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  1. Anyone know of a good duplicate of this fragrance? A friend gave me a candle with this fragrance and I love it. I'd love to find a close knockoff and make my own candle. The candle had 3 wicks--never seen that before but the throw was wonderful. I've never made a container candle (just pillars)-- yet.
  2. My sister-in-law loves the fragrance of linden. We saw handmade soap when we were on vacation with this scent. Has anyone found a good f/o that holds up to cold process in this scent. I see Brambleberry has one but I have no idea how realistic it is.
  3. Have alot of lemongrass. What's the best way to use it for soap--boil it?
  4. I'm still a newbie but I do 2pd batches. It seemed much easier for me to find things to use for molds in that size over the 1pd batch. I don't want to do any larger till I have a recipe that I love, right now I'm experimenting so I do a diff recipe every time.
  5. so diff mitre boxes have diff knife sizes? I have a mitre box but my wavy cutter won't fit through it--my pastry scraper does.
  6. I never would have thought anyone would pay that much for a bar of soap no matter what name it had on it (it's still just soap) but I have been proven wrong.
  7. thanks for the replies. . I'll get a little funnel and try the meas cup. I like the idea of hot water to sit it in if you need to stop. I do my crafts in my basement and it's been cool lately so stuff cools off real fast. The syringe I had was huge (to me anyway) but the balm cooled and hardened real fast in it, it was plastic. Not sure what it was orig for but it was still in sealed plastic and I immed thought of balm or lotion bottle filling. Guess I should have tried to preheat it. The creamers look nice, maybe I can find one locally at our rest supply store.
  8. There must be a trick to this. I melted BCN lip balm base, added their strawberry flavor oil (which doesn't have much flavor to me even after adding some sweetner), and used a spoon to fill the tubes but it's messy and I kept having to remelt the base. Next time I'll try placing on a cup warmer or griddle but is there a better way to fill the tubes? I tried a syringe but it clogged as soon as the base started cooling.
  9. Oops. Come to think of it, I don't know what it was made of, I had assumed it was stainless mesh. I didn't even know they came in plastic--gotta check on getting one of those. thanks.
  10. Thanks. I tried straining just to be safe with lye water and it did ok (though after a few times I got a hole in my strainer--prob because I didn't rinse it off right away), but doing it with GM didn't work well so I didn't even try with the coconut milk--just kept stirring and stirring. Then I'd walk away and come back in a few mins and stir some more. Next time I'll try to be more sensitive to the feel and see if I can tell the difference.
  11. As I was mixing in my lye with my artly frozen/slushy coconut milk, it dawined on me--when I mix lye with water, I can tell when it's dissolved because it goes from cloudy to clear (just like sugar does when dissolved in water), but with coconut milk, it's not clear to start with so how do you tell when the lye is fully dissolved? I just kept stirring and stirring and hoped I got it all dissolved. Anything suggestions to tell when it's dissovled? When I used goat's milk, since it's suppose to be diluted, I dissolved in the water part first then added to the goat's milk.
  12. I'm thinking now it was the f/o. I saw on scent review board that a person said it gets very hot in the mold. Nice fragrance though. If I use it again in milk soap though, I'll try a slab mold.
  13. I used peak's green clover and aloe f/o at .70 oz ppo. Only other additives are a little silk and sodium lactate. I made one (diff f/o though) in slab mold and had no problems at all but I understand the log will hold in more heat.
  14. I did goat's milk soap in a silicone log mold and it went great, had plenty of time to play with it . Put it in the freezer overnight and it still gelled. I didn't want the gel because it darkened my colors. So next time should I leave it in the freezer longer or go from freezer to fridge. I came back later in the day after I took it out of the freezer to thaw and it did feel pretty warm so I stuck it in the fridge for an hour.
  15. I've used lard (pure lard, not processed) and it worked just fine--no smell from it in the soap either. I hadn't thought of bacon grease but I don't see why it wouldn't work the same, it has a softer consistency than lard, has less smell (to my nose). Though I keep my bacon grease for gravy, cornbread and southern style veggies (it may kill me eventually but I'm 57 with no health problems).
  16. I had some safflower oil but it didn't say "high oleic" --the ingred show 10mg monounsaturated fat (of 14 total) so that is high oleic, isn't it? It's Louann brand. I was thinking of getting some sunflower and using the ingred list for the determination there to so I need to know if I'm on the right track.
  17. jackie

    peak's

    Thanks. I think that's what I'll do. I'll be giving some to a person who will probably let it sit as decoration for awhile and I'd hate to have it sweat. I have oils I can add for moisturizing.
  18. Anyone tried Peak's Tall Grass in CP? I was thinking of ordering some in the sample size but I like to look for reviews on scents first and haven't found any on this one. I'm a newbie so it helps to know what to expect.
  19. jackie

    peak's

    I've been doing CP but decided just to try one of Peak's MP bases with my f/o order. I'm not sure I understand about the "sweating"--does it do that if it can breathe? I want a white base and was debating between the low sweat white base or the shea butter or maybe it needs to be half/half? Any suggestions?
  20. I saw this and it brought to mind how irritated I get when i hear of stupid lawsuits. but what upsets me more is that the people actually get paid. Remember when the lady sued Mcdonalds because she spilt hot coffee on herself--and won; and the person that climbs to the very top of a ladder, falls off and sues even though there's a warning label on the ladder--but of course the label isn't big enough to stop him from doing what he did so it's the manufacturer's fault. these idiots get paid and as long as that happens, this will continue. I blame myself when I do stupid stuff but there's too many folks out there these days that feel entitled to whatever they can get and nothing is ever their fault. Scary (and sad).
  21. Out of curiosity I looked at soapmakers guild (though I'm just a hobbyist, not in business)--is that $500 a year? Wow you must sell alot of soap to make a profit over that. I understand the need for liability insurance but had no idea it was so expensive.
  22. I've always thought you'd use less of an E/O than F/o but I remember reading something that said it would be the same. So my question is--do you use the same of an e/o as you would a similar f/o?
  23. apparently proudmarinemom posted while I was still typing. amazon looks like a good deal. I've had my 7000 for several years and never had a problem. The aaa batteries last a long time in it. I bought mine from oldwillknott but I watched and got it in one of their 24hr sales. I got the power adaptor too. I also have small gram scales for very precise measurements (.1 and .01gr) but they don't have much weight capacity compared to the 7000. I find many more uses for the 7000.
  24. some allow you to turn it off. I have a My Weigh KD7000 (from oldwillknottscales) and I turned off the auto shutoff. I love the scale and use it for everything (kitchen, candles, soap, mailings).
  25. I'm a newbie too but now I even find myself using the same abbreviations that drove me crazy at first. MP (melt and pour) is usually in the melt and pour section. GM=goats milk; OMO=oatmeal honey; PPO=per pound of oils; wrt=weight ratio; tbs=tablespoon
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