COJECO

I know for sure that the candied apple smells exactly like the it. I have never tried the wintery candy apple before.

I use a cheap rice cooker from Walgreens : ) It's the exact same thing as the soap melter they sell at Michaels for a quarter of the price. If you wait until they go on sale you can get one for right around $10 or so. I holds a little over six pounds.

I bought one of these from my friends store a few years ago. I usually don't spend that kind of money on bath bombs but it was before I knew what they were and how to make them myself. The minute I saw them, I had to have one. They had them displayed unwrapped in these big beautiful jars in a self serve set up. They had these cute little bags to put them in and inside was a little card listing all these pampering ingredients, tellin me how much I deserved it. It worked, I convinced myself that I needed it and didn't care what the price was : ) I expected it to be phenomenal, but was really disappointed when I actually used it, it was nothing special at all. I will say, it was really pretty though and that's what sold me on it plus like I said it was before I knew all about bath bombs and the whole concept sounded so cool to me at the time.

You're absolutely right, it's the marketing for sure.

PrairiAnnie

Every time I try jojoba oil in my soap it makes it waxy with no lather at all. Do the other ingredients that you add counteract the waxy feel of the jojoba?

FYI activated charcoal works really well too with a clear base.

Yes, it's pretty much a rice cooker that's been renamed a soap melter : )

Mine holds a little over 6 pounds and I paid about $10 on sale at Walgreens. I have several of them, they go on sale all the time.

That's where I got the idea, the soap melter I saw at Michaels looked exactly like a rice cooker except it was about $30 more than a rice cooker : )

Have you ever tried a rice cooker? That's what I use and it works great. They're not too bad in price either if you wait until they're on sale at Walgreens.

Clean up's pretty good too since you can take the insert out to wash it.

Lori

WOW, thank you so much. I literally googled for hours looking for that!

I'm looking for a duplicate of Coty's "Emeraude" for a special order. Does anyone know where I might find it?

Thanks

I haven't tried it but I just ordered some too. I usually use the Coconut Milk base from Candlewic in addition to the other bases from EBC, and it's fantastic so I'm hoping this one will be too so that I can order all my bases from one place : )

Hello,

Just wanted to let you know that I have one of these molds and I was having problems with unmolding too. Now I wipe it down with mineral oil each time and it unmolds beautifully!

I've been trying to put together an order too, I love them!

I just don't want to order the quantity needed to get them wholesale

Yes, that's the one.

The soap I got was the Dr. Bronners Organic Shikakai baby soap. Maybe that's why it's a darker color?

They had the Dr Bronners Peppermint on clearance as well. I found it back in the patio section (inside the store)

I bought the same soap and wondered the same thing. I got it on clearance too for the same price. It seems fine to me? but I'm wondering now . . .

It's working for me 10:00 pm. for what it's worth - I'm using Mozilla

Thanks for you help.

The thing is, these wicks do actually "dissolve" and disappear as the candle burns. There's nothing there to trim, that's why I like them so much.

I'll try to find some more info on their websites - that's a great idea!

Thanks

I hope this is not stupid question - but here goes:

I notice that some of the store bought candles that I have ( Colonial Candle and White Barn for example) have a certain type of wick that seems to "self disintergate" as the candle burns and doesn't ever need to be trimmed. One of the candles in particular is a vegetable blend from Bath and Body works and it just burns so perfect and like I said, I don't ever have to trim the wick, it just seems to disappear.

Of course, I have been trying with no success to duplicate the candle and was wondering if anyone knew what type of wick it is that they use or can recommend a place for me to start. I have gone through the process of testing several times with several wicks and several waxes. Right now I'm using the para blend from Wholesale Candle Supply or the 70/30 from Greenleaf. I believe that if I could narrow it down to the right type of wick I could take it from there.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Yes, that's exactly how it was in the bottle that I saw. Now just to decide what type of milky liquid to use.

Thanks

Thanks so much~ I'll try it. Yes, you're right, it sounds so basic, it's all in the packaging I guess.

I'll check out the bases as well.

Thanks again!

Hi,

I saw a bottle of milk bath / body milk in the store the other day and was wondering how to make it - it almost looks like the "lava" concept in that there was a clear liquid on the bottom of the bottle and a separated milky colored liquid in the top part of the bottle - it was very pretty but unfortunately, I didn't have time to look more into it to see the ingredients.

Any ideas how to make something like this?

I also have another question, how do you mix mica with a liquid soap base so that it doesn't all settle to the bottom of the bottle?

Thanks!

Did you try here:

http://www.midwestbottles.com/index.cfm?Action=ViewCategory&Category=419

I have used them twice - One came out just fine and the other didn't, I had to cut the bottom. The one that came out easy was not full, I only had enough to pour a little bit more than half way. The one that I had to cut was filled to the top.