htaylorrn

I fill just to the shoulders. I had problems in the past when filling all the way to the top with tunneling. I use 4630 which is a one pour. If I fill farther, I'd have to do two pours and poke relief holes. IMHO

Heather

I don't have any beeswax...can I use ewax?

OK, I'm trying to make body butter...there were some great ones in the recent swap I was in. This is my first time to try it! I used CindyM's receipe and subbed with what I had on hand. It is great, like a thick lotion, but my sister is wanting me to create something for her like Victoria's Secret body butter, which I understand is harder, something that you rub your fingers across more than scoop out...does that make sense??

Anyway, here's how I subbed stuff. If anyone has suggestions on making this harder, I'd really appreciate it!

15.6 ozs Water

1.5 ozs Steric

1.5 ozs E-wax

3 oz FCO

1 oz cocoa oil

1 oz poppyseed oil

2.5 oz olive oil

3 ozs shea butter

.3 ozs Fo .3 ozs Liquid Par Optima

.15 ozs Vit E

.15 ozs cornstarch

Thanks again for any advice!

Heather

*with a bow to the logo artist* Thanks very much, PA! Great job on the logo! I love it.

H

Here is a new container that I am trying out. I made this one for a coworker to test for me. She LOVES Peak's Pink Sugar. The logo is new, too. PA made it for me. You guys should check out her logos to go!

Thanks for looking! Let me know what you think.

Heather

I use HTP 83s in my 6 oz and HTP 104 in my 8 oz (square). I use 4630 wax, so I don't know about GL.

Thanks,

Heather

The scent works has cyclo on sale if anyone needs some. It's like 1 gal for $34, which is a good price. They sent me a coupon code, pm if you want me to send the coupon code to you. I just bought some so I won't be using the coupon.

I love all the colors folks are showing with their CP soaps. Is there anyway to get them in MP soap? All my colors turn pastel. I was wondering about using oxides and mixing them with the FO before adding? Or maybe with melted shea or mango?? Suggestions?

TIA

Finally found time to work on my scrubs for the newbie scrub and butter swap. Once I had them all packaged, I just HAD to take a picture! Not very professional, but it was spur of the moment.

Tell me what you think. Scented ruby red grapefruit from AH.

Yes, it is the 9 cavity. It does ok. The first couple of times I had trouble getting out the low sweat once it got hard. I've started waiting until it is firm but not set to remove the dividers. Those things were buggers to get out the first two times!

Who carries Goddess? I may just have to try it!

This is in my new Kelsie mold. The embeds are SFIC low sweat white, the overpour is SFIC crystal clear. They are scented Curve for Men. I have lots of friends whose husbands golf, and they are asking for male stuff. What do you think?

Now it's prolly just me, but I like JBN much better than sweetcakes and I have both. Matter of fact, I have about 6-8 oz of sweetcakes BS&F, I'll sell ya if anyone is interested...

Lonestar didn't elaborate...just said there was a mess up and shipped out a new box ASAP. I haven't had anything but positive encounters with their customer service.

Hands down, Katie Jo's Pink Lemonade from JS!

Ok, I use a digital, because I can't read a candy thermometer...punch line is, I'm a nurse! I can read a traditional thermometer, but I think the candy one I bought was broken. The next one, I just bought a digital one.

I got a case like you are describing from Lonestar. It gave me horrible wet spots, like almost around the whole jar! I called them, and they confirmed there was a mess up. They issued a UPS pick up for the case and sent me another case. The replacement case was creamy, not white, and soft. You should contact your supplier.

I used Darwin's OMH receipe of the board, and they turned out ok so far. I'm put them in 2 oz soap molds and then popped them out onto wax paper. I'm understanding the test is how they do when they dry. *crosses fingers*

YAY me!

Can't do it....NOPE, can't do it!!!

I tried!

So the low sweat clear is clear enough for embeds?

Has anyone smelled this from Yank**? I was in Cracker Barrell and I had to buy a votive. It smelled really good, but I wanted to smell it burn. If anyone has seen this FO for sale (I think it's pretty new), please let me know where.

Thanks,

Heather

Ok, I do this a little different. I melt my Presto full of wax, just however much I want at a given time...no weighing. But I've done my homework. 16 oz weighed is 20 oz liquid. So I dip out melted wax into a pyrex glass cup with a big ol' black plastic soup ladel (heat resistant).

I have figured out how much liquid wax each jar holds and I pour up how ever much I need to make x number of candles. Then I adjust my FO and color based on 20 liquid oz = 1 pound, kind of a ratio thing.

For example, 20 oz is 600 cc. One jar holds 200 cc. So 600 cc will make 3 candles, and I add 1 oz FO, because it is really still one pound of wax. If I only want to make 2 candles, it's 400 cc wax and 2/3 oz FO.

Make sense?

I don't care for strawberry and cream, but I LOVE strawberry jam from MC.

I like Top's suggestion. As a matter of fact, I just bought a bottle of this off the classies. I may use that name if it's ok with ya!