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Just finished a batch of CPOP, and I think my swirls are going to be ruined. I didn't even use the SB, but a minute after I added my Storm Watch fragrance, it started to thicken to a gel. So I glopped it into the mold, did a few passes with the chopstick, and stuck it in the oven. I'm thinking it's going to be more marbled than swirled.

It's not that I dislike stearic in lotions. I've always used it without problems, but I can't find my ziploc bag of stearic acid. :rolleyes2 I thought I had some cetaryl alcohol from making the holy grail scrub too, but apparently I lost it as well... I really need to get my supplies more organized.

And the lotion is for my mom for mother's day. I'm afraid if I order more stearic, it won't be here in time. I think I'm just going to replace the castor with cocoa butter, then I'll have all solid oils, so it should firm up. May up the e-wax to 4% too.

I need some help formulating a lotion recipe without stearic acid. I know it can be done, but I've never tried it before. I figured I would just use more hard oils. Should I use more e-wax than normal? These are the ingredients I have on hand:

cocoa butter

shea butter

babbasu oil

76 degree coconut oil

castor oil

soybean oil

olive oil

e-wax

optiphen plus and germall plus

I was thinking 77% water, 3% e-wax, 10% shea, 5% babbasu, and 5% castor. Then FO and preservative. Does that look okay, or will it have problems thickening?

It actually didn't harden up on me. It stayed light and airy, but it deflated a bit in the tins. Now they have sink holes. :/

I love the packaging. Great job!

I use the same amount of fragrance in CPOP as I do in regular CP. 1 oz per pound of oils. That's also what I used in the first few batches of HP I made.. But since those, I packed away the crockpot and it was CP or CPOP all the way. *lol*

Ocassionally I will use .5 oz per pound if it's a strong or very high quality FO.

Oddly enough, I can wrap a gift beautifully, but I just can't do it backwards to save my life. The corners are never even.

I have used PAM a few times before with regular CP, but I didn't really like it. It seemed to leave an oily residue on my soap that I couldn't get off.

Yeah, the weight difference is amazing. I bought a bar from Brenda about 2 years ago, and have been wanting to make it ever since. Such a light fluffy soap. If mine is half as good as hers, I'll be happy.

And I gotta admit, I love the ease of making it. The downside is that this stuff seems to stick to molds. I lined this batch with freezer paper, but I'm just not a good liner. I always end up with curved bottoms on my soap.

So, now I'm either being brave or dumb, and I'm going to try an unlined batch. We shall see how it goes....

Love those colors! What did you use, if you don't mind my asking?

Turned out better than I expected. I haven't attempted to clean them up yet, but I have a feeling they'll just be for personal use. I had to cut these with a knife, so they did crumble somewhat. By the next batch, I hope to have a wire cutter made. *pokes DH*

I should be around a lot more often now. I've missed this place soooo much!!! We didn't have internet access for the longest time. Then I got married, and now I'm 4 months pregnant. But soap and candles were at the back of my mind the whole time! *lol* I finally got the willpower to get my butt in the kitchen a few days ago. Was going to do some mottles or rustics, but I don't have any stearic left. So I did a whipped butter last night, and just finished a whipped soap tonight. I'm taking advantage of DHs stand mixer.

K. I wasn't aware that they weren't a soaper...

I know it was stated in the first post that she left out the oil. Yes, I did read that. But I just think that OverSoyed was just trying to help.

And yes, I browse the boards, I've been a member here since 2005... but forgive me, yes, it has been a few months since I've been here.

I don't think she was trying to say it's ok to leave out one of the oils. I make soap, and I think the cake analogy fits, to a point. Say for instance, you forget to add the FO to your soap... Is it ruined? Nope. Perfectly fine. Or you meant to add sugar to help with the lather, and you forgot it. Again, perfectly fine. She said:

"I'd suppose it would depend on what exact item was left out.

When you are baking a cake... you can leave out the pinch of salt and be fine, but if you forget the eggs... :tiptoe:"

Meaning if you forget your FO (salt), it's ok. But with oils (eggs), you will have a big problem if you leave them out.

