Your very welcome - I think your bottom list of things to do differently - alot of that would be on my list too. I must re-read Ross's review again, titanium!!. Why mix spearmint with pine? Wow you only coloured 1/4 of the soap, it went along way. Has Lizzie told us how she cuts her soap sides? - Yes full feedback - love it, regards, mary On 15/03/2010, at 7:57 PM, Louise Shing wrote: > Hi Mary > > > First of all, thank you very much for a kind and gentle review. Overall > I've found all the reviews of my soap very kind but yet informative. I was > a bit nervous to be honest! > > All my dyes come from Soapcraft, I use only a pinch. I scented the whole > batch of soap first, whizzed and then poured most of the mix into a log > mould, leaving about a 1/4 or less of the soap mix which I coloured with the > dye. I think I must have used too much blue as I was aiming for a pale > green to match spearmint. > > Would I do anything differently? Jeepers, where to start: > > > If I was doing a spearmint soap: > > > (1) I'd lower quantity of coconut oil as per Liz's feedback and up olive oil > ie more nourishing. > > (2) I'd use a blend of spearmint and pine essential oils. > > (3) I'd use titanium as per Ross's feedback to lighten the green colour. > > (4) I'd cut all sides of the soap > > (5) I'd cut the soap bigger > > (6) When packing soap I'd wrap cellophane bag tightly against soap, as per > Ross' Feedback and include ingredient list. > > > Cheers > Louise > > > PS Tonight I'm trying your soap, do you want a full feedback?? > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This list is sponsored by http://www.soapcraft.co.nz - supplier of raw > ingredients. > > To unsubscribe from this list go to //www.freelists.org/list/soapcraft/ > enter your email address and choose unsubscribe. Or you can send an email to > soapcraft-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------