tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82171109346157291852024-02-19T04:16:15.198-08:00Mayren AbashedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217110934615729185.post-29608098136881870502022-03-30T06:07:00.003-07:002022-03-30T06:07:44.370-07:00forget a Song... a whole Soundtrack is ruined....<p> Ever being doing work and listening to music and you suddenly get crazy sad and emo and moved to tears from the music..... and you stop to figure out why.... </p><p>Then it dawns on you that the music makes you feel some way because it was a special moment with your EX . One you even parted ways with first and it's been a couple of years already.</p><p>Yep. forget the song... the whole damn soundtrack is ruined because i went to this Musical with him back in the day. </p><p>it's not even just a skip, i have to stop all the things i'm doing and take all the songs out of my whole playlist. Cause i don't have time for some emotional transferrance to a piece of music that is innocent of all blame. </p><p><br /></p><p>dammit .. Memories that stick to sounds, smells, and feelings are both good and bad. blargh. </p><p><br /></p><p>BLARGH i say !</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://mayren.blogspot.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217110934615729185.post-40857227753740527462020-10-06T10:52:00.001-07:002020-10-06T10:52:25.163-07:00because memories<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9hxPuZ-hTBMv5Akn29tDNtJE-f6C1BWNXTpenagRaOHxHiNfz79GM04wdbCrb3rrdhOnM5BbJjlM7iCFMFHyRDTDaYnW4KDhDm8nAvG8OEkyCjwItq9fRsSFRSC4Xv0KNfU1UEw0yDWr/s444/FB_IMG_1602006475791.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="431" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9hxPuZ-hTBMv5Akn29tDNtJE-f6C1BWNXTpenagRaOHxHiNfz79GM04wdbCrb3rrdhOnM5BbJjlM7iCFMFHyRDTDaYnW4KDhDm8nAvG8OEkyCjwItq9fRsSFRSC4Xv0KNfU1UEw0yDWr/s320/FB_IMG_1602006475791.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://mayren.blogspot.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217110934615729185.post-29933749475281228242020-09-30T06:11:00.003-07:002020-09-30T06:11:31.740-07:00Where is the Libertarian Candidate for 2020?<p> After a most horrendous 2020 debate.... I have to ask?</p><p>Where is the Libertarian candidate for 2020?</p><p>You are supposed to be able to attend the debate if you POLL over 15% but guess what guys?</p><p><br /></p><p>The organizers get to pick and choose which Polls they use. It's ridiculous how much Main Stream Media forces Mis-information down American's throats and they have no idea that there IS a VIABLE third candidate for the 2020 Election. </p><p>I put forth:</p><p>Ms. Jo Jorgensen </p><p>https://jo20.com/</p><p><br /></p><p>For all that is sacred's sake: Can we get better inclusion to the Candidates???</p><p><br /></p><p>To be on record: I think the Two-party voting system is very flawed. I am very biased. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://mayren.blogspot.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217110934615729185.post-46230150501725191542020-09-10T10:00:00.001-07:002020-09-10T10:00:06.123-07:00escaping<p> There is alot of time on our hands and people find new ways to fill it if they can.</p><p>I play a web-based social rpg game. I will probably go back to WoW soon because it has a new expac coming out and need a new social game. </p><p>I meet up with some amazing set of people for a couple of hours on google hangout on the weekend to play either jackbox or cards against humanity while we chat and escape our previous week. </p><p>I read a ton of fantasy, sci-fi, light romance, and other drivel books by the dozens each month so I can wind down enough to sleep at night.</p><p>I could be learning a language or working on other skills but i have no motivation. I occasionally pick up painting a miniature here and there but there is no progress on them unless it is specifically for someone else because that is the only motivation to work on those skills is to get it done for other people. </p><p>I could be working on my health because i let it go alot, and i am in tiny ways but i could focus on it.</p><p>I could work on my house but bad health gets in the way alot and when not ill there is no energy or motivation. </p><p>There is WAY too much time to think, and introspection which leads down the trails to dark places and I have to dig my own way out in order to function and work each day. </p><p>Every day we all seem to shy away more from news of politics and riots and people killing each other in the streets for just existing. Escape routes are all over in TV, and games, and general procrastination. It kinda feels like many are stuck in survival mode and pausing our bigger life goals. Waiting to just make it out to the other side before allowing ourselves to think of future again. </p><p>This is the new normal... the race to escape and survive each day. </p><p>yay.</p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://mayren.blogspot.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217110934615729185.post-43783342642670633292020-09-09T21:09:00.001-07:002020-09-09T21:33:23.093-07:006 months later...