Key point is just to know your ingredients, and what you can and cannot leave out. And even if it is a newbie trying to make the soap, I'm sure they will be made well aware of the dangers of lye. Every soap site or book I've ever seen well advertises that fact that it's a dangerous chemical.

That blue is just gorgeous!!! I'd love to see this wax in a sea foam green.

Hmm... Oh well. I only made it for me anyway. I left it in the fridge for a bit, came back and it whipped up perfectly. But why do I have the sneaking suspicion that this stuff is going to be rock hard in a day or two? It may end up being more of a belly balm instead of butter. At least it's scented Lemon Meringue, that stuff smells good enough to eat. Hopefully it'll keep my strech marks at bay over the next few months.

My whipped shea is not fluffing up like it should. It's seems to never get past a thick pudding like consistency. The recipe I came up with is:

5 oz. Shea Butter

3 oz. Cocoa Butter

3 oz. Babbasu Oil

1 oz. Apricot Kernal Oil

Then I added 0.05 oz FO and a little Dry Flo AF. Anyone see problems with the recipe? This is my first time making a whipped butter.

Do anyone know how comparable these two are? I absolutely fell in love with ICS's Storm Watch, and then they stopped selling it. :rolleyes2

Thank you so much! Now I can go make a mess in the kitchen.

Is there a formula that I can use to figure out how much wax I will need? My molds are 2" x 3.5" and 3" x 3.5". The CT calculators seem to be down, and I'm dying to make some candles.

Those Snow White soaps are gorgeous! How did you get all the different colors so perfect? I just make a mess when trying to do that...

Isn't the OO soap supposed to be white??

Olive oil in soap recipes usually discolors to a greenish or yellowish hue, especially if there's a high percentage of the OO.

Regardless, it's gorgeous!

Alabaster

Drakkar

BB

Energy

Relaxing*

Pink Grapefruit

Almond

Chamomile Bergamot*

Rosehip Jasmine*

Bonsai

Vanilla (non-discoloring)

Vanilla Bean {discolors deep brown}

Nag Champa

BCN

Almond

Angel

Apricot

Apricot & Cream (med brown)

Basil Sage Mint

Blueberry ( I mixed this with patchouli )

Blueberry Muffin (dark brown)

Citrus Musk closeout

Cool Water

Cucumber Melon

Drakkar

Dream Weaver (tan, scent fades a smidge)

Fig

Honey Coco Mango

Honeysuckle closeout (light yellow, ricing @ 100*)

Juniper Breeze

Lavender

Lemon Pucker

Lily of the Valley

Lime Leaf & Lily

Love Spell

Macintosh Apple

Mango Papaya

Mulberry

Nag Champa*

Oakmoss

Ocean Mist

Oatmeal Milk & Honey

Patchouli

Peace of Mind (slight acceleration)

Pina Colada (light tan, slight morph)

Pink Sugar (discolors to dark brown)

Plumeria*

Polo

Pumpkin Pie Special closeout (discolors to tan)

Purely Herbal *****

Sandalwood (light brown)

Spearmint

Starfruit & Mango

Strawberry Jam (tan)

Summer Citrus

Sun Ripened Raspberries ( accelerates)

Sunset

Tropical Papaya Special

Verbena Berry

Very Vanilla (Dark brown!)

Bitter Creek South

Citrus Splash

Dogwood

Drakkar

Green Tea

Home Spun Sugar

Peppercorn

Spearmint*

Whipped Cream

Warm Vanilla Sugar (discolors to tan)

BNL

Almond (slight A)

Bay Rum***

Blackbery Musk (good, but light scent)

Coconut Bay (tan)

Cool Water

Cucumber Melon

Gingered Lime

Grapefruit Peppermint

Green Tea

Lavender Basil

Oatmeal Milk & Honey

Olive Blossom

Peppercorn

Pomegranate & Anise

Rosemary Mint

Sagebrush & Pinion Leaf (light tan)

