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Awesome pattern, coloring jumps right out at me! Great job!

Yeah, I'm with you guys on this one and I'm quite paranoid about leaving any of the dishes used for soap out to dry for fear someone in my house might use it....even if I soaped at 1 AM I'm with Bunny and e. on this. Plastic and wood are no-no's. If it's glass, stainless steel, or my ceramic crock pot I make sure to clean it really, really well before using it for food and likewise before soaping.

Thanks guys, these are great ideas. I'm going to try again with the chilled milk. I'm still having fun though .

Hi Carrie, the lye mixture was just under 140 degrees, this may have been too hot. I mean this stuff was smoking once I mixed it all together!!

The milk was room temp since I used powdered goat milk and mixed w/room temp water. Is frozen best to use when mixing with the lye? The pix w/the dark choclate colored bar was also goat milk and this one traced quickly but did not seize. The difference with the 1st batch was that I used water and lye mix and then made goat milk separately and added at the end.

OK, by the time I posted this and went back to my batch it looked like a volcano has just opened up. So I figured I try to insert the spoon and stir it, it worked! The middle had turned back to a light trace stage but was smokin something crazy. I kept stirring and it was very lumpy and looked like poo. I could never get it to a smooth consistency so I added the f/o and dumped it into the mold . It ended up having the consistency of that green gooey stuff that kids like to play with. Wow, who says it doesn't take skill to make soap! I cant wait to see what happens. I posted pix, I made a batch 2 days ago that is curing with white spots on them, have a look.

My goat milk recipe seized!!!! I never saw anything like that it scared the crap outta me. Here is the recipe I used Olive Oil 36% Coconut oil 28% Palm oil 20% Sunflower oil 8% Castor oil 8% used 19oz goat milk I had not added the f/o yet, I added half the milk w/the lye mixture and it turned brown and stinky so I saved half to add at the end. I turned around to get the remaining milk and the whole batch was sitting there stiff as board! I tried to stir it and smoke came out!! What did I do wrong

This is one of my favorite flowers! These are awesome, great creativity. I think you did awesome job.

Wow, these are beautiful and great going on the price of the holder! I love a good bargain. Great Job:grin2:

Sassy, you are an inspiration. You did a great job and I would have bought a few jars....after I did the sniff test of course

I feel better now that I know others have done this successfully. There was too much of something because the candles were actually foaming. I removed them from the molds and they look better than I expected....once I reverse them, but there is a deep crater on the 'pour' side the size of the Grand Canyon . Yes, I need much more practice, they smell great though. I will post a pix this evening. Have a good day:grin2:

boy am i stoopid ....... I just attempted my 1st pillars using 2.5lbs paraffin slabs, 2 0z f/o, 1 tbsp vybar and 2.5 tbsp Stearine! OMG, the wax looks like molten lava LOL :laugh2: I didn't realize that you use one or the other, not both at the same time. Trial and error right folks.

overall you did a great job. Looks like you're on your way chica .

Wow! these are awesome soaps. My son would go nuts for these, nice job!

ooooh I can smell it thru the screen...yummy.

Well said Mad :smiley2:

Brenda, thanks for the inspiration and instruction. This is cool, please post your photos when this is cut.

Julie, I absolutely love them all. Those circular patterns on the top photo are awesome and so unique. Thanks for the insp:)ration!

Wow, everytime I see one of your soaps I am so amazed how you give each one the perfect color for the name! I mean it just fits!

I know I'm late on this since I've been away from the boards a few days but these are awesome. Your swirls are unique, keep up the good work.

Brenda, you are so talented. I'm a color freak and these are cool.

You chose nice colors for the names.

Dixie, these are sooo cute! Great idea!

Wow, if I saw these on the store shelf I would definitely buy them. They look great!

The swirls look great!