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You might want to mention to him that over-doing the color can impact the burn, making it very hard to test wicks! Good luck with your hubby - it's cool that he wants to be involved, so I agree - let him design his own candles (once he owns a process he'll behave better. probably.).

I think that's an awful lot of soap for the first run at a recipe. I'd suggest keeping it to about 32 ounces of oils total.

candle science has both hazelnut cappuccino and vanilla hazelnut. and a kick ass fresh coffee.

I'd bet the hazelnut cappuccino would be good without vanilla, tho I haven't smelled it so am just guessing. or maybe blend the vanilla hazelnut with the fresh coffee.

peak has all 3 also, but I haven't tried theirs - yet. I do love peak, though.

It's not b&b safe, only for candles

Yup, I know - but thanks for pointing it out, it's really important.

great! i'll be placing an order there in a few days anyway, so that's perfect.

Interesting - I had Bert's Grapefruit Jasmine, and couldn't move THAT!

Don't suppose you have any excess?

I looked on the Fragrance Oil Finder site, but no luck there - does anyone know where I can get a dupe of Archipelago Pink Grapefruit?

I'm told it's "not just grapefruit" but don't have any more than that - does anyone even know what it smells like?

CandleScience's smoke and odor eliminator smells yummy.

Start simple. Without embeds. Just do a few nice, plain batches to get the ball rolling, then work your way up to additives, swirls, embeds, milks, etc.

yes please, Gary

I think they've had some technical glitches. Hope you get it worked out. Those who have previously registered and purchased are grandfathered in at The Perfumery site and do n't need to meet the minimum purchases, but you may need to do a bit of email communication first, not sure.

click on the "shipping and payments" tab.

it does matter, since even though there are many sales by Mr Do Right, there are also many bad experiences posted about in forums and probably on the internet in general.

by the way, I like 4627. i blend it with some soy to make it less sticky as I find sticky container candles end up being too dusty.

Based on the phone numbers available in both links, I think we can say these are the same seller.

Mr. Do Right: http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-5-HDPE-NO-LINER-SOAP-MOLDS-BAR-SLICER-Wood-Lid-AvaL-/400248733308?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d30aefe7c

olemanandsons: http://www.ebay.com/itm/HDPE-Two-Soap-Mold-Set-22-BAR-6-Lb-Y-LINE-KIT-WOOD-LIDS-/160638012039?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2566c58a87

wonder what's up with that.

quite a reaction to someone who shared her experience and expertise in this very thread. mean? even *I* cannot take offense at what she said, and I have a chip on my shoulder when it comes to SOW.

Most of what I got from JS was too weak. That, combined with the sediment and the customer service gives me no reason to go back.

coconut oil is comedogenic? not for me, I use it on my face nightly.

cupcake soaps don't necessarily have to gel, but a soap that is high in hard oils do - or else you will very likely get thick, sticky, nasty ash. did I mention the ash would be thick and sticky?

why cannot you gel milk soaps?

and maybe this formula right for cupcakes if you don't want to gel.

Dr Dunn's work showed that it was the type of oil, and not the level of superfat/lye discount that impacted DOS. So you probably aren't doomed.

By balanced, I mean that all the components work together (the selection of oils and the level of superfat/lye discount) to lend the soap the qualities you desire.

Stella, that is a "rule" I've been trying to educate OUT of soapers. I have old last dry skin, and sensitive at that, and I happy use this formula without problem. It's actually the "break the rules" soap which I found out there years ago except the original is a milk soap with a lower lye discount.

High coconut does not have to mean "drying" in a properly balanced formula.

You MUST let it gel, though, to minimize ash.

Since that thread, my bread and butter formula is 75/25. 75% coconut oil, 25% whatever - most often cocoa butter but I like shea as well, lard is great, and other things too. ALL my soaps were DOS-less in bad conditions for about a year, but the 25% crisco one did get DOS at that point.

I usually do a 15% superfat.

Doesn't our "dear friend" Paul (aka Soapmaker Man) make the molds for Diana? TOG molds?

And in the double mold pic it sure looks like funky foam. You can buy and cut it quite easily. It's at craft stores by the paper and stuff. Not the easiest material to soap with, though.

Shea butter aggravates my son's eczema. He finds mango soothing, though.

I got an FO with sediment in it from JS. A LOT of sediment. I called and they said "oh, it's supposed to be that way" and I couldn't get my money back. Nor could I use it in candle because the bits showed up. I called again and they said to filter it, or to just pour off the top and leave the sediment behind. I left them behind.

ETA: this was 2 years ago.

Hmmm - Christina - isn't that the name of the woman who always asks for free samples to put into baskets?