soapermom

What are some emulsifiers I could use if I wanted to mix FO, alcohol, and water? or should I just make a weak perfume (usually i use 1/3 FO and 2/3 alcohol) and bottle it up?

many are happy with none.. and just sahking before spraying... or you could use some polysorbate20. I just ordered a new one to try out dont ask me the name.. its a number likeformula b487 its an acrylic/silicone polymer... I am gonna try it out and see...

I usually just whizz it in with a stick blender..I like using it cause I can go up and down through the mix and get it pretty evenly distributed..

I use a combo of Monoi and good ol' olive oil....the olive helps with my itchy/flaky scalp too!

Here's one place that carries the Lab Colors

http://www.chemistrystore.com/soapcolors.htm

brambleberry has them too.

I like the lab colors too..food coloring in liquid or paste always bleeds. I had one confetti bar... fine for 3 months..then it bled.

here is their emulsified scrub and whipped body mousse

my kids stayed home for career day with me and I let them make MP soap and lotions and scrubs... this is my sons cocoa butter chocolate MP and my daughters whipped pink sugar.

yeah i use anything and everything for soap molds:p

this is a green tea and lavendar goats milk

Sorry, One side is nice and hard other side, i can slide my finger right over it and it feels like a sliky feeling. hth

is the slippery side the "top".. sounds like your additives just settled and your rubbing the side that is mostly cocoa butter..

I am trying to grasp what you are saying.. is the whole thing solid.. as in Not soft? you might not have mixed it throughly and some of the citric or soda settled a bit more on one side??..

for hair...anyone have a T&T recipe? I am looking for one for personal use.

Where did you find the recipie? We've got a few littlun's in the family that might like to try that out.

I found it here on the board awhile back.. this is the one I used.

1cup melted clear MP base

4 cups water

2 envelopes Knox unflavored Gelatin

1 oz germabenII

Fragrance oil

3 or 4 skin safe dyes

3 or 4 small containers

Pour envelopes of Gelatin into a bowl and set aside. Microwave 4 cups of water until boiling. Gently pour into the bowl of gelatin and stir until completely dissolved. In the meantime melt the M&P in the microwave. Add fragrance oil to the melted M&P. Slowly pour the soap into the Gelatin and stir gently. When mixed thoroughly, pour into individual containers and color. Place uncovered containers in the refrigerator until firm.

we use the new gladware tumblers with lids to put this in...

this is one of those products you either love or hate. My little ones love it, so i keep making it.

I got mine today! i was so excited.. they are HUGE!!

The two places that say their flavoring are food safe (the key) are out of stock. Hoping someone knows where I can find this flavor, food safe, in stock (not chocolate candy or frosting either- LOL). TIA

what kind of product?

anything and everything really not finished product, samples of additives, bases,etc..... just looking to find some new stuff with out investing a pile of cash..

Have you checked the chemistrystore or makingcosmetics?

anyone know any good sites that offer free samples of product??

The trend I see now is everybody is wrapping their soaps in fabric (ends open), with a cigar band around it.

I got a question for you--where do you get your shrink wrap? I shrink wrap I have is for gift baskets and much too stiff for soap.

yes I like this idea or fabric or a simple cigar band but worry about the MP sweating and getting tacky.

I buy 4x6 shrink bags.. you slip the soap in, hit it with the heat gun and thats it.

I am looking for a new way to package MP. I currently shrink wrap it because of the sweat factor, but I need a cuter idea..CP is so much easier to deal with packaging wise..:embarasse

Yes, there are vanilla stabilizers & neutralizers for bath and body products.. I use crafters choice from WSP.

thanks!!

i ordered some AMAZE... I know a gal who uses this and I wanted to check it out, she says it gives her lotions a real nice Slip..

corn meal is great and not as abrasive as raw sugar... I also use espresso grind coffee for scrubs as well.

a good way to test color without ruining your stuff....

test in mayonnaise...

another good tool to get is a color wheel... you can take 12 colors, and just about make any color from the 12 base colors...

I hope you didnt see my post as a flame.. it wasn't meant to be...