marrwilliams

Your colors are always so vibrant! love it! This is what people refer to as the tank: http://www.forcraftssake.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7_8&products_id=20 It's a heavy heavy heavy duty commercial soap cutter.

They look great! I would have never thought of that scent combo but it sounds delish! Of course I love pumpkin and patch and amber. Thanks for sharing - I'll have to make a sniffie of that.

Kristy - you're soaps always rock! Gorgeous...

Ohhhhh - nice. It's looks very Irish to me.

That's gorgeous Elfcat. Do you sell anywhere?

Yummmmmmm....Amberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.........

Sometimes it clears up in sequester too. It could be the FO though.

Mine did and wow - scratchy. A little goes a long way. If I were to use them again - I would run them through the coffee grinder on the extra FINE setting.

I've used Bittercreek's Vanilla Stabilizer with their Pink sugar that usually turns dark brown for me. It worked and my colors stayed true.

I have made stain sticks the way jbren does it and also with just 100% CO - 0%SF. Both work very well. I was surprised the first time I made and then used one at just how well they work! I've given them to everyone I know!

I make 100% CO Salt Bars with 20% SF. They lather nicely but even at the high SF I found them a bit drying but I have icky/picky skin. Testers loved them though. Coconut is a stable oil - you can SF it way high. Saltbars are somewhat crumbly by nature - but I don't have a problem if I cut while hot.

I do equal parts water and lye with my Castiles and they take forever to trace. I have heard pomace will trace faster though. Drastic water discounts are great for Castiles because they take forever to cure if not.

Hi - Usually people replace Palm with Lard or Tallow. However - if you are against using animal oils - try Cocoa Butter. Even just a little bit hardens up the bars quite a bit. Blending the CB with other hard oils like Olive or Avocado will help too.

Unfortunately - I have had to use at least an 1 oz pp in my soy and many EOs are still very faint at that amount. They are so expensive that I decided since no one is putting my candles on their body - there is no real benefit to using EOs instead of FOs. JMO though. Marr

SFIC bases rock! If you check the ingredients list - you will see it's very close to what you will find in CP soap. Not as many detergents as some of the other types. Marr