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Ok, no idea where my brain is but will someone give it back? I have no idea how I got stearic acid on my list for PA's recipe. What I had, I dumped out of the molds and put in a glass measuring cup and left on the counter because I was so frustrated! Good grief I should have been more patient because now it's all set up! I'm going to try melting it one more time, pouring and walking away! :tiptoe: Next time I do so many silly things someone come up here and smack me.
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I guess that would be better than losing it. It was a test for personal use anyway, and this way dh stays clean. :tiptoe: Thanks!
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I'd try that except I can't chop it.. it's liquid with the butters and oils floating at the top... I think I might just call it a loss and toss it. This should teach me to try a recipe without ALL the ingredients. And when it didn't thicken up before I did add more base.. didn't work.
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I think I messed up big time. I used everything PA listed but have no stearic acid.. thought I'd be fine without it but it's now all just separating. Any thoughts?
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It's new and on its way to my house! I am friends on Facebook and they had an awesome offer of a 10 pack with most of the new ones in it. Should be here Monday! :yay:
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Has anyone used this as sort of a multi-purpose base? I'm looking at the ingredients for this and for lip balms and they seem similar. So can I use this to make bars and balms? Thanks!
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I have all my Fos in the 16oz amber bottles and I spilled all the time. So I bought the large flip top caps from Peak. Takes me a little longer to get my oils out, but I don't spill/waste any now.
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Those are so cute!
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my first run through a soap calc that I feel safe sharing to ask.. is this a good blend? I'm trying to decide what I need to order to do CP for the first time but keeping it simple. Coconut Oil 25% Rice Bran Oil 10% Mango Seed Butter 5% Olive Oil 40% Palm Oil 20% Hardness 42 Cleansing 17 Conditioning 54 Bubbly 17 Creamy 25 Iodine 60 INS 150 I've read the tutorials and the post with the advice about lauric/oleic/palitic ratios and I just want to make sure I have a handle on this. Thanks!
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Luminous- I don't think it's you particularly. I have State Farm for car and renters, but when I asked about it for B&B and candles they told me they don't cover that kind of thing. Frustrating cause I'd rather deal with a company I know, but whacha gonna do!
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Ah crap... that means I'm one too. I'm over here trying to narrow down what scents I'm going to launch with and doing nothing but discovering more that I want. I have a cabinet (short thank God) of big bottles but 1 ouncers all over the place! :embarasse
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A while back she had a warehouse mishap and was out of a lot of stock for a while, maybe it's just not in stock yet? I'd email and ask.
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I can't stand florals but ordered both the rose and golden rose for my mom from CS and she (who loves flowers!) prefers the rose to the golden. just my 2 cents
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One Scent a Day, I must remember that!
kitchenfairy replied to kitchenfairy's topic in Old Style B & B Gallery
Thanks, no unfortunately it's not CP, it's MP. I'm still a chicken when it comes to lye. :tiptoe: -
Thanks CareBear, I didn't know that. You probably just saved me a waste of time and ingredients!
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Thanks, I put mine in the freezer for 20 minutes and then let them sit on the counter until they were room temp 30-40 minutes and they popped right out.
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I wound up making several things today with several different scents and boy do I have a headache! But I think it was worth it. In the picture are a coffee scrub, brown sugar scrub, flowering soap, coffee soap and shaving cream. (I really am struggling with the coffee soap, the grounds either float or sink... )
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Ok, so hubby just took his first bath with one of these. It fizzed like it was supposed to, but not enough so I think a little more citric acid might be needed. And it did leave a brown ring around the tub but it wipes right off.... I'm thinking maybe I used a little too much color to start so I'll back off the next time I make these and see if that makes a difference.
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Bumping up again as the newsletter I just got in my mailbox says that caramel dip is one of the three scents that they have on sale for 10% off this week.
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Ok, so I finally found where I got the recipe for these.. it was over at thedishforum.com. I don't know if I can repost the recipe here but they are Wintergreen's Tub Truffles.
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Thanks for the great response! Rae- nope he hasn't tried them yet, I'm anxiously awaiting his next bath. Blest- I used a recipe that I think I could in the archives of this forums old forum (but I'll have to verify that). If I can find the source, I'll post it here and let you know. They were super easy! I was thinking when I make them for selling I'll pour some colored melt and pour soap or colored cocoa butter into the swirl at the top before I pour in the rest of the truffle so there will be some color coordination with the scent.
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These were my first tub truffles made for hubby in Raspberry Truffle from CS. He thought they were for eating when I gave them to him!
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I just read in the Elements newsletter that FOH Caramel Dip just came in stock among the FOH oils. I don't see it on the website yet, but I'm sure it will be along soon. Hope this makes your day!
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Wow, sorry that you had bad ordering experiences with sks. My orders have never taken more than a week to get to me.
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I've ordered bottles from sks bottle with great results. Let me know if you need the website.
