Lavender, lit sea and cedarwood.
What soapy thing have you done today?
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Litsea and lavender is one of my favorite blends I did this year. I'm not a lavender fan but really like it mixed with litsea.
SoapDaddy70
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Lavender/Litsea blend was the first soap I started with. Bastille style. It's also one of the cheapest blends out there. I looked at some of the blends on eocalc and it would be a small fortune to make most of those blends.
Zany_in_CO
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I agree. I have one 6-scents and one 12-scents EO blend. Luckily the 12 scent is made up with 3 basic 3-scent combos i have on hand all the time plus 3 singles. That's where Sun Pure Botanicals comes in handy. Read more in this thread:
https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/amt-of-eo-per-pound-of-oil.79573/#post-831074
@Catscankim cowgirls 
With all the Texas soapers on here, you are brave!
PS - all of those soaps look great!
With all the Texas soapers on here, you are brave!
PS - all of those soaps look great!
are you referring to Litsea and Lavender EO's? do you do a 1:1 of both ?
I’m enjoying the litsea and also the cedarwood. Both new EOs for me to play with.
SoapDaddy70
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I just used the Coral Reef yesterday. Loved how it turned out. Soft and subtle color.Omg!Happy Solstice (almost) to me!!!
I use 10% cedarwood (almost always as a bass note), 45% litsea, 45% lavender. I use essential oils.
Peachy Clean Soap
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@ Catscankim very pretty drop swirls soap's, I think your on to something 
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I have that one in the multi-cutter and it's a dream - so well made!Omg!
I love to cut one at a time because it’s my favorite part. But as I scale up, I hope to get a multi!
I don’t think my new mold will fit in the oven though!
Peachy Clean Soap
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Today I made another Soap On A Rope' Scented w/ NG Pine & Cedar FO, It may turn to a light tan as some reviews mentioned. I used TD just incase it did, next time I'll add FO to the colored part of recipe but I filled the cups to the brim. Soap got just a little to hot & started to crack I quickly uncovered it to cool it down. I think I caught it just in time.
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thanks for the info! i love essential oils always have, but for soap its so pricey to incorporate. I love coming up with eo blends for natural perfumery and lotion making and diffusing.
Catscankim
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My soapy thing....I am shrink wrapping and labeling all of my "mishappen" soaps. They are all either cut weird or too small...all perfectly good soaps. One batch is really nice, but they totally lost the smell, so I can't sell them as a particular smell, but I also can't say they are unscented either because technically they do have a FO in them. I used one in the shower for a few weeks and I can't smell on bit of scent on it.
But I DO have quite a bunch of them. They are mostly all before I got a "standard" size. Some are just plain ugly (like soap challenge fails lol). I don't know what to do with all of them. Maybe a discounted grab bag for when I decide to do a vendor event, I dunno. $1 "imperfect but perfectly good" soaps? Or donate them. Haven't decided. I'd rather try to make money from them lol. But I am running out of room and I have post-its all over the place lol. So they are all being wrapped and properly labeled and put into a box. After I move I will get a better shelving/ curing rack and system LOL. Seriously, soap is everywhere...on shelves that I intended them for, on the ironing board, in two spare bedrooms, even in drawers in the end tables in the living room. All getting wrapped and boxed for now.
Which brings me to, what do you all do with holiday soaps that you still have after the season? I don't have that many, but enough. Holiday soaps weren't that popular here. Most people went for the fruity/tropical smells.
But I DO have quite a bunch of them. They are mostly all before I got a "standard" size. Some are just plain ugly (like soap challenge fails lol). I don't know what to do with all of them. Maybe a discounted grab bag for when I decide to do a vendor event, I dunno. $1 "imperfect but perfectly good" soaps? Or donate them. Haven't decided. I'd rather try to make money from them lol. But I am running out of room and I have post-its all over the place lol. So they are all being wrapped and properly labeled and put into a box. After I move I will get a better shelving/ curing rack and system LOL. Seriously, soap is everywhere...on shelves that I intended them for, on the ironing board, in two spare bedrooms, even in drawers in the end tables in the living room. All getting wrapped and boxed for now.
Which brings me to, what do you all do with holiday soaps that you still have after the season? I don't have that many, but enough. Holiday soaps weren't that popular here. Most people went for the fruity/tropical smells.
rdc1978
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^^I plan to donate my "uglies"
I have two friends who want them. I will definitely send one friend a box of them.
As for the donation, I just have to make the effort to drive them to the shelter. But I really love the idea of someone less fortunate getting something that smells nice. I think those little luxuries are nice especially around the holidays when people can get so low.
I have two friends who want them. I will definitely send one friend a box of them.
As for the donation, I just have to make the effort to drive them to the shelter. But I really love the idea of someone less fortunate getting something that smells nice. I think those little luxuries are nice especially around the holidays when people can get so low.
Peachy Clean Soap
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I don't have an over surplus of soap after selling to a few friends & giving soap away to my Daughter as she gifts it out to her friends. I'd love to increase my soap sales but I need a website to do this' hopefully 2021 I can do this. 
What is going on with this feat of engineering? Can we get another angle or two?
@Catscankim I sell “odds and ends” which used to be odd soaps and end slices. But, over the holidays I’ve put an end slice in everyone’s order.
Today I’m going to make a couple of valentines soaps. Together with some red heart salt soaps I made 4 months ago I should be set. Trying to learn from my holiday timing mistakes and get a jump on things.
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