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The ones pictured are nettles & peppermint. The yellow is from pureed carrot. Thanks;)

That coconut lime does look edible and made me want to run out and buy an "Edwards" key lime pie...man I love those pies:drool: Thanks again everybody!

Thanks! I used to do it that way but then I have issues editing them and I thought I would eventually end up with too many.

Thanks everyone:grin2: I do have fun with the tops. Sometimes it's a last minute thing where I grab a skewer and play! I've been a mad soaper lately and didn't want to put too many pics up. I really enjoy infusing oils for color and they smell heavenly as well. Happy Happy Soaping!

When I first read about emu oils anti inflammatory properties, I had to get some. I had also read how great it works for arthritis and thought I would test it on my every aching joint:sad2: and I hate to be the one to say it, but I may as well have rubbed olive oil on those joints because it didn't do anything for me. I have RA and perhaps the inflammation levels were too high or I should have bathed in it. I don't recommend it for anyone with serious pain unless you're planning to use it as a carrier of some other wonder oil/eo. I've had a unfinished formula in my head forever, maybe one day I will put it on paper:embarasse

All of them soaped like a dream:grin2: . I've got moonlight path and it reminds me of somebodys sex on the beach (which I didn't like) But I will do a tiny batch to see what comes through in cp. Usually oob is the same soaped. I've posted pics in the gallery if anyone cares to take a look.

Those are amazing swirls!:highfive: they remind me of those bubbles we used to blow with a straw, they were always so colorful and quite psychadelic.

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn317/TGT2008/castile-coconutlime2.jpg http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn317/TGT2008/castile-coconutlime1.jpg http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn317/TGT2008/c-whtlilyamber.jpg http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn317/TGT2008/c-orangepatch-pb.jpg http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn317/TGT2008/c-lilacrounds1.jpg http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn317/TGT2008/carrot-honey-loafbar2.jpg http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn317/TGT2008/c-kokpelli1.jpg http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn317/TGT2008/c-chamomilepep3.jpg http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn317/TGT2008/c-pumpkinseed-rosehip1.jpg http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn317/TGT2008/c-onyxmist-1.jpg I can certainly understand if this is just too much. BUT I had to share my babies...I am so happy with them. The coconut lime fo is from peaks as is the white lily amber and lilac. I do believe the others are eo only. The carrot honey was supposed to be three layers but the carrot portion thickened faster than the rest and so i just plopped it in the thin layer and stuck a skewer in it and hoped for the best..LOL I like it though:embarasse Also all of the colors are natural except the gray stripe in the OM. I'm experimenting with herbal infusions for color.

LOL yeah what she said:grin2:

This fo absolutely rocks in cp and tarts/candles!. I use 0.7 oz in 2lbs of soap and it is very strong. While making tarts I nearly ran myself out the house:laugh2: I am also loving their white lily & amber, as well as their kick butt strong Lilac. All behave very nicely in CP. I'm sure I'm behind every one else who tried these but ya know I have MPD and one of us Really does like FO's:laugh2: If this belongs somewhere else please move it.:embarasse

I've got an eo/fo blend that contains ylang ylang and man does it move fast! I think ylang ylang may be the culprit because I've soaped this exact blend without ylang ylang and it behaved nicely. I have to soap that blend cold. I mean cold enough to have floating chunks of coconut oil or whatever hard oil. Everything is cold and I add the fragrance very slowly or to the oils. I really like this blend and I refused to give up on it or HP it. I know I will eventually just use it for LS and forget all that:rolleyes2 Have no idea why your fo won't hold up. But I agree it is best to weigh it until you become familiar with your fragrances. After a while you can just look at the cup and know the amount is correct.

I like that soap! That accidental pattern makes it pop. It reminds me of some bone beads that were black with white cuts in them. *soap porn approval* I've wanted to try charcoal just for the color but I'm terrified it will stain something.

I didn't sell any of my first soaps. I gave most of them away after testing them for a few months:grin2: They were surprisingly pretty good for newbie soap. I've recently gone back to a couple of my old formulas because to me they were awesome. I figured I must have had soap angels...you must have soap Gods! Wishing you a lots of wisdom and success.

I made tarts with eo's and ran myself out of the house while burning one. It was super strong, and I my daughter said it smelled like a damp sweaty forrest so I named it sweaty nymphs in the forrest:laugh2: :laugh2: I am not sure of the blend:embarasse off the top of my head I will say patchouli, lavender, ginger and maybe 3 others.

A tester ran out of tarts and put shredded soap in her tart burner and made a soap tart..LOL..whouda thunk it? She says it worked as well as a tart. And I am VERY light handed with fragrances....