Starr

If you guys are doing single bar testers are you using a mold or making soap balls?

Wooden skewers work well, chopsticks too, especially since I LOVE Chinese Food. I've used wooden paddle types of spoons too. All sorts of things work just fine. I believe in recycling/upcycling lots of stuff for soaping.

Hm. I don't have Dry-Flo but I've got tons of cornstarch floating around the house. Maybe I'll give it a try just for me. Thanks for the recipe.

Millcreek does a lot of bases too. I've never played around with liquid soap bases but I have bought their linen/body spray base, they give easy instructions and I found their price fair.

I think I have some white polymer clay hanging around... Project!

*waves some more* Hi!!!!

*grumble grumble grumble* Doctor says Pneumonia. Seems like I'll be dreaming a tad longer.

I'm trying... I want my Black and Red Dragon's Blood Soap in the WORST way.

I used to make a Hand & Foot Salve (think of that Burt's stuff in the metal tin only without the beeswax) that had EO's in it and I won't lie, now and then I used it on my lips and so far, I'm not dead. But this was one of those 'just for me' kinds of items so I didn't worry too much about EO properties, even less because its primary use was hands, feet, elbows, ya know, those parts that get REALLY dry. Anyway, this probably isn't the most helpful post but I know it can be done. The only problem I ran into when doing it was well frankly, the taste wasn't spectacular. It smelled great, it tasted vaguely medicine-like.

Thank you very very much!

It's been a long time... too freaking long really. I had to walk away from all my crafty goodness for a while for well, a lot of personal crap but now... I'm COMING BACK! WOOT! But you know, in typical Murphy's Law fashion, the day I plan my first pot of soap in 3 or 4 years, I get sick. If anyone can find Murphy and make him a nice big bar of Itching Powder Soap for me, I'd greatly appreciate it.

I think it's a Victoria's Secret scent. Does anyone know if there's a dupe?

This just seems so far fetched to me. If folks are that creeped out about 'fluids' from other people, never eat another birthday cake that has candles someone blew out. In blowing out the candles, small amounts of saliva are excreted through the mouth, infinitely moreso if it's a child blowing out the candles as they're usually much more excited and blow harder. As a matter of fact, you likely shouldn't eat any food that someone else has prepared. For those of us who cook a fair amount, if you ever grabbed a fork or spoon to taste something over the pot, pan, casserole, etc... and blew on it prior to tasting it, you just basically spit all over the food you're preparing.

I've been asked to make soap like this before. I declined but not for gross-out reasons. Being of the can't have kids variety, I just didn't know enough about breastmilk to know how long it'd be usable for or anything like that. I don't really claim to understand why so many people are put-off by this idea though, seems fine to me.

This is probably too big but if you did oversize cupcakes, it might work: http://www.chocomolds.com/CMI027.html