Strawberry Jam

Tranquil Tropics

Vanilla Lace (dark brown)

Vanilla Nutbread (brown)

Warm Vanilla Sugar

Wild Jasmine

Candlesoylutions/EL

Bergamot

Blackberry

Black Cherry

Caramel

Pomegranate

CC

Lavendar Lullaby

LemonBlossom

Raspberry Cordial (discolors to dark brown)

Brandied Pear

Seashells

Voodoo Vanilla (dark brown)

Creative Candle Supplies

Coconut Lime Verbena

Grapefruit Jasmine

C&S

Peonies and Peaches

Pink Grapefruit

Strawberries and Champagne

Wisteria

Daystar

Amour de Cacoa

Black Vetyver Cafe

Couer de vahine

Canyon De Shelly*

FOH

Bamboo Sugar Cane

Fresh Lemon Sugar

Green Leaf

Majic of India*

Leather & Lace*

Herbal soaps By RJ

OMH

Sweet pea

coriander bergamont

amaretto

ICS

Lovespell

OMH

Orchid

Pink Sugar

Sea blossom

Sweet Pea

Waterfall Mist

Storm Watch

Just Scent

Blissful Blackberry

Chai Tea (Discolors)

Girls Night Out

Grapefruit Vanilla Twist (Discolors to light tan)

Heart's Desire

Santirini

KB

Coconut Lime Verbena

honey spa ginger

Pomegranate & Rosewater

Zen Tea

Keystone

Sandalwood

KY

Blackberry Sage

Cool Citrus Basil

Cucumber Cantaloupe

Honeysuckle Jasmine

Island Mango

Lavendar Vanilla

Lilac

OMH

Rose Petals

Snuggle baby

MMS

Aloe and Cucumber

Awuapuhi Seaberry

Elements of Bamboo

Frankincense

Ginger Milk

Jasmine

Natures Garden

Angel Wings

Butterfly Hugs

Pearberry - discolors white

Sun Ripened Raspberry

Mardi Gras

Old Mill

Goddess

Green Tea

OMH

Peach and Lotus

Bacci de Miele

Oldtimer and Lily

blueberry honeysuckle

love spell

pomegranate (sp?)

white tea and ginger

witch's brew

Oregon Trail

Amber Dawn

Angel

Black Raspberry and Vanilla (no discolor even with the vanilla!)

Creamy Coconut

Dragon Fire (discolors to yellow/tan)

Frosted Wineberry

Sunkissed Currants

Green Irish Tweed

Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific

Baby Bee Buttermilk

Chai Tea (discolors to med brown)

Mardi Gras

Peaks

Asian Sandlewood ( I mixed this with Green Tea )

Blackberry Sage

Black Raspberry Vanilla (No discoloration)

Clean Cotton (1/2 oz ppo awesome)

Coconut Banana Blast (discolors dark brown, but amazing at 0.7 oz ppo)

Cool Citrus Basil

Cucumber Melon

Fruit Slices

Green Clover and Aloe (accelerates a bit)

Green Tea

Honeysuckle

Jamaica Me Crazy

Lemongrass & Sage

Manintosh Apple

Mediterranian Fig

Nag Champa

Patchouli ( I mix this with blueberry)

Pink Sugar (Discolors to DARK brown)

Rose Bouquet

Sweet Pea

Warm Apple Pie

Wild Raspberry

Scent Works http://store.scent-works.com/index.html

Blackraspberry & Vanilla

Bourbon Geranium {super strong}

Buttery Vanilla

Coconut Lime Verbena

Fresh Sugar Cane (great A in CP, best for HP but awesome)

Hawaiian Black Ginger

Lemon Geranium

London Lemon Curd*(Discolors to med tan)

Oakmoss (discolors to tan)

Pink Sugar

Raspberry

Rice Flower & Shea

Satsuma Guava

Vetyver

Zen Tea

Sanguigno Orange & Patchouli

Sweet Violet & Sassafras (no discolor)

Clementine Lavender (.7 to 1 oz pp)

