Anyone order from Save On Scents? After reading their about page, I feel like I need to take a class on how to order from them. Maybe I’m just tired, but it seems complicated.
What soapy thing have you done today?
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Do you leave the leftover soap in the bags to saponify, then transfer the soap dough to storage in containers?
Yes, that is what I did with my test loaf. I soap at 90 most times.
These look great! Do you line your PVC and if so has it affected the pull through?
Yes I did make them & we are liking them. Liking better in shower than bath due to the un saponified olive oil addition. It definitely takes some patience to melt the pre-made soap. You’ll notice some darker spots in the cube. Those are not completely melted bits of the soap. I’m sure melt & pour soap would melt much faster but if patient, yes this a great way to use extra soap. Which I have a’ plenty! Talk about baby soft smooth skin after use!
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I finally made a drop swirl I like! Scented with Tobbacco Flower FO from Micas and More.
Great job there! Love the top. I'm lovin' all the white & navy soaps lately.
I do not line my pvc. My first 3-4 batches I smeared a little Vaseline inside. But I don’t need to anymore. I put them in the freezer for 30mins-1hour. Take them out and wait 15 minutes until they start to sweat. Then they slide out so fast I have to catch them and make sure they don’t get smashed on the floor!
Had to cut em quick before work. Will take better pics later. That green often morphs. I’m hoping it brightens up!
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That is very lovely soap! Congrats!
Just prepped for a session tomorrow. I brewed double-strength coffee with distilled water, and calculated my essential oils. It's another gardener/mechanic soap per my bro-in-law's request. He's a tough guy but needs my soap and lotion bars. I'll do 2 loaves, 1 for me, 1 for him.
I'm going to live life on the edge and up my normal 5% red palm oil to 10%. It's taking forever to use my jar of it, plus I think it'll look good with the coffee.
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I made a batch of ZNSC bars last night with 90% OO+10% castor oil & just a skosh (.7 of the 1.7 H2O/lye ratio) of goat milk. Forgot & accidentally used a fragrance oil blend that when purchased was thought to be 
EO but was definitely NOT. Batter accelerates like 
️. Had to pour, plop into mold super fast. However, I just cut the loaf & there are very few air bubbles visible & they smell divine.
EO but was definitely NOT. Batter accelerates like ️. Had to pour, plop into mold super fast. However, I just cut the loaf & there are very few air bubbles visible & they smell divine.
I made soap today!
It's a challenge attempt so I won't post pics, but I suspect another attempt will be needed. I had everything laid out before I realised that the red mica I had been planning on using was all gone, so I had to improvise. I was aiming for a dark rose red and I managed something like raspberry with what I had on hand. On a whim, I added some used (dried) coffee grounds to try to darken it, but I didn't account for how it would look in the batter... Basically like raspberry jam!
My brain is refusing to accept that the fragrance (smoky orchid and cacao) is coming from such a fruity-looking ensemble. So I suspect in a few days it will be back to the drawing board!
It's a challenge attempt so I won't post pics, but I suspect another attempt will be needed. I had everything laid out before I realised that the red mica I had been planning on using was all gone, so I had to improvise. I was aiming for a dark rose red and I managed something like raspberry with what I had on hand. On a whim, I added some used (dried) coffee grounds to try to darken it, but I didn't account for how it would look in the batter... Basically like raspberry jam!
My brain is refusing to accept that the fragrance (smoky orchid and cacao) is coming from such a fruity-looking ensemble. So I suspect in a few days it will be back to the drawing board!
ordered some "Neem Oil" ..........
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mmm, not sure yet. But I'm a gonna find out.... more reading, searches, and more reading... then to the calculatooooorrrr......that's what Alice said as she fell down the rabbit hole.
Today I ran a table at a fun church event making melt and pour soap, with a water/fish theme. Other tables were doing a variety of other craft activities.
Everyone got to choose a recycled plastic pot as a mould, then added their choice of imbeds like MP fish & shells, small rubbery fish toys, rubbers (erasers), cosmetic glitter etc. I had a prepped a slow cooker of clear MP, scented with lemongrass which everyone loved. For the kids, I ladeled it into their mould once they'd placed the imbeds and put it straight to the side on top of their name label; the adults had a choice about that part.
By the end, (there was a Bible story and some songs & prayers after the crafty activities) everyone's soap was set up enough to take home (in their handily recyclable mould), though some were still a just little warm. I gave them instructions for unmoulding, and said to wrap it in cling film if it wasn't getting used immediately. I think it was popular!
It's been a while since I used MP, and also a while since I worked with kids. As knackered as I am now, I really enjoyed myself.
Everyone got to choose a recycled plastic pot as a mould, then added their choice of imbeds like MP fish & shells, small rubbery fish toys, rubbers (erasers), cosmetic glitter etc. I had a prepped a slow cooker of clear MP, scented with lemongrass which everyone loved. For the kids, I ladeled it into their mould once they'd placed the imbeds and put it straight to the side on top of their name label; the adults had a choice about that part.
By the end, (there was a Bible story and some songs & prayers after the crafty activities) everyone's soap was set up enough to take home (in their handily recyclable mould), though some were still a just little warm. I gave them instructions for unmoulding, and said to wrap it in cling film if it wasn't getting used immediately. I think it was popular!
It's been a while since I used MP, and also a while since I worked with kids. As knackered as I am now, I really enjoyed myself.
Another gardener here. I keep wondering if I can wash with Neem soap *before* gardening to keep the bugs away.
I think I have some old old old Neem oil insecticidal soap downstairs that I tried on my roses. Never thought to try it on skin. 
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