Shala

Beautiful! I love the affect of that wax.

Oh I think that is totally normal. I know that if I was opening a store I would be a nervous wreck. Once everything is in the store and the sells start rolling in you will be fine! You just want everything to be perfect and that is understandable. You are living the dream and that's a little scary. When the people come just hold your head up high and know that your products are wonderful. They will sell themselves.

Very pretty. They would match my living room!

I think that those are very cool! I really like the color combo.

All of your products look awsome! I can not wait to see the pictures of the store. Its going to be just beautiful!

I also mix the lye outside and let it cool for a little bit then bring it inside the house to finish cooling. I've never noticed an overwhelming smell or anything.

WOW that is so neat! I want a piece of carrot cake now.

Oh I knew what you were saying and I'm glad that you told me. I can watch closer next time and stop that from happening. I unmolded it this morning and it looks ok. Its still a little soft but it is heavy on liquid oils so I'm going to let it sit for awhile before I cut it. I'm hoping that it will turn out fine. Keeping my fingers crossed!

Well that isn't exactly what I wanted to hear. lol Thank you for the information and like you said we can learn something from it. I'll let you know how it turns out. Thanks again for your help!

Thanks! I will leave it alone and see what happens.

I made a batch of soap about three hours ago. It has been insulated with towels ever since and when I just checked on it there are bubbles on the top like oil is collecting or something. It traced fine and got into the mold fine. Its still pretty warm. Should I take off the towels, leave them on or what? TIA-Shala

Ohhh that is so pretty! I love pink and brown together.

Beautiful! Your embeds are perfect!

Wow beautiful pillars and the food ones look delicious! My favorite is the country gift shop!

I found Lye at Ace Hardware. If you have a small hardware store they usually have it. For molds you can use a shoe box, Satin used an ice cream tub (which I thought was smart). I'm not sure that a foil box would be big enough but I could be wrong. HTH a little-Mashala

Very nice!! That scent is one of hubby's favorites.

Great colors!!! I'm loving that mold too.

Welcome! This site is great and there is SO much useful information. Good to have you here!!

Ohhhh I love those. The colors and layers are great.

I love all of your different molds and the color is great!

Awsome soaps! Great scent and color choices for fall.

This is the first batch of real bath bombs that I have made and I'm really happy with the way that they turned out. The pink is Gardenia and the green is Green Clover and Aloe. I can't wait to make more!

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Wow your swirls look great! Awsome Job!

WOW that looks so real! Now I want banana nut bread. Great job.

I had a fuel smell with Lemon Pound Cake. The cold throw was to die for but you could really smell the fuel when it was burning.