TFCbrooke Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 HELP!I made the recipe and followed it except I used regular salts and safflower oil instead of rice bran oil.Well, when I first tried to ball them up they wouldn't stick (too dry and kept crumbling when I went to push them down). So I added a little more oil (per the directions).They balled up and smooshed wonderfully. But now they won't dry. It's been 24 hours. they are still soft like real cookies. I've made bath bombs and such before so I know what they *should* feel like and they are NOTHING like that. I even went to the extreme of sticking them in my food dehydrator...yeah, it's not helping. So should I stick them all back in a bowl and add something?If so, what do you recommend adding...more cornstarch? (I don't have any natrasorb or dryflo)I thought this was going to be so easy and even posted to Judy, USMC that it would be. How frustrating for someone that's been making soaps and such for a long time that I can't get this simple thing right! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy, USMC Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 (edited) I haven't even started! Boy you are quick!Thought it may be good to post all the ingredients. Maybe someone can tell just by looking where the problem is. 3/4 Cup Crafter's Choice European Salts - Fine Grain 1 Cup Crafter's Choice Cornstarch 1/2 Cup Crafter's Choice Buttermilk Powder 3 oz Crafter's Choice Rice Bran Oil 2 oz Crafter's Choice Shea Butter - Refined 1 Cup Crafter's Choice Baking Soda 1/2 Cup Crafter's Choice Citric Acid 5 tsp Crafter's Choice Fragrance Oil Edited December 30, 2009 by Judy, USMC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFCbrooke Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 I should add that I almost quartered mine. I changed the quantities to %ages and made a 9oz portion. I used 0.3oz of Key Lime Pie FO.I did go back after posting this and add some more cornstarch and then a tiny bit of water. It made them clump together much better but I don't know if they'll dry out any better. But still need ideas for next time I try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietgirl2004 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Im not familar with this recipe. Can you put them in the oven on low? Or do you think you would lose your scent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFCbrooke Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 Well, I'm less than pleased with these. They looked wonderful and smelled awesome!BUT...they never did get very hard...hard but crumbly I guess I should say.Even more than that though...they sucked in the tub. Yes, they fizzed and did their thing, but other than the scent and the cloudy bath water, you would never know that I'd put anything in. The bath melts I make are wonderful and make my skin soft...not the bath cookies.I'm going to play with the recipe some and maybe combine the bath melt and bath cookie recipe to come up with something in between. The look of the cookies is adorable but the skin softening properties of the melts are way better.Oh, and here's a picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singleyellowrose Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 You could try the bath melt in the middle where the coloring is. That may work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy, USMC Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 You could try the bath melt in the middle where the coloring is. That may work.That's not a melt - it's just colored M&P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singleyellowrose Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 But if you skip the colored MP and put/pour a small melt there to harden, it may be more moisturizing. Mebbe if I have time this weekend, I will whip up a batch to see if it will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy, USMC Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 But if you skip the colored MP and put/pour a small melt there to harden, it may be more moisturizing. Mebbe if I have time this weekend, I will whip up a batch to see if it will work.OOps, sorry SYR. I misunderstood! :rolleyes2 I thought ... you thought ... that the colored part WAS a melt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFCbrooke Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 But if you skip the colored MP and put/pour a small melt there to harden, it may be more moisturizing. Mebbe if I have time this weekend, I will whip up a batch to see if it will work.That could help! I do find that the bath melts are sometimes a bit too much...when I just want a little something, putting some of that in the middle could give best of both worlds (cause I do find that the cookies are more scenting than the melts!)GOOD IDEA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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