soapermom

thanks ...I am looking for hydrangea shaped candles for a wedding

floating or just free standing decoratives?

Please Pm me , esp if you have a website.

I just bought 2 dozen of those 2 weeks ago!

I do think it can be your area or your venue, and what holiday is nearing...

When I am home my best sellers are much different that what are best sellers in my lil craft booth I run in WV...down here, people love dupes, up there bakery/food stuff is my biggest sellers.

How does this whipped M&P hold up in the shower. Does it melt a lot faster?

yes it does, it can depend on just how much air you incorporate. You are getting air volume, not soap volume. a 4 oz soap might only actaully be 2 oz of soap and air. I have a friend who just likes it anyway.. she likes the feel of the whipped soap. Thats why I keep making it.

I may be in minority, I didn't like liquid poly, I don't like this.

Its fun to experiement and play, I loved taking liquid poly and making fake lotion with just water LOL.

I am not a "All natural" maker by any means, but I do try and do things as traditional as possible.

I just didn't like the feel of it, I thought it felt sticky also.

my fav is strawberry jam from WSP... its one of my best spring and summer sellers. I have tried several others and that one just smells the best to me.

I just whip my own regular base with a stick blender with a whipping disk attachment, it gets really light and fluffy.

I didn't know there was a special base.

I believe you could switch it with corn starch.

yes you can.. I use both... the natrisorb bath and tapioca pure arent much different different from each other, both made from tapioca starch and same INCI-tapioca starch. I do find the natrasorb bath seems to hold more oil.. maybe the modification , the fact its broken down further into the maltodextrin or whatever makes it better for that??

the tapioca pure or cornstarch, whatever you wanna use is basically filler.

cute !

Soapmom... I always label "keep out of the reach of children(and adults <-- ok, I don't say adults *l*)" and yadda yadda yadda... My son has been using these for almost a year now and he knows they're for the bath. Mine take about 40 seconds (or less) to dissolve....

The point to the whole "cookie" thing IMO is the great exciting novelty to the bath bombs, with a twist....

If someone DOES eat them, aren't they basically made with food grade ingred's (baking soda, buttermilk, vegetable oil, citric acid.... ok, minus the fragrance oil... but doesn't it seem like we're baking a cake here?)

soapermom THAT is funny... but why don't I believe that? *lol*.. How WERE those cookies exactly? *smirk*

its true!! I was only about 5 or 6:D

ok, I gotta ask .... what do you do with these things??? LOL Seriously ~ I've never seen these anywhere and hadn't ever even heard of them until the post a few weeks ago on the banana ones.

Do they drop in like a bath bomb? Do they fix, or melt??

and my real pondering .... aren't you afraid a child would eat one?? I only ask because of personal experience ... was making cupcake shaped soaps a few weeks ago and my 1 year old reached right up, helped himself and took a big bite!!!

They do know what mommy does.. and they alwways ask me.. is this real mom or just soap?

I remember chomping down on a santa claus soap I got one year for christmas, no one TOLD me it was soap!!!:rolleyes2

there is some monor fizzing, there is a touch of citric,they dissolve pretty quickly, about 2 minutes or less, depending on water temp..

I like the bell, very nice.

48 hours! ahhh, man!

I just tried a different recipe this morning, I balled them up thinking they would flatten...now they're just mounds of dough.

Off to try a new method! Thanks soapermom!

I have been playing with bath cookies for a year now, trying to get away from the original bad idea with the goopy egg, knowing there had to be another option.. I tried a baked version, and couldn't get it just right without being too dry and brittle. I just keep on playing:yay: I like the challenge.

natrasorb bath is maltodextrin, that is derived from tapioca starch.. the INCI only lists it as Tapioca Starch, not maltodextrin AND tapioca starch.

It can come from other starches such as corn.. but national starches is from Tapioca.

I think its lovely!

do you have microsoft Works?

there is a task launcher, click on that if you do, it will give you a menu of tasks.. click on newsletters and flyers. There are templates in there.

I cannot relate but sympathize and be amazed that you do what you do.

I cannot imagine having a full time job AND doing this as a business.

I feel like I am run ragged as is with keeping up with 4 kids all by myself AND doing this..

okay, do share! Are those real chocolate chips?

no, that is tinted cocoa butter, its kinda like chocolate:rolleyes2

this is the recipe I use right now, ( its changed several times with tweeking) this one is working well for me.

2 Cups Baking Soda

1 Cup Natrasorb Bath

1/2 Cup citric acid

1 Cup Epsom Salt

1/2 cup tapioca pure

5 0z melted Cocoa butter

scent and color as desired

Mix all dry ingrediants, add color ands cent to melted cocoa butter then add to dry ingrediants. Work cocoa butter in well by hand , you should have a play doh like consistancy. Roll or pat mixture out onto counter or work surface. Let rest a minute, it will puff a little and dry a little and make cutting easier.

Cut with cookie cutters into desired shapes. Allow to dry in single layer for 48 hours.

you can make a "browned" baked look by brushing on liquid color, or tinted cocoa butter, you can embellish as desired to resemble any cookie you like.

tinted cocoa butter chips or beeswax can cover a multitude of of accessories

the maple syrup one is just scrumptious!

have you tried rolling them out and cutting with a small cookie cutter? that's what I do now.

those look delish! Are you actually baking yours? Do you use eggs?

no.. no baking, no eggs

I was trying my best to get a chocolate chip .... I still need to tweek .:rolleyes2

I didn't have an issue with the look, I do rustic/prim/country/homespun myself( everyone calls it something different it seems). I just felt the stuff was too big for the jar.. it over powered and obscured the jar and product.