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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.

After reading all the good things said here about the KD7000 and Old Will's, I ordered the scale on wednesday and it arrived here on thursday. Old Will's is in OK and I'm in KS, but still, that's faster than I expected. The scale is sooooo much better than the piece of junk I was using! I especially like that you can program it to not automatically shut off, and that it measures in 1 gm increments.

Stunning soaps!! The first one looks very elegant.

I'm curious why someone would want this smell in a candle? I can see it in a spray for hunting purposes, but in a candle?...

I've never smelled deer pee, and I don't think that I want to after reading this.

SCARY!! I'm glad no one got hurt.

Your soaps look really nice. You done good.

I think it's fine to add your FO when you did, as long as the oils are not real hot. I've been adding mine to the oils when I blend just so I don't forget to add it.

Rough? You're kidding right? These are beautiful! I imagine they smell as wonderful as they look.

A bit off the topic, but I'm curious about the Sanguigno Orange and a regular Orange. What's the difference in the two?

There are very pretty, such a nice variety too.

I didn't use much at all, probably just 1 to 1 1/2 tsp for a 4 lb batch.

I wouldn't think that putting poppy seeds in soap would affect a drug test. I'm a nurse as well and have a stash of poppy seeds that I plan to use in soap.

I did add some ground apricot seeds to a batch I made recently and they are not scratchy at all. They came as a free sample from Brambleberry I think and they are ground pretty fine.