I abandoned using shea a while ago but am thinking of reincorporating into my base recipe. Ross -----Original Message----- From: soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Soapcraft Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 9:11 a.m. To: soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [soapcraft] recipe I am not into keeping soaping secrets. I have to say when i first started soaping 10 years ago and would get very excited as a newbie when i met soap makers at markets and be amazed at how many of them would just clam up about their product. Not nice. New Zealand Soap Swap 1 360 gm coconut 30% 360 gm olive 30% 360 mg palm 30% 120 gm shea 10% Are you all using a calculator. There is access to a calculator on www.soapcrafts.co.nz home page that i always use of course. I use 30 mil of (half and half) of lavender and 10 mil of the lemon grass. The oats was mixed at the end with a little of the soap mixture and then pushed into the top. I traced the mixture at 30 degrees as a hot day and has potential to seize with shea butter. The shea gives the lovely white look. gina ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2733 - Release Date: 03/10/10 08:33:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------