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Today was the last day of school (I'm a teachers aide) and I must have handed out 10 jars of this today. Mostly thank you's for the teachers being so nice to my son and for the retiree's. Well I'm in the middle of a retirement dinner and one of the teachers I gave it to had to call and tell me how much she loved it. She said it was a bit grainy but she liked it that way so for he r it was perfect. I do think I will use a little less oil next time though. The smell was out of this world and everyone just wanted to eat it. I did have a collegue tell me she wished her coffee tasted as good as this smelled.

Thanks so much for posting this recipe!

Kelly

Is there a reason for not using mineral oil or I guess what I want to know is why you would prefer not to?

Recipe here http://www.candletech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50508

Not sure if this is how it's to look. But if not I have to say it smells and feels heavenly. I ran out of Grapseed Oil so I added some Apricot Kernal Oil as well.

It's actually a brown honey color. I think the yellow came from the flash.

Oh dear, I'm sure it smelt heavenly, but it really does look like bird poop :lipsrseal I think it's that yellowish hue that makes it look... odd. Maybe Lurkin can give you confirmation if it's meant to look like that?

My vanilla beans came today so I tried out this recipe. I made one minor change though I added some apricot kernal oil as well. I'm not sure if it turned out or not. I think so but I've never made or even seen a sugar scrub before. Here is a pic, sorta reminds you of bird poop, but honest it smells so much better and the consistancy is not runny at all. Please tell me what you think. I really wasn't sure about the maple syrup fo and didn't have that but had maple brown sugar from flickers and oh my gosh. I really wanted to eat it!

What are the benefits of using the vanilla bean?

Thanks everyone for the advice. I have been banging the container off and on for a couple of hours now and it really does seem to be helping. I hate air bubbles, but live and learn I suppose!

Kelly

I made this lotion and it turned out great except for one thing.......it has tiny air bubbles all through it. Is there anyway to get rid of these?

Thanks,

Kelly

what is slsa?

I am definately going to be trying this in the next few days! I just ordered my vanilla beans! Can someone tell me though what the difference is between beans example tahitian vs. madagascar?

How much scrub does this recipe make?

I use my blender.

It certainly is a shame we can't ship via email! LOL! :-)

I have a questions regarding creams lotions and interactions.

I have currently come up with a lotion that seems to work very well for pain. It has essential oils and st.johns wort oil in it as well. I put a warning to check with a dr. before using anything with these ingredients in anyways but what I want to know is can these ingredients be harmful being used as a cream? Will they be absorbed into the bloodstream.

Kelly

Where are there oil coops?

Well then I definately have not been using enough FO, but noone is complaining. So if I were adding the FCO I would add .5 FO, .5 FCO & 3 oz. Cyclo? I am not good at math infact I absolutely dispise it. Is the FCO like a filler in the recipe or does it have a purpose otherwise? And if I add the FCO can this still be used as a 4 in 1 product? Room, linen, hair & body spray?

One common way is to round it off to: .50 oz FO and 3.5 oz. Cyclo ( I know: 1/2 an ounce of FO just for one bottle of spray!)

A more specific way is:

some people use less or more, but here is the standard recipe:

1 part fragrance oil to 6 parts cyclomethicone.

It depends on the size...whatever it is, break it down to 7 parts.

Example : for a 2 ounce total weight - 2.0 divide by 7 = approx .28 per part.

so you would use .28 fo and the rest is cyclo.

2 oz dry oil spray - .28 oz fo

4 oz dry oil spray - .57 oz fo (and: 3.43 oz Cyclo...........3.43+.57=4.0)

6 oz dry oil spray- .85 oz fo

8 oz dry oil spray - 1.14 oz fo

Hope this helps!!

I actually just ordered some arnica and got some emu as well. Right now what I have made seems to be helping some. So we'll see what happens after I add the arnica, emu and maybe a little menthol.

Kelly

If I wanted to learn how to make candles where would I begin. I've made tarts those are simple. I'd like to learn how to make candles, but I'd really like to learn to make the pillar candles where you put the tealight in the top as the light and the pillar never melts.

Kelly

Can someone explain to me how ratios work. When you say 1:6. I know that means 6 parts cyclo and 1 part fo, but what is that say for a 4 oz. bottle? Because for some reason I don't thikn I myself am putting enough fo in my cyclo.

Kelly

Kelly

How beautiful. I wish I knew how to make a candle. :-(

How nice of you. It was really nice at school for us today. We were given jars full of jellybeans, a card and a free teachers lunch.

AWESOME. If you make these again and want to sell a couple PM me!

I used my Misty Creek for the first time today and I love it!!!! I even got pretty swirls!!!! And they were easy to make!!!!

Kelly

Well I cut yesterday and I think it turned out very nice. At first it had a weird smell but now I can smell the lemon it.

Kelly

I live in Bradford PA and I will be traveling to the State College PA area on Friday and then tothe lewistown area on Saturday. Are there any soap/candle supply places along my travels?

Thanks

Kelly

found my measuring glass w/ 2oz of water in it. I always take out that much to nuke and add sugar to

Why do you add sugar?