ll celebrate tonight by making myself a REAL margarita.View attachment 56674
(I'm a rum girl, tequila and I don't get along...)
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Today I finished my first "batch" of rendered beef tallow, cleaned of impurities, rinsed several times, molten again, allowed to harden again and un-potted.
Sheer beauty (in my soapmaker's eyes)!
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Salud!!It turned out better than I had expected. Turns out plopping the accelerated strawberry batter into the fluid lime batter made for a really lovely batch of soap! I’ve been sf’ing at 2% for a few reasons, one of which is that unmolding and cutting is cleaner. Cleaning tools and bowls is easier because there is less oiliness to degrease.
I’m soooo pleased with this. Used the margarita mix and the high sugar content will add, I expect, nice bubbles. Threw a tablespoon of coffee grounds into the pink batter to mimic strawberry seeds. It smells sweet and juicy and zesty and...just...yumm!
Think I’ll celebrate tonight by making myself a REAL margarita.View attachment 56674
I do see a lobster in the one on the right tho'. Just sayin'. *Runs away*
ETA: Oh, oh, I unmolded my oatmeal and oatmilk (and flaxseed @Mobjack Bay) soap this morning:
Yesterday's adventures in soap land.
Not soapy? But related I suppose.
I refilled 50ml bottles of my most used EOs from 500ml bottles and did stocktake of all my EOs. I relabelled EO blends using posca pens, I colour code my blends into notes, then alphabetically. I'm quite low on EOs (low levels not type) as trying to hold off purchasing more until June (EOFY). I also made up 15ml bottles of EO blends for upcoming market.
In the afternoon, I continued with experimenting with a moisturiser for a client who has really dry skin on legs, contact dermatitis on her upper arms and neck but has extremely oily (& itchy) back. I've been working with her for a while and had luck with facial oil, but her derm issues were not settling, so working with her naturopath she's been on a vitamin regiment for about five weeks now. She often has stress breakouts and facial oil seems to work well. Now, just have to test this moisturising lotion and see how she goes. I like it, it's unscented except for carrier oils, so it's kinda sweet but fresh. There's the slightest earthy smell.
Today, I need to continue researching pH meters (mine's stuffed) and to research the take back recycle system as well as look for some new packaging for deodorant. I'm thinking those cardboard push ups even though they are single use items. I'm thinking they'll be biodegradable/compostable.
Also hoping to make a batch each of orange chai & vanilla chai soap.
Not soapy? But related I suppose.
I refilled 50ml bottles of my most used EOs from 500ml bottles and did stocktake of all my EOs. I relabelled EO blends using posca pens, I colour code my blends into notes, then alphabetically. I'm quite low on EOs (low levels not type) as trying to hold off purchasing more until June (EOFY). I also made up 15ml bottles of EO blends for upcoming market.
In the afternoon, I continued with experimenting with a moisturiser for a client who has really dry skin on legs, contact dermatitis on her upper arms and neck but has extremely oily (& itchy) back. I've been working with her for a while and had luck with facial oil, but her derm issues were not settling, so working with her naturopath she's been on a vitamin regiment for about five weeks now. She often has stress breakouts and facial oil seems to work well. Now, just have to test this moisturising lotion and see how she goes. I like it, it's unscented except for carrier oils, so it's kinda sweet but fresh. There's the slightest earthy smell.
Today, I need to continue researching pH meters (mine's stuffed) and to research the take back recycle system as well as look for some new packaging for deodorant. I'm thinking those cardboard push ups even though they are single use items. I'm thinking they'll be biodegradable/compostable.
Also hoping to make a batch each of orange chai & vanilla chai soap.
I thought the soap on the left showed a set of abstract hands, holding a ball of light. The soap on the right, well, the main figure is a kitty or a pikachu, and above it in the left corner of that soap was the hind end of a cow. I'm sure that says something about my mental health, but please don't judge me.
I know you like soap with more colors and fragrance, but this is beautiful. Daddy likes his swirls and colors too -- but there is a simple elegance in monochrome simplicity. Nice job.
@The_Phoenix -- first glance I saw Pikachu -- second glance was a lobster. Good job on the design and the color choices!
So, clearly, since you're done with organizing your home, you must have time to organize my soapy workshop! Alphabetize??!! I'm lucky if I remember to order replacement essential oils. My usual is in the middle of soaping, discovering that I am out of certain essential oils and colorants, having to remove gloves and Google usage rates and hope that I still have emulsion while I research. Hey!! Who put an empty bottle back on the shelf!! Who would do that?!
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I thought the soap on the left showed a set of abstract hands, holding a ball of light. The soap on the right, well, the main figure is a kitty or a pikachu, and above it in the left corner of that soap was the hind end of a cow. I'm sure that says something about my mental health, but please don't judge me.
I definitely see the hind end of the cow. But I see some sort of monster biting it. Lol
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@AliOop , @Jersey Girl , @KiwiMoose I saw nothing but lovely soap with lovely swirls from an admirable and creative method. Now...I can't just see the swirls for the lobsters, cows and pikachus. Y'all need to stop. 
I saw nothing but lovely soap with lovely swirls from an admirable and creative method. Now...I can't just see the swirls for the lobsters, cows and pikachus. Y'all need to stop.
I spent the better part of yesterday searching for a bottle of orange EO that Roger had 'tidied up'. I found it today (after the soap was made with litsea EO instead) UNDER the sink next to the dishwasher tablets!!! Who does that?
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Oh I wish I was organised. But I'm not. My house looks like a cyclone hit. Only reason my EOs are organised is because aromatherapy is one obsession and they are used daily.
I have a couple of dedicated soap cupboards they are as messy as my life.
Also so far today, I've done a lot of procrastinating and not a lot of work. Desperate to find new ethical/biodegradable packaging and keep going down the wrong rabbit hole.
LMAO
I am glad I'm not alone. Usually not EOs but my vapes. I'm constantly losing them. I wish they had built in alarm/location. I mean whenever I lose my phone, I just tell the Google lady to find it. I need this for my vapes, pens, hearing aides, everything.
Yes, I meant to do that. It's a DANCING lobstah. Very post-modern artistic soap ala crustacean.
The top of your soap looks like fossils. How did you do that??
If I squint..................................................................yes, I see it.I thought the soap on the left showed a set of abstract hands, holding a ball of light. The soap on the right, well, the main figure is a kitty or a pikachu, and above it in the left corner of that soap was the hind end of a cow. I'm sure that says something about my mental health, but please don't judge me.
I also see, in the soap on the left, a couple lying on a blanket snuggling and drinking wine, catching up on their day.
It was a comedic maneuvering when I made this. Literally, those pink blobs were actual blobs. I did attempt to hanger swirl them to integrate the masses of blobs into the green, but....well let's just say my ghetto makeshift hanger (a bent hanger wrapped with black electrical tape) was no match for those beefy blobs. It was more like smash them with the hanger and hope they didn't come out looking like lobstahs and Pikachu......
There are no mistakes. Only happy accidents. And crustaceans.
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