Hello!

My (real) name is Shelley and I am taking a tentative step into making soap for the first time (hoping to eventually make other things as well) 

I live in the north west of England, by the sea; with my husband, 2 dogs, 4 chickens and 3 rabbits and our veg patch.

The idea of soap making came to me as a Christmas present idea, so I purchased a melt & pour kit then realised that I needed essential oils etc for "flavourings"... I haven't even made any soap yet but have managed to buy 3 soap moulds from eBay  and I'm now trying to decide what to put in the soap, and have realised that I can make loads of things for presents, but for me too!

Expect lots of "newbie" type questions from me! 

Hello Shelley,

There are quite a few chook bods here.

Sue G makes some really lovely MP soaps and I'm in the process of re-thinking my MP range so may have some spare moulds.

You can put a certain amount of oils/butters in MP soap - so you can make bathmelts to match if you want - there's loads of info in Resources on the Fresholi site (you need to log in to see some of them).

Ask anything you like - there's bound to be someone with an answer, but watch out for thread hi-jackers!

huh, what are those? WHO are they? Tehehehe 

Hi Shelley, welcome! I only do CP soap, so probably won't be much help to you to start with, but there are plenty of others who do make m&p and who will be happy to help.

Hi and welcome to the boards
I don't do m&p either only cp soap but i'm sure someone will pop their heads round the door soon who does

CP soap sounded too chemistry-based and complicated for me to attempt as a first-timer! 

Hiya Shelley,

A very warm welcome to the forum.  Ooh, it sounds like you are all ready to go and I'm sure, if you hang around with these ladies (who are not at all addicted in any way shape or form  ) you will be sooooo wanting to get going. 

I'm not a soaper (more lotions and potions) but have tried a bit of each.  I can understand your reasons for feeling that way about CP but I have to say, of all the methods I have tried, M&P I find the most technically tricky (but oh, can some wonderful effects be achieved with it  ). 

Good to have you here and I look forward to chatting with you around the boards 

Oh, don't get me started!!  I'm addicted to coconut flavour things, and am working up the courage to find out how to make coconut body butter (like the BS does) and coconut soap (and shampoo etc) 

HI Shelley and welcome, you are going to love it here 

I'm not a soaper either but this is definitely the right place to get loads of advice so don't be afraid to ask 

hello you'll soon be hooked just watch . . . 

Hi Shelley, you've come to the right place. There's a great amount of experience here in all things handmade. I started with M&P but soon gave it up in preference of CP & HP. It is a little scary at first but you soon get over that  Then you can look forward to a house full of soap (Ido mean that), mine are in cupboards, drawers, everywhere!



Pst........Fresholites. Anyone want a bet on how long till Shelley makes CP soap? 

Welcome to the board Shelley. I don't do M&P either but we do have some expert M&Pers. No thread hijacking from me. 

Welcome Shelley! 

Well, thats a first !!!

See what happens Shelley?   

Hi there
I'm quite new to this forum too - and have become hooked!! You'll soon find out who the naughty ones on here are
Seriously though...this is a great place to learn lots of new things and share your thoughts with people who are interested in the same stuff - we are doing a swap at the moment and it's great fun - there are 9 of us and we are swapping our favourite products with each other...hopefully there will be another soon for you to join in