<p> It's six months into the pandemic and there have been ups and downs but Covid19 has affected every human on the planet. It's going to be in history books. </p><p>Life has ups and downs and we struggle with having more downs. I like working from home. I like my house and my cats and fiancee and everything but I feel alone. It's not the worst alone time i have felt. Not even close, but it's significant. </p><p>I know logically that changing hormones, immune deficiency issues, etc are big contributors to having down days. I know I have only had a few hours here and there of actual time when there are no humans around in my own house and have privacy of any kind. It's still lonely in my head. </p><p>Cut off from going to see friends we revert to google hangouts, facebook, texting and other social media. There is a pressure to keep your thoughts to yourself because everyone in the world is dealing with the same big overall issues, at the same time I am. We are all in the same leaky boat trying to save our respective worlds. No one wants to add your problems to their thoughts, no one wants to ease your mind when their own needs help. So I share tiny bits here and there with a select few when time and opportunity allows careful to not become a burden or let too much of my thoughts escape. </p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://mayren.blogspot.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217110934615729185.post-28604664049806055262020-04-19T07:52:00.003-07:002020-04-19T07:52:55.327-07:00safe and sound....We have entered a scary new time in the nation where the US is locked up and locked down and ordered to stay-at-home and self isolate so we can maintain social distancing.<br />
6 ft away from people, covering our mouths, only going out for the most needed items like food and emergencies. <br />
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The pandemic started this year called Covid19 or coronavirus and this is just a bland little entry to remember it. <br />
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All the people who are Extroverts are going nuts being in their homes all the time. They pour out through social media with a huge increase of volume to be noticed and get attention of any kind. They say they are suffering Depression and huge anxiety because they are kept from interacting face to face with other people.<br />
I hope they remember how it feels and how this whole thing made them feel.<br />
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This is what introverts who have depression and anxiety deal with on a day-to-day basis like me.<br />
We are forced into un-needed meetings, and social situations we can barely survive and have to fight to do well every single day by those extroverts who just "don't get it" and claim we should just be more of a "joiner" to get ahead in life.<br />
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We have over 20 million people on unemployment from whole companies who have needed to shut down. We have a HUGE chunk of the US on work from home, doing teleconference on some new service called Zoom. We have brave men and women working at city services, grocery stores, and restaurants providing invaluable ways to keep us all going.<br />
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We had an existing service for playing D&D online called roll20.com that is bursting to their server seams to keep more nerds looking to play D&D connected as they move their games to online format so we can keep safe.<br />
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It's weird times.<br />
Instead of have a nice day as a closing greeting we now say "stay safe or stay healthy"<br />
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So my friends; Stay Safe and Stay Healthy<br />
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I want to be that girl. When I arose from the ashes that I made of my life I was just dirty and a mess and had to find a bar of soap from my stash in the past and start cleaning up.<br />
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I have been through many journeys since my soap-making days and I feel like typing up a few things since no one comes here anymore. My little nook of cyberspace is now safe and sound.<br />
I will curl up with a book and move my things and thoughts back into this space and start settling in.<br />
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Hope to see you soon.<br />
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Yes I have been hella busy and no longer post.<br />
Yes I still make my Sugar Scrubs from Cold Process Soap and they are awesome.<br />
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(huggles you all)<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://mayren.blogspot.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217110934615729185.post-65103188769117508672013-10-17T17:48:00.001-07:002013-10-17T18:21:52.045-07:00Dandelion Swirl - Soap ChallengeGreetings Friends :)<br />
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I am back with another Soap Challenge from<a href="http://greatcakessoapworks.com/"> Greatcakes Soapworks </a>: Soap Challenge hosted by<br />
the fantabulous Amy Warden. <br />
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This was a pretty fun Challenge. The Dandelion or "Zebra" Swirl was created by Vinvela Ebony on her blog <a href="http://seifee.blogspot.co.at/" target="_blank" title="Dandelion Seifee"><span style="color: #d75a20;">Dandelion Seifee</span></a>. It's in German but if you have Google Translate it helps. <br />
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This recipe needed to be slow moving to give enough time to swirl so I used a lot of Olive oil.<br />
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I will admit I made two attempts and the first one went fine, but my color combo just didn't look cohesive enough for me. It will be great for a Mardi-Gras twist but I wanted to put in one more really strong attempt for the official challenge entry.<br />
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Here are my photos for this Month's Soap Challenge:<br />
