Teach Soap

But evidently I'm math challenged.

(Or more likely, was reading something when I was so tired I was stupid, and translated it the wrong way.)

I've been trying for several days now to make my first batch of lip balm. ( I alluded to those adventures in another post, more excitement ensued after my last post on that thread, and I just today got back to it.)

Do you know how many lip balm tubes you can fill if you read the capacity as "1.5 ounces" instead of ".15 ounces"?

Nineteen. Plus two pots. Nothing like the two or three tubes I had in mind!!

Oh, well, turns out I really like this formula, and I like the flavor oil as well, although I can't decide if I'm smelling it or tasting it.

Heck, I'm probably going to try to make some more!



Anita

That would make a big difference.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Irena, I'm just grateful that I didn't try this stunt with the Root Beer flavor oil, as I can't stand the stuff.



Anita

Oh yay - I'm not the only math challenged one!! I went to make a batch of 10 lip balms.... came out with 10 tubes and 4 x Mini soap molds worth!! (first thing I grabbed lol)

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Irena, I also meant to say, I took your suggestion about using blocks of florists' foam as tube holders.

Worked like a charm!

(It does look kind of funny, though. My first few rows are very neat and orderly. But you can tell where on the holder I was getting more and more concerned about how much lip balm there was! I was beginning to think it was an endless cup of liquid lip balm, like something out of a fairy tale. The last couple of rows are less straight, as I was constantly grabbing more tubes to shove into the foam (thinking, this is just never going to end!), and the very last one went in kind of as an after thought.)

So, thank you for that idea!

Anita

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.