Its ok I wasn't offended - I have had soap that went rancid before using canola oil. Am curious about life of oils. Mary On 23/03/2010, at 6:18 PM, Ross Spencer wrote: > Hey Louise > > Great, ‘cause I am going to be getting Gina’s colour and I loved the vibrancy > of your soap > > Re the perceived rancidity. That may be more my fault than yours. I think > it may have been the free oil and I wasn’t quick enough to get the wrapping > off to let it dry out > > Otherwise the soap was great and I considered the seepage an aberration > > I hope I haven’t offended *blush* > > Ross > > From: soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Mary Louise Parker > Sent: Monday, 22 March 2010 3:30 p.m. > To: soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [soapcraft] feedback response & question > > > > > For some reason, completely unknown to me I have been unable ( for 4 whole > days and nights) to send emails!! ARghhhhhhhh > > Now I am back on line I can respond. Firstly thank you all for taking time. > My vibrant purple patchouli bar was not with its problems! but I have never > had leakage like that before, cripes! > > Mandy - yes out there and hippy I can relate to that, interesting weird, - > cool and Thanks for using my soap outside, have u posted photos of your > outside bath? > > Louise - I use a rubber loaf tin/thingy and use the rounded corner pieces > myself or give away, thank you for using the word vivacious and all the > positive comments and ideas > > Ross - the colour from soapcraft - violet, thank you for your encouragement. > > Lizzie - Soapmaking is definitely a fun thing for me, so am glad you picked > that up from the bar. > > a mixture of reviews regarding lather, smell and colour. > > Question > I was concerned about your comment Ross of rancid or 'offness'. I actually > only scented the glyercine in that bar and there was minimum of that > (gylercine- the clear matching purple bits) which was why it wasn't a > particularly smelly bar > I do have a question to you all about freshness of oils and how long do they > actually keep for? How long have they been sitting at the suppliers? I would > swear non of my oils are rancid at the start. > > Thank You All > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.791 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2764 - Release Date: 03/23/10 > 08:44:00 >