soapermom

I guess a take off on cinnabon.. they were really cute too... I wished I had taken a pic. 2 Cups Baking Soda 1/4 Cup Cream Of Tartar 1 Cup Natrasorb Bath 1 Cup Epsom Salt 1/2 Cup SLSA 1/4 - 1/2 Cup Glycerin Add enough glycerin until the mixture is the consistency of cookie dough. Roll out 1/2 the recipe in a rectangular shape on wax paper. Add approximately 1 Tsp. FO and 3-4 drops of brown/cinnamon color to the remaining half of the recipe. Mix well. Roll the coloured half on top of the plain dough. Roll up both together, like a jelly roll, you can use wax paper to help it roll. Slice & wrap. These take about 3 days to dry for a 3" x 1 1/2" slice.

i am gonna have to go try it again.. ya know when I used it, i put it on warm...that may make a difference.. edited to say... it did.. no shiny today.. i wonder if it was just from trying the lotion warm out of pot???? hmmmmmm

did you have a skin sheen? any shine? wondering if its the hydrovance alone, of just the simple formulation I used...

I don't use bases. nothing against those who do, I just LOVE making things on my own. that being said, I ordered some sample bases, shampoo, bubble bath, shower gels etc... to play with and check outand invesitgate. ( i like to compare my own stuff, she what mine is lacking or is better than in the pre mmades... My question is, with clear gel bases.. shapoo wash anything... do they ALWAYS go white and/or milky with addition of FO?? how do you get/keep a clear base?? Does this clear up later or do they stay this color? So far i am disappointed... and I have used FO's from everywhere, playing with this stuff.. they all turned white...

I really like the powder with natrasorb bath.. the natrasorb really holds the scent.. and I like powder.. its just easier to package(to me) and easier to clean up spills...

oh.. I just used that recipe to make a quickie lotion to test...I wanted to see how it felt. I imagine the results may be a lot better with a richer lotion recipe.. I was just playing:yay:

you can use cornstarch or dry flo , arrowroot powder and powdered chamomile.. heres a sample recipe 4 oz cornstarch 4 oz arrowroot 1 oz white kaolin clay 1 oz powdered chamomile 1 tsp of a pearlescent mica to color optional 6 drops of essential oil, lavender optional just a side note, this might be BS, but my pediatrician told me... that they have found a link between cervical cancers and baby powdering little girls bottoms.. I was like HUH??

there are so many things.. like was allready entioned.. the particular FO the particular products, oils used, the PERSON!! Most places will say a perfume.. is designed to last at leat 4 hours, so thats a good place to aim for.. if you have dry skin, your skin will absorb the scent oils faster and you will lose your scent faster.. you can make your scent last longer by being moisturized...say.. you wanted your fav perfume to last longer... rub your wrists or HOT spots with some plain mineral oil or same scented lotion a bit before applying..and of course products with higher oil content, like lotion or body butter, are gonna hold scents longer than a drier product...

for about 10 minutes or so my hands looked oily... they weren't and didn't feel oily.. just looked it...

heck I am just in South carolina.. mine is always liquid too LOL

I tested the Hydrovance and Amaze in lotion batch today... I made simple lotion recipe 1 1/2 cups Distilled Water 2 oz. Sweet Almond Oil 1/2 oz. Liquid Vegetable Glycerin 2 Tablespoons Emulsifying Wax 2 Tablespoons Stearic Acid 1 1/2 teaspoons Germaben II 1/2 teaspoon Fragrance Oil of Choice I removed the glycerin, I added 1 oz hydrovance, and 1 TBS Amaze to water phase amd mixed up good and heated to 165(as per the hydroivance instructions on the site) well it feels GREAT.. nice slip, almost feels like the Bath and Body works purely silk line....finishes dry on skin.. soft, silky not oily.. the only downside.. its shiny on skin... my skin had a definate sheen.. it faded in a bit, and I suppoose if you add micas or body glitter to make a "shimmering" lotion it wouldnt be noticeable.. bottom line.. makes a very ,very nice feeling lotion with staying power, I have washed my hands a few times and the results are lingering! so if ya don't mind the shine.. its all good...

I am an addict, its my fav scent to work with... I just finished soaps with SW belgian chocolate, and lotion done in Hershey's dupe, also did a whipped body frosting... can't get enough choklit:p

smells GREAT!!! my fav soap scent... pm your addy I will send ya a sniffie

better on your soap, than on your legs...

I generally use 76 degree for body products, its pretty cheap and I dont use it as a lone oil or as a majority of the ratio oil, so I am not worried about the drying aspect of it.. I swiped this frm another site.... Fractionated coconut oil is also called caprylic/capric triglycerides, and it contains only the caprylic and capric fatty acids (approximately 13%) of whole coconut oil. That means there's no lauric or myristic fatty acids, which are the parts of coconut oil that make the fluffy lather. Soap made with FCO will likely be very different from soap made with the standard kind, but that's one experiment I haven't tried. Also, fractionated coconut has a higher sap value than the other varieties, so be sure to run it through a sap calculator if you do decide to use it in soap. Regarding the other types of coconut (76-degree, 92-degree, 110-degree, virgin), they're all fine for soap (although I wouldn't use virgin -- too expensive and too nice for other applications where it keeps that yummy scent). 76-degree is standard refined coconut; 92- and 100-degree are partically hydrogenated, which makes them solid at higher temps. I think some soapers like the higher melt points because it means the coconut stays solid all year round, but that doesn't make any difference to me -- I dig mine out of the bucket with a spoon in the winter and dip it out with a cup in the summer. My advice would be to buy whichever you can get for less money.

you don't need additives.. but later you will see.. you WANT them:) Don't use your candle dyes, use skin safe dyes .

just personal preference really... the white probably isn't much different from the ultra clear,ingrediant wise other than the titanium dioxide to make it white.Goats milk may smell better(IMO) and has the added benefit of vitamins like Vitamins A, B6, B12, E , and has a high triglyceride content, which is more moisturizing.

thats what I do... pour one color from each side...if I try to pour them seperately I always end up with a color "line" from the first pour color.

I use my kitchen Aid for lotions and stuff..I usually tranfer the lotion out(usually because I am batching) to scent though...

I would guess it depends on the recipe and what else is added... I usually prefer brown, simply because it seems to get less crystallized in a scrub...which is funny cause in your pantry it dries out much faster!

I got 1.31 oz FO 4.59 lye 11.52 water

they don't list the ingrediants... wonder why?? Hmmmm this is what it says The identity of the individual components of this mixture is proprietary, and is considered to be a trade secret. ______ is not able to supply the ingredient list. It is composed of chemicals commonly found in fragrance oils. When using in your formulations, it is covered by the inclusion of "Fragrance" in your ingredient list. Hmmm I don't know many people who use bases as an ingrediant.. they are usually used as a umm base :

2 years ago, I couldn't keep lotion bars in stock.. now.. they are old news! But my "new" moisturizing solid perfumes... heh heh.. selling like hotcakes... I made the lotion bars a tad softer, and added more FO..... I am devious:cool2:

Ever find a supplier, with prices sooo outrageous you just laugh your butt off?? I just poked around a new place I hadn't been, and their pre made body spray base....... ready......... $90.00 a gallon... I bet they sell a lot of that:rolleyes2

sometimes I like the softer bars! I like the creaminess. I get a soft bar when I whip MP but its soooo creamy and rich.. the loss of hardness doesnt bother me. I love tinkering with MP!!