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I haven't actually used them yet and haven't really hunted around a whole lot that's why i added not sure on price, it was just that i knew they shipped here but will be checking out some other places now, thanks guys.

Not sure if it helps and i'm unsure of a price comparison on them but i've contacted www.rippedsheets.com and will be getting my labels from there because they will ship to Australia for me. They also have the soluble paper so you can imbed messages into your soaps. They have tonnes of really good stuff there but like i said i don't know how they compare with price against the other supplier. HTH Shaz!

Very enticing. I would be undecided with that soap, i wouldn't want to cut it BUT i'd sure want to use it. Looks fantastic.

Thanks Carol M, That's a good idea and one i will definately do for sure. I sure am hoping that i managed to save it eugenia but if i didn't well then that's the way it goes and i will know better next time.

Thanks hun i will definately leave it for longer. 8 weeks curing should be enough i think, but could be wrong. I've been extremely good with being patient i haven't tried one bit of soap in the shower yet. Although i do have some scraps of it in a container by the kitchen sink that i use to wash my hands in...Can't wait to try that in the shower when it cures.

cool thanks Meridith, I've been trying to get powdered goats milk for some other recipes and cant get powdered but i can get liquid goats milk. I'm hoping this comes out it is in my new mould that i quite like.. And as for the addiction, it is pretty addicting. I thought i'd make some prove i could do it and that would be it but unfortuately i don't think it's going to be that black and white

LOL i have no idea what gm is but i'll do a search on it. As for it being the best soap i ever make....(i certainly hope not...hehe) but when i moved it naturally i got some of it on my hands well when i washed my hands they did feel lovely and silky afterwards. So who knows you might just be right on that one . I do have some in a plastic mould at the moment and it wont come out of it but i'm going to just leave it in there and hope it shrinks and pops out.

I've noticed there's been a few people after recipes for dog soaps. So as i was looking for information on the net and I came across this link to dog soaps I thought i'd post for you. I have no idea if they are any good or not but thought i'd post the link and you can see what you think of it from there. I'm still flat out making human soap so it's of no interest to me personally yet but I hope it might help someone else. http://www.snowdriftfarm.com/form_petformulas.html

Thanks hawaiiansun, I had an inkling it would "probably" be ok but wasn't 100% sure about it. It doesn't look the healthiest but i tried a new recipe. I've been making AJ's basic beginners soap like mad and had that down pact could just about make it with my eyes shut and wanted to try something else. But while making the new recipe i forgot i was trying a new recipe and put in 4.5oz lye instead of the 8.5oz it called for so i added the extra lye to my extra water allowance. So just wanted to make sure it would be ok. Thanks heaps hawaiiansun

I made a batch of soap that was Lye Heavy. When I stuck to my tongue to it, it zapped. Was going to throw it out when people said give it a few days first if that's no good then rebatch it. Well that was last night. I moved it from my bench today and my son dared me to put my tongue to it again. Well not being one to back away from a dare i did it and there was NO zap at all. Tasted pretty yuck but it didn't bite me either. Even though it was Lye Heavy does this mean it is now ok? If so should i wait longer for it to cure. I've put all my CP into brown paper bags and marked the date they can be used. I've been allowing a 6 week cure period on them. Any help or advice would be fantastic.

Thanks Meridith & prairieannie i am in the middle of going through the forums i put in a search for "Lye Heavy" and got some posts on that and was just reading where someone said to give it 3 days then test again if it still zaps then rebatch it. The post also said that there were white spots in the soap which mine does have so i'll see how it goes in 3 days or so and if need be i might have to learn rebatching pretty quick....lol My mother in law said to me oh all the good oil wasted i couldn't stand it doesn't it upset you. I simply replied nope i learnt to be more careful when checking my recipes and i learnt to line a mould aswell as trying a new recipe. Plus i know now not to add lye to it later. She just looked at me dumbfounded. But while i'm disappointed i might not be able to try out this recipe i'm definately not disappointed it mucked up. I've actually learnt heaps from it. When i was making it i put in red to get the pink but i didn't like the pink i had so i added a few drops of black to it. They thought i was weird but i liked it too. As for cutting it. I cut some of this one before and have found if i use the back of a stainless steel knife i actually get a nice smooth cut. Mind you I cant cut them the same size but i actually cut them straight and not hacked so that was good. Edited because image was too big.

OK. I posted last night about only adding half the lye, decided that if i was gonna have to throw the whole batch away anyway i might aswell add the extra lye anyway. I'd chosen the lower number on my water allowance and still had up to 6oz of water I could add so thought i'd add it with my Lye. Well it didn't exactly turn out too good. The bar itself is "fairly" solid and was thinking ok don't look the healthiest but thought i'd try my tongue to it... OH MY GOODNESS no one told me what the lye zap was like....yucko So even though it doesn't look the healthiest and it's lye heavy (which i'm about to do a search on), Plus it has ash aswell, i'm quite proud of this soap. Because i've been trying to figure out how to line a mould since I hacked my first soap to bits and BINGO managed to do it this time it slid right out of the container i was using (a few creases in it but ack who's vein anyway...lol) PLUS because I can't get freezer paper thought i'd try freezer film. And BINGO again that works too. So even though i might of mucked up a #4 batch of soap i've learned quite alot so i'm still the proud maker of this fugly looking, tongue zapping soap

WOW that is super delicious it reminded me of something that i seen in a store in the city. I looked on their website and i can't find it so sorry can't post a link to it but..... It was packaged in a round plastic ball with a screw top and it was actually a moisturiser. Difference was it was say a light pink moisturising cream mixed with a hot pink moisturising gel which had aloe vera in it. I did ask about it and that's what i got told. From what it looked like they had put the gel in first and then used a pump of some sort to pump the cream in because that was sort of suspended in the gel. They had all sorts of colours and it looked absolutely fantastic and very eye catching. Sorry i rambled on but i'm no where near making anything like that yet and when i seen your whipped butter it reminded me of it and i thought it may be able to give you some ideas.

Here's a couple to get you started, I'll post more as I find them for you. Not sure if it's what your after but it might be a start and you may be able to alter wording etc to suit yourself. This is only a tiny message, but it's written just for you for finding time in your busy life to give us a moment or two. We hope that you can feel, as we, light-hearted and gay, We thank you for making it special, And sharing our magic day. Thank you for coming and sharing our day. Hope comes from loving, and loving from friends. After you left, we were left with the stars, Near stunned by the grace with which such a day ends. Know that your presence helped fashion our way. You are the fields on which marriage depends, Opening vistas no heart can convey, Unloosing sweet music that now will be ours.

Thanks Eugenia as i said in my PM to you i added the lye whisked it around and moulded it. I don't have a stainless steel pot, i bought what was suppose to be a wizz bang heat resistant glass one, i told the lady what i wanted it for etc. she said this one was brilliant, and it is super duper deep. BUT when i made my soap tonight the rotten thing cracked in 3 places. So had to quickly sort out my lye problem and get it moulded before it cracked right through or splintered glass into my soap. I like the sound of HP soap though so working up the courage now to try that one