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You can whip them singlely or combine butters and oils. I whip shea by itself and I also whip shea with monoi. I whip mango with aloe butter. If you don't use water you don't need a preservative.

Yes, I do use a presevative too. Forgot to mention it above. Definitely would need one.

CME is Caprol Micro Express. You can get it and read about it at LotionCrafter http://www.lotioncrafter.com/store/Caprol-Micro-Express-CME-pr-16192.html

Has anyone used this is CP soap? Have to get a couple of things from JS and always looking for new good ones to try.

Yes, NG. Great scent!

SoapNCandles' Lemon Slice is the best "real" lemon scent of all I've tried. And it is strong in CP soap or in B&B stuff or container wax. I also have some BCN's Lemon Pucker and it's nice, but SNC is the best! Smells just like true sliced lemons.

Well, I'm not positive it's right LOL. Just seemed to make sense to me to do it that way. If anyone disagrees, I'm sure they'll come along.

Well, I couldn't wait cause I was in the mood -- and soaped it last night. I should have waited for your reply LOL. It started ricing on me as soon as I added it. I thought I got it pretty smoothed out, but I just peeked at it and looks like it has lumps. Guess it will be a rebatch for me too. But, oh, the scent is wonderful.

Just wondering if anyone has CP soaped this and, if so, did it accelerate?

So sorry that happened. Lovey is such a "lovely" scent LOL. If you want to try another one, I just did a batch with Scent Works Lovely. I soaped at low temps, had no A or D and plenty of time to play with it. That mosaic idea is awesome. I hope you can salvage your batch.

I use CME and yes, it does give you a clear spray. That said, I did have one that turned a little bit yellowish from the FO. I don't think the spray is heavy or oily. I use half distilled water and half aloe vera juice and add a bit of FCO. I do have to add a lot more CME than is stated in order to get it emulsified properly and clear. But it does work well for me and my customers love it.

I make mine with salt instead of sugar. I put the Salt first, then oil, then FBB ingredients, then FO, then colorant. Since I don't know the proportions of the FBB ingredients it just seemed the best way to do it.

I use waterproof labels too and print my own. I use Avery Design Pro so I can create the exact sizes I need, print on full sheet labels and then cut them out. Time consuming ... but it works the best for me. Edited to say - for soap I just print labels on plain paper, cut them out, and slap on the bar then shrinkwrap. Figure people just throw this label away so I don't want to use anything more expensive.

I was experimenting with this recently. I tried beeswax and I had to add a lot without noticing too much difference. Now I add about 3% stearic acid and it works really well. I use J50 wax. Adding the stearic has not diminished the scent throw either. It still isn't hard enough to use in clamshells, but it works great for tarts.

Another thing I've noticed is that the faster you get it on an injury (cut, burn, bruise, etc) the faster it heals. If you don't put it on right away then it seems to take longer to heal. If I get a bruise and notice it right away and put it on, it will heal up in a couple days. If I don't get it on the bruise for a few days, then it will take much longer. I have been using it on my brown spots too and it takes a few months to fade, but it definitely gets rid of them eventually. And, oh yes, there is some bad stuff out there too so be careful where you get it.