The Potting Shed

n · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:36 pm Post subject:

lottie, what kind is yours? It looks great.
n
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lottie · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:01 pm Post subject:

n - you sweet talking beast you. Laughing

It actually looks better in real life. It was an adaptation of one in MC's book, and I substituted oat bran.

I have sent recipes with it.

I made it to look like a bar of chocolate 'flake' just to be different!
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Leonie2 · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:04 pm Post subject:

lottie · Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:45 am Post subject:

Thank you so very much

The postman has just been with my soap swap package. I cut open the bottom, closed my eyes and stuck my nose in - you should try it - what a wonderful fresh zingy, flowery, minty sort of smell - really really lovely.

I am thrilled to bits with all the samples and you have all gone to so much trouble, but it is really appreciated.

I am going to sample each one over the next week and will then make a batch of each - they all look and smell divine and what a lovely selection - all for different uses.

I will be looking them up to get all the essential oils I need for each. I have been buying lots of the other ingredients little by little over these past months and now have a nice stock. I took a trip to a town that had a superdrug and stocked up on 6 pots of cocoanut oil. My Japanese daughter in law got the Chinese cash and carry to get some in - it took three months, but arrived the day after I bought some from Superdrug.

She got glass jars of it 500ml for 99p totally natural and pure cocoanut oil. I was thrilled to get 125ml for 99p having paid 89p when the village pharmacy ordered it for me for 75ml

With the beekeeper just around the corner, I have now got my options sorted.

So nice to have everything in its place so when you want to make something on impulse - and I am very impulsive you can.

Watch this space folks
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n · Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:39 pm Post subject:

So it's going to be a smelly Christmas, is it, lottie?
My box is sitting here on the kitchen table next to me, and it is such a fabulous smell, I wish I could send you all a whiff!

I opened the box at the doorstep, so my postman, Keith, could have a look inside, he was fascinated.

Leonie, what is petitgrain oil? haven't heard of it before.
Alison, the patchouli is wonderful, and what an amazing colour!
Lottie, is does indeed look like a flake, and I can see the oat bran.

Aren't you all green with envy now Laughing

n
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Leonie2 · Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:44 pm Post subject:

it's an essential oil, I'm not sure where/what it comes from but it has a citrus'y kind of smell.

lottie · Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:34 pm Post subject:

Just one question - did they all come from the M Coss book? Because yes indeed n , they will be made as part of a smelly Christmas theme.
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Leonie2 · Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject:

My recipes are posted here somewhere within the soap section of the forum, they're not M Coss recipes. I think everyone elses come from M Coss.