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Here is my sunflower meadows.... made for my niece that is getting married 1 month from today... She is decorating with sunflowers. I scented with grass stain.... does not remind me of fresh mowed grass, but I'll wait to see what it finishes as. I used the walmart shortening - tallow and palm - took longer to be able to unmold and once again I got a "power circle".

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Susie
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Looks like sunflowers! Pretty.

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Irena
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Pretty, Bubbles2! The sunflowers are super cute!

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Those are really pretty, bubbles2. What a clever idea!

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Linda
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Very pretty I love the sunflowers, it says summer to me! It will be interesting to see how the fragrance cures out.

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Cat; That sounds like a nice blend, I am still waiting on smell o vision though! I may have to blend it just to see what Mella is talking about!

Bubble; How cute! I love your small flowers! I am not sure about the grass fo, so it will be interesting to get your opinion after the cure. Much luck!

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Tammy

Thanks everyone... I will post after it cures and I get a response from my testers. My smeller does not always work the best so I rely on others to assist me.

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Susie
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So did folks soap this weekend? The batch I made on Saturday was colored with annatto-seed infused oil, as mentioned on the "swirling with natural colorants" thread last week Sad to say, I didn't get to do my swirl. I had everything going just fine, had 1 oz of very orange oil set aside to use for my swirl, got to a thin trace... then I added some of the batter to the annatto infusion and got a really dark orange to make my swirl with. "Awesome!" I thought, as I then proceeded to gently add it back to the main pot.

And then I saw my little lonely dish of carefully measured EOs sitting over on the counter.

So, needless to say, I ended up mixing the swirl and everything all together in order to get the scent integrated. *headdesk* On the plus side, it does smell great.

I think when I eventually re-try the swirl, I can safely use less than 1oz of infused oil for color -- this is a 22-oz batch of oils, and you can see how dark it got! A test-wash with one of the end pieces shows that the lather turns out white, so that's a relief. I suppose my super-infusion was a success, even if the plan to swirl was scrapped.



It did look incredibly unappealing before it gelled -- like Velveeta -- but I think it looks somewhat nicer in person than it does here. ^^; Or maybe the orange scent kind of justifies the alarming color.

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I like the color, nice and vibrant. Good work. =)

Bummer you lost out on the swirl, but it still looks great!

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Irena
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Sorry the swirl didn't work out, Jenova, but it still looks beautiful! Love the textured tops.

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Linda
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