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I am talking about making a transparent CP soap. I have seen some really pretty ones, but I can't find any info on this process.

can anyone help me with any information with making clear/transparent soap. I would really like to learn this as I have seen some beautiful soaps made with this method, but I can't seem to find any info on this. Any help will be deeply appreciated. cottoncandy

I also use a liquid. I put the fragrance oil on a cotton ball and add this to the zip lock bag. By putting it on a cotton ball and closing up the bag, your FO doesn't cause clumps in your powders or salts.

This is a recipe I use and it has lots of bubbles that really last. I make this for my 2 & 3 year old grandsons and they just love it. Silky Suds 16 oz. baking soda 4 oz. citric acid 8 oz. sodium lauryl sulfoacetate (SLSA) 7 oz. sea salt 3.5 oz. dry non-fat milk fragrance oil (25 drops, more or less) skin safe colorant, if desired 1. Place baking soda, fo and colorant in a gallon ziplock bag and zip shut. Make sure you squeeze the air out of the bag first. Knead the bag as if you were kneading bread dough. This will help to work in the fo and colorant. You may need to keep adding colorant until you reach the desired shade. Colorant is tricky...you don't want to add too much so add a drop at a time. You can always add more. Remember that you will be diluting the color so to speak when you add the rest of the ingredients. 2. Once you've reached your desired color, add the citric acid and SLSA. Again, knead the bag. 3. Add your sea salt and dry milk. Again, knead the bag. Add 3 tbsp. to bath. You can leave out the SLSA, for a regular milk bath. The SLSA makes it a bubble bath. I think this recipe came from Snowdrift Farm, but just can't remember and right now can't get their site to pull up. I think you will really like this recipe.

Whew!!! I am glad it is not just happening to me. Beginning to wonder there for a while. Second day I can't get it to open. I can do a search, click on the lotions tutorial, and it will open that page only. If I try to go anywhere off that page, it says--Can't find site. Maybe Snowdrift is just having problems with their site (I hope, hope). Hopefully it will be back up in a few days. Thanks Ladies for all the answers I get here. :yay: :yay: :yay:

This is the url http://www.snowdriftfarm.com/ I have always been able to get to it with this, but not today. It keeps coming up Can't find site. any help appreciated. I even tried to use your url, which is the same as I have.

Does anybody know what happened to Snowdriftfarms? I have tried to pull them up several times and each time it tells me can't find website. I tried several different ways and always the same. I really liked some of the products there and I read a lot of their tutorials.

I am a member of several Yahoo groups and I know what you mean about the mail. You can go in and edit your membership, set it to no email or just important news from moderator. Hope this helps. :highfive:

I too, am still fairly new, about 1 yr. I have a small digital scale that came from Wal-Mart. So far, so good. It will weigh in both ounces and grams. It also has the tare. It wasn't very expensive, around 40-45 dollars I think. Would also like to welcome you to this very addictive world. :yay:

I ran across an old discussion about making soap with 100% coconut oil and superfatting at 20%. I am still new to all of this and the coconut oil sounds scrumptious. I use the soapcalc at MMS and it only goes to 10%. This one says they do not recommend using this percentage. If you go over the 8%, wouldn't you get really soft bar of soap. Can someone please help me with this. On the other discussion board, it stated that this was really a bubbly bar and not drying because of the 20% superfat.

Thanks for all the info. I have been reading alot about the emu oil and I am going to talk to him and see if he wants to give this a try. I have never used this in anything, but if he wants to try it, we will give it a go. If this doesn't work then maybe we will try some of the other things. I really appreciate the info that I get from this board. Everyone is always ready to try to help others. I am still sort of new to B&B, I am addicted bad. I guess this is a way to get to try something new, like I need something new. I have so many things I want to make. Thanks again for all the help. :highfive:

I have an uncle who has extremely thin sensitive skin. He said someone told him about some kind of product that was supposed to toughen or thicken your skin, but he could not remember what it was. If anyone knows of anything like that I would be extremely interested in having any info that you have. TIA.

I love milk bath and I love the sound of adding Honey Powder. I have some on hand and have been wondering what to use it in. How much would I need to add to the above recipe.

I have never used the fusion magic, but I use the Fantasy Creme Maker and I love this stuff. I will have to try the Fusion Magic. Everyone that I have given the lotion with the Fantasy Creme just loves it. I have never had a problem with seperation. This stuff rocks.

I have never used the Fusion, but I use the Fantasy Creme and I love it. It is just about the only way I make lotion now. All of my family and friends love it. This stuff rocks.

I just wanted to say hello to all my new B&B friends, and to wish each and everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.santalol

Here is the recipe that I used: 1 lb. opaque melt and pour base 1 tsp. almond oil 4 tsp. shea butter 1 1/2 tsp. castor oil 1 oz. beeswax 1 1/2 oz. cocoa butter fragrance oil, colorant, if desired Melt the melt and pour base. In a separate bowl melt the oils and butters together. After everything is melted mix it all together. Add any other oils or additives you want, fragrance oil and colorant. This actually makes your hair squeak it works so well. Any help would be appreciated:cry2:

Anyone have a good tried recipe. The one recipe I have, I tried and it just does not lather AT ALL. I would really like to make some of these if anyone has a tried and true recipe.

Can someone please tell me how to use this stuff. I purchase some SLSA off of ebay and got a small amount of this. I have searched the net, but I can not find anything in plain language. I would like to use it in some bubble bath, but everything I find uses other ingredients that I do not have along with this. Can I use this alone, or do I need the other things. Any help with Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate will be greatly appreciated.

I get my 4 oz jars here. You can buy small or large quantities. http://www.sks-bottle.com/340c/P2.html

I have a nephew in Iraq that I would like to make some lip balm for, but it has to be in a squeezable tube. I ordered the tubes from BC, and need a recipe for lip balm. The ones I have are all solid for the chapstick like tubes. Any help appreciated.

Here is a site that has orange as well a mint green bath poufs. Pretty reasonable on shipping as well. I have purchased several items from her in the past. http://www.cottonblossomcrafts.com/bath_accessories.htm

Does anyone have a recipe for powder bubble bath. I have several in liquid form, but can not find one in a powder form. Any help is appreciated.

A lot probably hate me too, then. I have bought from this website and shipping is pretty reasonable. You can figure the shipping there also. http://www.cottonblossomcrafts.com/wooden_scoop_1.htm

does anyone know if there is such a thing as a powder bath oil and if so do you have a recipe. I would so love to have one.