Green Irish Tweed (no A, not sure on d)

Tonic (Clarins type -- No A, No D No F (funky) at 1 oz pp)

Scents for Soy

Coconut Peaches & Milk

Fall Leaves

Home sweet Home

Raspberry Guava

Sweet Pea

Simple Soothings

Chamomile Pear

Sage & Citrus

True Antique Lilac

Snowtops

Orange Blossom (very strong can definately cut back to .5 pp)

Baby Hugs*

SoapNCandles

Angel Heart

Blackberry Sage

Lemon Slices

Ozark Forest

Ruby Red Grapefruit

Tangerine Lavender

SoapSupplies

Aloe

Almond, Milk & Honey

Solas Candles http://www.solascandle.com

Sandalwood Rose

Kojiki

Southern Scentsations http://www.greatcandle.com/

Apples & Berries

Sweet Pea

Supplies 4 Candles http://www.supplies4candles.com/pilot.asp

White Tea*

Sweet Cakes

Applejack & Peel

Black Raspberry

Chamomile

Christmas Spice

Fig (smells like Orchid Tea BNL)

Gentlemen's Bay Rum

Gin Martini

Ginger Essence

Jasmine

Lemon Verbena

OMH (discolors to tan)*

Sandalwood

Sandalwood Vanilla*

Secret Crush

Snowplace Like Home

True Rose (the BEST ever!!!)

Taylored Concepts

Mexican Vanilla

TCS

Love Spell

True Lavender

TwigsNBerries

Tuscan Olive

Tony's

Baby Magic

blackberry sage*

Dragon's Blood

evening mocha

flowering herb

frank/myrrh

green clover and aloe

green tweed

Honeysuckle Grapefruit

Hawaiian White Ginger

Lavender Flowers

Love Spell*

mambo

mambo/green tweed 50/50

masculine musk*

Moroccan Rain

Nag Champa*

red clover tea*

sandalwood musk

Stress Relief

sweet pea

Very Sexy

White Tea & Ginger

Winter Ambrosia

TriState www.tristatecandlesupply.net

Almond

Clean Cotton

Coconut

Cool Water

Lemongrass and Orange

Lovespell

OMH

Rice Flour and Shea

Patchouli

The Scented Bean

Citrus Blast

Sweet Serendipity

Lavender Fields

Tradewinds

Banana (discolors to med tan)

Blackberry Sage

Coco Lime Cooler

Emerald Sea

Herbal Essence

Indian Summer (tan but it was a milk soap so not sure if that is accurate)

Mandarin Bamboo

Plumeria

Sassafras

Tiny Bubbles (slightly accelerates but kid's love it)

WSP

Asian Plum

Black Raspberry & Vanilla

Chocolate Mousse

Sea Glass

WYW from BCN

Buttercream Crunch (dark brown) scent fades

Hibiscus & Thai Palm

Island Kola Nut (light tan)

Lemongrass and Star Anise

Vanilla Grapefruit

Custom mixes....

Green Tea (Peaks) mixed with Pear (Just Scents)

Pear (CC) mixed with Vanilla Voodoo

Peaks Mac Apple/Lavender from ICS and Spearmint from SC

SC Black Raspberry/Gin Martini

SC Chamomile/Sandalwood

BCN Lavender/Snowtops Rose*

MMS Patchouli, Sage & Lemon EOs/Peaks Lavender*

MMS Peppermint, Spearmint & Eucalyptus EO, JS Invigorating, and Snowtops Peppermint*

I'm on the northeast end. About an hour from Knoxville.

I have Aztec and Tenn. Candle Supplies about an hour away in each direction.

I also found some 4 lb log molds on ebay that are a thick plastic. They were advertised as a no liner mold, but I ended up with 4 lbs of soap stuck in them. Had to cut them out with a knife, and ruined the soap.

I have the same problem. I'm hoping spraying them with Pam will work. It's odd though, because my first couple of batches in them didn't stick.

And I started CP with a wooden box from the Wal-Mart craft section.