Aw ta Melissa!  It was born out of sheer frustration.

I can't make bath bombs for the life of me - tried for Christmas prezzies and gave them away as bath sherbert 

I made a fair bit of M&P before I had a go at anything else, and even though I'm pretty rubbish, I manage to make myself laugh at the regular disasters so it does have its benefits.  Keep trying whatever you do - you'll get so much help on here.  Without them all encouraging me and offering advice, I would have given up a long time ago - I think I whinged and wittered for ages on here before I plucked up courage to have a go at cold process.  I've still got a massive amount to learn but it's fun as well as annoying!  In fact, I've got a pretty silly question brewing about Soap Calc, but I'll save that for another day.

As for creams & lotions - I've not plucked up courage to try again after a major disaster.  I'll stick to croapin' for now.  :mwaha:

Another day, another shcream  :mwaha:  Or maybe a batch of bath bums?

  That's a good idea - bath sherbert!  I have also tried my hand at making wax melts - most of them were disasters too, could I call them croaps or does it just apply to soap?
  What are the benefits to using the other methods for soapmaking as opposed to the melt and pour?

  What's a bath bum or is that a silly question?

Hook, line and sinker! Here comes another cold processor! The plot is working ladies 

Wakshmelts?  Croap is basically cr*p soap (its a jj word that has kinda...  err... stuck)


The two are very different.  Have a look through some of the soapmaking boards Melissa, there are lots of different discussions on the various methods.  Elainej is perhaps the one to ask regarding M&P, she is our resident expert (as she is about almost everything else - she is one lady with a LOT of knowledge  ).


A bath bum is the sort of name JJ would give to a rubbish bath bomb 

  As was shwirl 'cos I can't do swirls.

Bath bum  :mwaha:  Very good H, and definitely what I make rather than bombs.

Another one is definitely cracking Corrie.  Reel 'em in, reel 'em in.  :mwaha:

The only thing I do make right are my wax melts.  I live in hope that other things will work too.

And for when adult life bites....Zoe and JJ are often more than happy to play 

Zelda

Who's JJ?  :mwaha:
 

  I did enjoy making my wax melts JoJo, half the time I don't think I cleaned my mould properly as there would be a white  residue on them, some of the bakery ones you can buy are fantastic though.  I tried to make jammie dodger ones but they all snapped!

Were you using soy wax and rubber moulds?  The soy pillar wax particularly shouldn't be used in rubber moulds apparently.  I find a mixture of 60/40 container & pillar works fine but I tend to avoid the rubber moulds if I can.

If they snapped, did you keep them somewhere cold?  Soy wax hates the cold and cracks very easily.

  I only ever tried it with soy wax, since you can melt that in the microwave, and I used mainly plastic trays as they were the cheapest, but the jammie dodger mould was really thin and they broke when I tried to layer them.
  That's why I thought I would try to make soap as I have loads of fragrance oils and dyes left over.

Hi Melissa welcome aboard, you will find us all a friendly bunch and always willing to help

Do check that the dyes and fragrances are suitable for soap.

  Yeah, I'm sure that they are, they were labelled for soap or candle making.  I've just got loads of esential oils as well so I am stuck for choice!!