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Scented with Yuzu for a bright and inviting bath-time and the coloring technique makes it look great on any Bathroom counter or on the Shower's shelf. <br />
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This time I am directly inspired by a fellow Soaper who is delightful, funny, and a genuine treat to be acquainted with. <br />
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I am committing myself to the "September Happiness Challenge"<br />
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2: Identify 3 new things you’re grateful for</strong><br />
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<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4: Journal about one good thing that happened</strong><br />
<strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5: Exercise</strong></div>
The power to change your point of view and change your life in degrees is often over-looked<br />
and should never be underestimated. The more you understand about yourself, the more you<br />
can know about how you interact with others and the world. It is invaluable to be able to simply<br />
know how you view things and what you like and don't like about your current views and attitude.<br />
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This is where that old "Knowledge is Power" thing can come into play right? The power to make<br />
yourself happy is within your reach and with happiness comes the natural stress-free mind set that<br />
we all use to balance our lives.<br />
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I am pledging myself to this journey for the next 30 days and I hope others will join in.<br />
The journal entries will probably be private, but know I will be striving for happiness and<br />
a renewal of spirit.<br />
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I wonder what kind of Soaps & Stuffs project will emerge out of this journey?<br />
Till next time friends :) <div class="blogger-post-footer">http://mayren.blogspot.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217110934615729185.post-38334014240283878342013-08-14T15:48:00.000-07:002013-08-14T15:57:29.669-07:00August 2013 Soap Challenge Club Hello Everyone!<br />
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I have recently started to take part of The Soap Challenge Club headed up by <a href="http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/">Amy Warden of Great Cakes Soapworks</a>. The challenge I started with was for August 2013 the "Holly Swirl" also known as a Swirl within a swirl named after creator Holly Bailey of Missouri River Soap Co. <br />
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Here is my Entry to this month's Soap Challenge: Blackberry Sage Soap with Holly Swirl.<br />
My photo is not quite good enough to see the speckles in the baby blue part which is powdered Vanilla Bean. I will probably use the vanilla bean in other soap with the light blue another time. I do wish i had mixed the blue a little closer to purple but my God-sons love it for their fave colors so yay!.<br />
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I had a blast and can't wait to see everyone's creations. (big huggles to all)<br />
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I've been up to a ton of projects including a Sniffie Scent Swap with some friends who also make Soaps & Stuffs. It was a fun way to swap smells we like with each other and see what other awesome scents could be out there for us without having to take the plunge with $$.<br />
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Sniffies are just a tiny teensy sample of scent wrapped up in foil and plastic that we labeled with our name, and the name of the scent and where to find it if we like it.<br />
We each sent 9 samples of 3 different scents all wrapped up and labeled to a Hostess who sorts it all out and organizes them, then mails the sets back out to the swappers.<br />
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Here's a few photos of my packets that I sent.<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://mayren.blogspot.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8217110934615729185.post-65432446408464545572013-03-31T17:50:00.001-07:002013-04-02T17:20:01.564-07:00Today is the day. I 've finally published my Online store for Mayren's Soaps & Stuffs.<br />
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I will be starting out with the basics of Handmade Soap, Lip Butters, & Laundry Soap.<br />
My next step is to add my travel Size Solid Shampoos & Conditioners, Solid Sugar scrubs, Bath Fizzies, and maybe even some Lotion Bars. <br />
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There is a link now from this Blog over to the shoppe so if you are curious, please check it out.<br />
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I also have a Gallery with more pictures of the products. <br />
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Cheers and here's to the next step of the journey!<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Soon we will be playing catchup with the blog to share the various swaps and news that happened as well as importing old posts from the previous blog showing some older projects like when I made my own silicone mold for soap. It has been a very bumpy but fun journey since I started soapmaking 4 years ago and It's going to be interesting for the years go come i'm sure. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Some of the ingredients i had to eyeball and make up as I went
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Ingredients:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">8 medium to small potatoes (i'd say roughly 4 or 5 cups) well
