ashwini

sweet orange EO...smells good.

If i pour the soap into plastic box, or ceramic cup, once it dries, will it come out easily? apart from the moulds avaiable for buying, what else can we use?

I am not able to access CP tutorial at waters gulch. Pls get me a link where i can access the same.

i dont get freezer paper at my place. pls let me know different names of freezer paper? is it wax paper? will the paper coated with plastic for book binding do for lining?

I want to use eucalyptus oil in soap. pls let me know some recepie. i have olive, palm, coconut, and soybean and castor oils. pls let me know how would the effect of eucalyptus oil in soap would be. also let me know the quantity to be used.

has anyone used cowmilk fat (butter ) for soap making? pls let me know. where can i get coco butter?

Is it required keep the lid closed, in between stirring? I am planning to add orange oil, lemongrass and citronella oils for soaps. Will it spoil the soap? How much EO needs to be added in general?

no, i didnot add any fragrance oil. but may be i was stirring till it hardened. and when it starts hardening, it happens fast. yes, i understood. when it comes to pourable think consistency, i can take from spoon and drop it in the pot, it should be like that for a moment. i will try this time.

I tried my first batch with palm, coconut and olive oil...got the measurements from lye calculator on the web. I got the trace after heating the lye water mixed oils for sometime and keeping on blending and stirring. but after sometime, suddenly it became solid. No way to pour in to mould. 1. Can i remelt, and when it is in liquid state, can i repour? I see in many instructions, the consistency would be kind of pourable. but mine was not. 2. I remelted the left out pieces and blended and poured again. It has come out ok, but kind of soft soap. I am not able to understand the different stages... may be i would learn by doing some more times. i am still not clear when to pour to mould, when its in thick liquid state, or when it starts hardening. because once it starts hardening, it does very fast. I tried milk bath... Its superb!!!! Thanx to the one who posted the recepie... Is there any way to make bath bombs with same ingredients as milk bath powder?

Dear, I like your signature quote sooooooooo much. i coudnot stop smiling... My husband said if I buy anymore candle or soap supplies he'll leave me....... I'll miss him!! so sweet of you!!!

how do you get that transparent look in the middle layer? i am very new to this. pls help me out..

some new ones

I dont know the size of the wick. Here in my place, we dont get wick in some standard sizes. I just customised the same as per my requirement for small rose, and it suits. its just my luck. i got the mould from Creativegemmolds.com

Thank you Elizabeth for giving information abt the mould!!

please let me know how did you insert the wick? i got this mould, but finding it difficult to wick, since this is the first time i am working with such moulds. in metal moulds, we have wick hole, how do we do it with these moulds?

only the heart and the pyramid moulds were made of cardboard since I didnot get those moulds at my place. Floaters were made by hand. no moulds were used for roses.

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Hello, Here are the recent candles. I prepared heart and pyramid mould using cardboard. It was really a pain as the wax was bleeding.

Can anyone tell me where can i get good rose moulds? I see good postings in galarie, but i didnot find any good moulds till now.

Tooooooooooooooooo good!!! You are tempting me start flower decoration for hurricanes.

hearts with photo

first gel ..

first hurricane

Pls give suggestions!! It would be of great help.

Ya, I made roses by hand. Great start on those! Noticed your roses all look different, did you do them by hand? For your next pillars, I would suggest you go down a wick size or two. Thanks for sharing your firsts with us!