Incendia

Less is more. Very appealing labels.

Each bar of the pink, red, and green is different. And each is beautiful. Very nice.

The only date I know for sure is when I get them. And I don't mark the bottles with that info. I probably should. There are no 'best by' dates that I've ever seen stamped on a bottle by the supplier.

Wow! Just beautiful.

Do you have a link or photo? Thanks.

"Save me!"

I believe when they say it measures surfaces, they mean opaque objects. The suggestion was that you can't use it to accurately measure the temperature of the human body, for example, since it will only measure the temp of the skin the laser hits. But transparent liquids such as wax are different since the laser can go through it. I don't know how accurate it is with liquids, and I am finding some variation. I think to some extent it depends on the container the liquid is in - if is it shiny, will might reflect the laser. And perhaps how deep the liquid is might be another factor. Just guessing here. It's been about two months since I've had mine. In that time I've read of a number of people using them successfully with wax. But I think your suggestion to do a side by side comparison in the same batch of wax would be both easy, interesting, and set your mind at ease. I have found that the readings in my wax seem more stable when pointed at melted wax that is deeper. Since at times I don't melt large quantities, and my pan is shiny. I will tilt the pan for greater depth of wax and take my readings in the deeper liquid. If you have been using one of these for along time, and your candles turn out good and are consistent, there shouldn't be anything to worry about. Oh, and the laser thermometer makes a great cat toy.

Also, different dyes were used. That's another variable.

I ask in innocence... some of those ingredients do not sound very inviting. Why would someone buy and use a soap with neem, pine tar, and stinging nettle? Must be some sort of traditional remedy. Good luck with your rebatch.

Hi keen bean. I won't say welcome cuz you've been here much longer than I have. So, 'Hi!' from another Californian.

Very pretty. Nice use for hoarded papers. (I have a lot of that myself.) Do you buy the large tea bags premade? How do you seal them?

Thanks. I was looking at some (gasp) YouTube videos about this, and it didn't look too difficult. It I hadn't had too many other things to do today, I would have probably played around with it.

MMS - Majestic Mountain Sage As long as I had to look it up, might as well post it for others who don't know all the acronyms.

I have some old, boring commercial soaps that I'd like to try to kick up a notch with some of my acquired skin-safe FOs. But I don't know what this process is called so I can look up information. I have made a few soaps years ago, but I'm looking for a technique that is as simple as possible. Can it be done, and would it be called re-batching, or milling, or French milling? Or something else?

Hi Jacquie, welcome. I too am retired and returning, yet again, to candle making after my 'real' life as a biologist. I live on the left coast. There are a lot of people here who really know what they are doing and are very helpful. (You can also find a lot of information in past threads and 'search'.) But be very careful.. there are aspects of this endeavor that can be extremely addicting. And there are lots of enablers here.