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1 whole large onion diced</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">2 cups diced ham (mine was leftover sliced ham from
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">7 cups of water (part of this can be subbed for chicken stock
please see directions)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1 can cream of mushroom soup</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">5 TBSP butter</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1 small can evaporated milk ( or 2 cups of milk and minus one of
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1/2 tsp kosher salt or to taste</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1 TBsP black pepper or to taste</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1 TBSP powdered Garlic or to taste</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1. prep 2 Cups Hot water with 1 chicken boullion cube or sub low
sodium chicken stock.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">2. prep 2 Cups Hot water with 1 beef boullion cube or sub low
sodium chicken stock.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">3. Combine the potatoes, onion, ham, 4 cups of boullion and 2
cups more of Hot water to stockpot. Bring to a boil, then cook over medium heat
until potatoes are tender about 15 mins. (more time if potatoes are larger
cut). Stir in salt, pepper, and garlic</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">4. In a seperate saucepan we make the roux. Melt butter over a
medium-low heat. Whisk in the flour using a whisk, fork, or smaller wooden
spooon stirring constantly until thick, about 1 minute. On the side I added the
last cup of water to the small can of evaporated milk and then slowly stirred
in a little at a time to this butter/flour mixture so that i did not get lumps.
Continue stirring over medium-low heat about 4 to 5 minutes. It should be a
thickened white creamy base with no lumps YAY.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">5. On the side I put the can of mushroom soup with some hot
water and stirred vigorously to smooth the conistancy then added this into my
Roux sauce and let it heat through. It looked like a soup all on it's own.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">6. Stir the new creamy mixture into the stockpot, and cook soup
until heated through. Serve right away.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Notes: I only had honey baked ham leftovers and ended with a
slightly sweet aftertaste - I recommend a Smoked ham for this if you have a
choice.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Add-in ideas: many people like to add 1/2 to 1 Cup diced celery
but i didn't have any on hand. It does make a nice soup. Some people like to
peel the potatoes and i don't bother because i like the rustic taste.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">NEW DISH possibility : I have used this guidline and added 2
cans well washed clams swapping all the beef to chicken boullion and reduce
water by 1 cup for a spinoff on Clam chowder. Add 2 cups thawed corn and swap
all beef to chicken boullion and reduce water by 1 Cup for a spinoff of Corn
Chowder.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Garnish Ideas: chives, crispy
crubled bacon, shredded melty cheese, home-made rustic croutons, or serve in a
bread bowl.</span></div>
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<br />c. 5 Parts if your oils are all Thin liquids or if you want a super crumbly cube.<br />
<br /><br />-*- Quickly add the FO/EO after the sugar is starting to incorporate and the mix is starting to cool down.<br /><br />-*- Mix until the batch looks like a dough ball of sorts. If it's not a dough ball then your bars may not firm up as well because the mix is not incorporated enough.<br />
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((( A preservative may be added if you personally feel you want to but it is not usually necessary in this anhydrous formula. I do use OptiphenND or Liquid Germall Plus preservative with these cubes --- follow the preservative instructions to use them in the correct phase )))<br />
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Usage of final product:</b><br />
<br />I take a quarter to a half of a cube (based on the Wilton brownie pan) to the shower with me. I wet the cube then make a paste from it in my hands and apply it to my skin. Using more water I rub and scrub it over my skin and it forms a very light lather then rinse off.<br />
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I hope you enjoy your Solid sugar scrub cubes made with soap shreds vs MP or Melt & Pour. I like the feel of regular soap shreds much better. <br />
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The clay design of cherries that I use as for my new logo to be cute. <br />
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The finished Cherry Mold and Blue Cherry Melt & Pour soap scented with Apple Jack & Peel which smells very crisp and bright.<br />
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The prepped frame box being used to make the new loaf mold is done in mostly Acrylic Sheeting and hot glue. This means that the Acrylic is reusable. Nice!</div>
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This is the silicone mixed and poured. I didn't use enough mix the first time so I hurried to mix up more and didn't mix it quite enough so there is variance of color but surprisingly came out wonderful.<br />
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Here's an action shot of freshly made soap in this new soap Mold<br />
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