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Wow TOMH, thanks for taking the time to type all of that information out. I love learning and that was one helpful post!!

I can't believe I missed seeing these. They're gorgeous soaps!

I made mine several months ago. I ended up rebatching it because it was so ugly. The only scent I added was some tea tree oil. It stunk to high heaven, was nearly black and took quite a while to cure to a hard bar. It has mellowed nicely though. I took a bar with me to the shower this morning, and I really do like it.

I had the same thing happen to me. I figured it was just me, but I had printed them and they were identical recipes, oils, percentages, discounts. I ran it again and went with the one that matched.

That's so pretty. She did good.

Fantastic looking soaps, especially for your first attempts!

Hot tub? Sauna?

Wowza! That's some gorgeous soap!

I made these two last friday and saturday. The dark was supposed to be a coffee scent, Turkish Mocha (BB), but is smells way more chocolate than coffee. Since searching here, I now see that that's pretty common. It's okay though because it's a really good chocolate smell. I think that I might see about getting a straight coffee fragrance and then trying to do a layered soap using both. The second soap reminds me of spring. It's scented with EO's and has a citrus - minty smell. I used kaolin clay in both of these as well as 5% soy wax and they both are creamy and lather really well. I can't wait to see how they do when they've cured. As always, opinions and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Your colors look great. I bet they smell wonderful as well.

'Cosmic Blue', 'Out of the Blue'... I don't have a clue how you got this look, but I love it!

I made round soaps yesterday (first time) and used 3" PVC. It worked great. Well except for the huge mess but that was my fault.

I think that it looks tropical and very pretty.

The color is beautiful.

That is a very neat looking soap. I can't comment on the fragrance, but soap sure looks nice.