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Cerridwen

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  1. Now I have a large metal rack in the spare bedroom. I use to pick up shallow boxes when ever I went to Costco and line them with parchment paper instead of using up all of my nice cookie sheets. I don't bother turning my soap, I just stand it up and leave it for 6 weeks. It's the humidity that you really need to worry about when curing you soap more than anything else. Too high a % of moisture in the air can cause DOS and make the curing time take longer.
  2. Some FOs are much stronger than others. I have some that I use 1oz ppo, most are used at .7 ppo, and two that I can only handle at .5 ppo. Some people are more sensitive to fragrance than others and prefer lightly scented soaps as well. Keep experimenting and see what you prefer. :smiley2:
  3. A great tool for learning to create your own recipes is the Soap Calc website. http://soapcalc.net/calc/SoapCalcwp.asp I've spent hours plugging in different combos of oils. For your first try, I'd start with the lard, coconut and olive. If you want you could also throw in 5 % castor. The other oils can sometimes lead to DOS. Palm is another nice soaping oil you might want to add later after the addiction as taken hold. LOL I would also leave the "Water as % of Oils" at the default 38 for now. That will give you the full water amount and will be the safest and easiest for your first batch. Have fun!
  4. I use conditioner only to cleanse my dry curly hair all of the time. During the dry winter months I usually go 6-8 weeks between shampoos, the summer is more like every 2 weeks. I make my own shampoo and conditioner too. The trick to using conditioner only is to really massage your scalp well with the pads of your fingers to get it clean. I find this easier to do with my head flipped upside down. I've been washing my hair this way for a few years now and love it. My stylist noticed a huge difference once I started this routine, much healthier.
  5. I buy mine locally in 50 lb bags now, but before I found them I was using http://www.essentialdepot.com/ they offer free shipping if you buy 10 lbs.
  6. I live in So Cal and we have pretty mild winters. I mix everything outside under a big covered patio. My oils are weighed and melted in the kitchen, then I take them outside to add my lye mix and "soap" out there. When I'm done I (very carefully) bring the molds back in the kitchen and let them gel on the counter. I've never had a problem with the temp, the lye does cool down much quicker in the winter than the summer though which is nice.
  7. All from TSW: Pink Sugar Hazelnut Marshmallow Sanguigno Patchouli Both my husband and daughter are demanding that I make cupcakes now because of the yummy smell of the Hazelnut Marshmallow LOL! I'm hoping to get a batch of soap done too.
  8. Ok, thanks! I just read a few threads about the "twisting" method and I'll try that tomorrow when I get to play again. Now I need to go and look at my wicks and see if I can see the arrows on them that others were talking about too. Those are cute jars too.
  9. Thank you everyone for the kind words and encouragement! Stella~ So how exactly do I get the "heat centered" when I've got the MP going again? Do I try and flip the wick curl the other direction, or twist it somehow? Did I not center it well enough when I poured it? Hmm.... off to play with the search button LOL! I'm happy so many of you like these jars and now have a place to buy them. While it is still glass, they do seem to be pretty sturdy. It was pure beginners luck on my part to find them. I went back to their retail outlet on Wed and wiped them out of C3 for now and picked up a case of smaller/ cheaper 7 oz containers to really experiment with the wax/wick/FO combos for now. I figure smaller jars+ FO with no HT or wrong wick size= less waste of good wax! Down the road when I feel confident, really know what the heck I'm doing and am ready to sell, I'll re-test in those status jars again with the FOs I like working with and offer those as well.
  10. Here's my 1st burn after a 5 day cure. Since the diameter was just shy of 3", I let it burn for 3 hours. I think the HT was pretty good.
  11. Congrats!!! I get to light my first tomorrow and am so excited, friends and family just don't get it.
  12. They look great and congrats on the new account!
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