Fresholi | Melting Pot Café

Hi, everyone! I had been wanting to make CP soap for years and finally got the chance. I'm completely addicted and so happy to have found this site. I do CP, CPOP, lotion bars and I'm currently looking for a good shampoo bar recipe - love the bars!

That's it! Oh ya, except I have to say "hi" to Birdie - that's my baby girl's name :0)

I look forward to meeting everyone.

Hi there... do you have a nickname we can use for you? Your ID is a mouthful and a half  :mwaha:

Hope you enjoy it here, we're all quite nice really  ;D  Just a few notes, we love pics, pics, pics and emmmmm what am I forgetting??? Oh yeah, pics!!

And the more you post, the more boards open up for you too.  Enjoy!

Hi and a warm welcome to the forum.  Did Honey say we like pics?   ;D

I hope you enjoy it here and I look forward to chatting with you more around the forum.

P.S.  Hi to Birdie too  :buttrf:

Hello HBOP - welcome to the forum.

Welcome aboard  :buttrf: :buttrf:

Welcome!  :buttrf:

Hi and welcome  :buttrf:

You'll love it here. There are loads on here that do CP (not me though  :)) and incase it was to subtle earlier on, we LOVE pics.

Hiya nice to meet you.  Welcome aboard.  CP is lovely to do, I really enjoy it  :buttrf:

Welcome :) :)

I do candles, home fragrancing, M&P, HP and scrubs :D Soon to be body butters, lip balms and perhaps some CP if I can somehow wait all that time for curing!

Kevin x

Hello and Welcome!

Hi
And welcome to this board  :)

Hi and welcome. :hi:

Eire

Hello & welcome

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Thanks, everyone for the warm welcome! Honey - I like ElaineJ's HBOP or you can just call me Mari. It took a little doing but I have pictures! I'm new at this so these are my latest and just my 5th and 6th batches of CP - the first is an unscented except for "Burt's Bees" baby oil (all veggie, apricot, etc.) added at trace. I made these for my babies. And the other is a pomegranate. It traced really quickly so the colors aren't exactly what I wanted and they didn't mix completely. Also, I tried doing the black line in the middle (thanks for the tutorial, Tiggy!) but I was a little too aggressive and the bars are separating. Oh, well. It still smells yummy and it's still soap. I learned a lot!

Hi Mari and welcome :buttrf:your soaps are gorgeous by the way :buttrf: :buttrf:

Thanks, Edith! You're sweet :0)
Okay, I know there's an acronym dictionary on here somewhere but I can't find it now - what's buttfr? Sorry, I promise to get up to speed soon!

Added a profile pic - just thought I should mention that that isn't Birdie, that's Maisy, my oldest. She's six, my baby bird just turned one...

buttrf isn't an acronym - it looks as though Edith clicked on a smiley button but then didn't leave a space between it and the next word.

Well, that makes a whole lot more sense! Thanks, Elaine.

Your soaps are lovely, is that Midwest in US?

Hi HBOP, welcome...love the soaps  :buttrf:

Hi, Loretta and Avril - thank you! Yes, I'm in the US, just outside of Chicago. Which, btw, we (everyone around here) just refer to as "the city" and expect everyone we talk with to know what we're talking about then, too!  :0)  Sorry about that!

Wow! I love the creamy look of those soaps in the top pic and the colours in the second remind me of a berry dessert (mmmmm......).  I love the topping, those gentle swirles are so lovely and look really effective as it enhances that lovely creamy look. 

Aw....  Maisy is just lovely, such a pretty girl  :buttrf: 

You are close to Chicago....  that is a place I feel really at home in.  The first time kes took me there, I said from the get go 'I could live here' (well, when you get used to navigating the Dan Ryan highway that is  :egad:)

Wow, you are all so very nice.  I have to admit, Helen, (only among friends  ;) ) that the top of the creamy soap was a last attempt at "something" after several failed attempts at peaks. I guess I never thought of it the way you described it but I think I'll keep the "gentle swirls" for the next batch. Thanks! Maisy says thanks, too - at least I'm pretty sure that's what her blushing cheeks were saying after she read what you wrote. Also, I lived in the city (see) for about 8 years and I love, love, loved it! I really miss it so much. We (the husband who got a job out here - about an hour away - and I) moved 5 days after the honeymoon. (tear.)  When were you here? You'll have to let me know when you're back! I'd be happy to take you around. :0)

back to soap - inspired by everyone's kindness I soaped a batch of rooibos sandalwood this afternoon. we'll see how it goes. had another go at the black line...

We were last there a few years ago.  I can see why you just love, love, love it    :buttrf:  For me, Chicago is very familiar.  There is just something about it that makes me feel at home and comfortable, despite it being busy.  Those buildings are breath taking and when you see it from the sky (as in looking down from Sears Tower - well , you just gotta aintcha), it looks alive, yet peaceful at the same time, especially with the backdrop of Lake Michigan  :buttrf:

Hi Mari, sorry I was a bit tardy in welcoming you. Your soaps look loverly

Helen, I've heard so many people, including myself, express the same sentiment about Chicago - but no so well as you! I know exactly what you mean and completely agree. Sigh.

Michelle, thank you for the compliment. I'd like to sell my soaps at our local farmer's market this summer and you all have been giving me confidence! Thank you!

Can't wait to see what everyone else is doing. I'll try to have more pictures up soon, too - I would love any feedback. Where do people usually post their pics?  I've been experimenting and have had some surprising results - well, surprising to me. Those of you who have been doing this longer than my two months can go ahead and laugh at the newbie! It'll probably be old news to you. Can't wait   :)

I'm an idiot - just found "show and tell"  :)

Hi Mari nice to meet you.

 :mwaha: hello halfa, welcome to fresho, i'm sure you will enjoy being here.

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