I like it now but will be disappointed if it fades to much. If in fact it isn't very good in CP, I will leave a review on the website so others don't purchase it.
What soapy thing have you done today?
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AliensrReal
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It fades a considerable amount. I can still lightly smell it after cure, so I consider that a win in my book for a citrus fragrance.I like it now but will be disappointed if it fades too much. If in fact it isn't very good in CP, I will leave a review on the website so others don't purchase it.
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@AliensrReal is this just a natural part of CP soapmaking? Most "citrus" FO's fade or all FO's fade? I did add 98 grams in a 1,594g batch of soap.
@AliensrReal, how does the lime kicker stick?
AliensrReal
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Unfortunately, citrus and peach scents tend to just fade. I’ve found some that don’t and will stick well. I’ve been buying a lot of peach and citrus scents lately so I can review them.
It sticks so dang well. No fading and no R/A/D. I love it so much. It smells okay in the bottle, but blooms in soap. It’s tart, tangy and a little zesty with a hint of sweetness. It’s my absolute favorite lime FO. I like it more than lime EO. I will be buying a bigger bottle as I want to mix it with other scents, but I do love it on its own.
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That sounds really good. am putting a big bottle in the WSP cart for the next FO sale, thank you!
AliensrReal
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Welcome! Everyone who has smelled a bar wants one. I was really surprised how they came out. I wasn’t too impressed with it in the bottle.
Now I have two lemon scents curing and I’m hoping they both stick. Bright yellow soap is RE Lemon Slices and the paw soaps are RE Lemon Verbena. Lemon Slices really bloomed in the soap. It’s a beautiful lemon scent and if it sticks I’ll use it as a lemonade scent because it smells just like a lemon or very close to it.
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RE Lemon Verbena sticks well. I just checked on a bar that I made about six months ago and it is holding fine. It is not an in-your-face kind of stickiness, but very pleasant, I love the green edge the verbena gives it.
I, ahem, ... made soap! Seriously, it had been awhile. A friend called today and asked for 39 bars of soap to pass out as Easter gifts to her neighbors (I gave her 40 bc 39 is just too weird). My curing shelves are now empty except 4 regular soaps, the big batch of mechanic's soap that is promised to our mechanic, and some syndet shampoo bars that I need to wrap.
So, I made an 1800g batch of Goat Milk ZNSB, uncolored and scented with White Tea & Ginger. It turns orange when the GMP meets the lye, and then yellow when blended, but it will cure out to a lovely cream color. It's currently on the heating pad, covered up with the other half of my expensive soap oven with the Apple logo on it. This entire batch will go to my other friend down the street. She is obsessed with this scent for her soap, bath bombs and lotion.
I guess that means I need to make more soap, so there will be something on the racks for the next occasion when a friend calls wanting soap!
So, I made an 1800g batch of Goat Milk ZNSB, uncolored and scented with White Tea & Ginger. It turns orange when the GMP meets the lye, and then yellow when blended, but it will cure out to a lovely cream color. It's currently on the heating pad, covered up with the other half of my expensive soap oven with the Apple logo on it.
This entire batch will go to my other friend down the street. She is obsessed with this scent for her soap, bath bombs and lotion.
I guess that means I need to make more soap, so there will be something on the racks for the next occasion when a friend calls wanting soap!
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How can this be???? You must have super self-control, I can't seem to stop until I run out of room.
Thanks Cindy, It's been a long time since I used the soap calc and I had forgotten about this. Getting ready to make my first bars, hopefully this weekend!
Got a call today for an order of Easter soaps so I pulled out the M&P to make little baskets with these cuties in them. They are scented with either FB Fruit Loops or WSP Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo.
In all the years I've been making soap (about 10), I have never.... ever.... forgotten to add the fragrance. Well, that changed today. I just realized the dish with the FO is still on my windowsill. I made a very pretty pink and purple UNSCENTED soap this morning.
I did that just yesterday! I posted about it here but it got moved to another forum cause there was a photo in it-- I made a very pretty white, green, and blue unscented soap. Sympathies!!
Here's the cut of what should have been Love Spell soap; instead, I'll be calling it Oops!
Finally ran out of everything I made last year and had time to make the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough recipe I've been meaning to make for ages! The recipe is a two-day process. I don't know about anybody else, but I don't ever seem to have two days in a row I can soap. I wish! So I attempted a swirl instead, and honestly I like it! It smells amazing and it's cute, usable soap. The fragrance is lovely, and played well. I probably SB'd it a little too long. The chocolate part was too thick to swirl nicely. But still I think it's cute. I have fragrance left over, so next time I'll know better. I made one large loaf and two 1-lb tall loaves, plus a little left over I made some hearts with.
Recipe is here.
Fragrance I used is here.
Photographic evidence....
Recipe is here.
Fragrance I used is here.
Photographic evidence....
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@AliOop I hear ya! My last soap was made on the 9th March. My painted stones have been really taking off recently and I've had lots of orders, so they are taking priority.
However, I just realised my soapy thing for today must be that I am in charge of this month's challenge, so I'd better hop to it! (Easter bunny vibes still in the air).
However, I just realised my soapy thing for today must be that I am in charge of this month's challenge, so I'd better hop to it! (Easter bunny vibes still in the air).
AliensrReal
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Gonna ship out my soaps for my two friends tomorrow. Already making their fall/winter batch.
Today I'm washing dishes. 
But over the weekend, a friend and her 7-year-old daughter came over and I helped the daughter make her first soap ever. She chose the colors and the fragrance (which we forgot to put in, oops!), she did the stick blending, she did the pouring. And she learned how to tare a scale. It was incredible fun. Now to clean up and get ready for the next one!
But over the weekend, a friend and her 7-year-old daughter came over and I helped the daughter make her first soap ever. She chose the colors and the fragrance (which we forgot to put in, oops!), she did the stick blending, she did the pouring. And she learned how to tare a scale. It was incredible fun. Now to clean up and get ready for the next one!Similar threads
