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Nan_in_Tucson

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    http://www.jewelryfromtucson.com

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    Tucson
  • About You
    Actually a jewelry maker, going off on a tangent!

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  1. Thanks, everyone! The mold is an old Nordic Ware bundt cake pan that my mom had. It was one of the original pans for the microwave, made with something that Nordic Ware called Gemstone. I was hestitant at first to use it, because I couldn't find out just what "Gemstone" is made of. I did find one article that referred to it as a polymer, so I figured I would try it. I coated it with mineral oil first. It took about 4 days before the cake would come out of the pan.
  2. Yeah, I had a hard time visualizing how to do the icing, but I just spooned the coconut soap at a light-med trace, just kind of let it drizzle.
  3. Whaddaya think? Ginger snap fragrance with a couple of tbl of pumpkin spice mix. The icing is fragrance free 100% coconut oil soap.
  4. I've seen them in Michaels in the wedding favors section.
  5. :laugh2:OK, it took me a few seconds to get it! But it's darn funny! :laugh2:(Still gigglin).
  6. Do you put the label over the tube and the cap, so folks can't open a tube until they buy it?? Nan
  7. OHhhhhh, well, I let it set in the mold for about 36 hours, so ... there ya go! Lesson learned. Nan
  8. Yeah, it was full trace. Took a while, but it was full trace. I didn't check for zap. I'm one of those that just can't bring myself to lick soap. I used it on my hands, and it feels fine, lathers wonderfully. Oh, hey, I've got my camera out taking pics of something else, let me get a pic of the salt pile. Nan
  9. So sometimes I like to try something extreme, to see what it does. I thought this was a bit extreme, but I made it anyways. 40oz olive oil 20oz coconut oil 10oz jojoba oil 22oz water 9.3oz lye at trace 2oz rosemary eo 1oz sage eo 7oz sea salt I made it on Wednesday, today I am trying to cut it, and it is just crumbling all over the place, I can't cut a whole bar, they just come apart. Dear, dear. I think I may just have to crumble it all up, put it in muslin bags or something. This recipe is NOT a keeper! Although it does smell good. Nan
  10. Well, THAT was entertaining! The last time I was in Walmarts, I was looking around for silicon bakeware to use as molds, as so many people here have said good things about them. All I could find was a 24-mini-muffin pan, and 12 regular sized muffin "tins". I bought them. Today I made my regular 4 lbs of oil batch, scented with Apple Spice, whipped it right up to a nice creamy frosting trace and proceeded to fill said muffin pans. Well it was quite a scramble to find a couple of other quick molds because I had WAYYYYY more "batter" then muffin pan and muffin tins. But I grabbed a couple of drawer storage thingies and made it before things could harden up on me. The muffins looked pretty neat! I sprinkled cinnamon on a few of them, just for har hars. I'm hoping they'll make cute gift soaps, maybe in a take-out box, or an origami box (which I make). I'll take pics when I unmold them. Right now they are all wrapped up and resting. Nan
  11. Doris, that is exactly what I am going to do. I was going to just put it on my big cutting board, borrow some of hubby's tools, and hack away at it. Putting it in a big box first sounds like a good idea ... a little less messy. No concrete floor in the house to slam it on, and I don't think it's a good idea to take it out in 108 degrees to slam on the sidewalk. I just envision a big glob of melted cocoa butter setting on my sidewalk. Nan
  12. LOL, Jeri! How can something that sounds so easy be so difficult? I did a batch of salts, too, this week. Used Paul's 75% recipe. Just covered them for an hour, then cut. Very moist and soggy. Not what I was expecting at all. Even now after a couple of days, they're still moist. I used coconut lime verbena fo, and they smell quite wonderful, but I don't know if they are going to end up the way they should. Nan
  13. ah-soy, you've been cracking me up! I feel like we all will have to surround you and chant "DO it, DO it, DO it" until you actually make some soap! When I mix my lye, I use the kitchen sink. Measure my cold water into a plastic container, put that in the sink, measure my lye into another plastic container, and slowly pour it into the water. I use a long handled spoon so I can stand away from the sink a little. I can't open windows either, it's been 100+ degrees for a couple of weeks. As long as you don't have a teeny tiney cramped kitchen, you'll be ok. You only need to stir it for about 10 seconds after adding all the lye. Then you can just leave the kitchen for a while. OK, all together now ... "DO it, DO it, DO it !! " Nan
  14. Well, I thought with temps being well over 100 here in Tucson, and no way I can keep the house cooler then 80 degrees (which is why the coconut oil is melted) that the cocoa butter would be softened. It's not, though! I probably should take the whole thing out and chop it into reasonable pieces and store in smaller pieces of tupperware. Nan
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