ackosel

@Tonic even though you don't have enough posts to formally join the challenge, we welcome everyone to post trial batches here in this...

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Sign-up list: 1. Justsomeguy - it's gonna be nerve wrecking but I'm in. My first venture into multicolored soap😬 2. Ackosel - I need to...

It smells a little like car tires at the moment.😄 I've made this recipe before and the scent goes back to subtle vanilla as it cures...

I am starting to experiment with gelling goat milk soaps. This is a goat milk and vanilla recipe using benzoin resinoid as the only...

On Saturday I made a batch of my go-to lard soap, and finally I had runny batter for as long as I needed it to be! This was my first...

Correct, do not put arnica cream or gel on broken skin. But you can take arnica in pellet form by mouth. My mother used to bite or snip...

Arnica

It was resin, and all I did was warm the bottle in a warm water bath before adding it to the batter at trace.

I used 1/2 oz Benzoin Resinoid in 16 oz of oils as the only scent/color in my batch of goat milk & vanilla soap. This is how it looked...

It took 3 days to harden enough to get it out of the mold, and I should have left it at least another two days. It is soft, but the...

Yup, sounds like you got it bad. Run... now. Don't look back. Lol.

Marmite is made of fine, healthy, yeast extract. Vegemite is made of koala tallow. I am in no way biased as to either product, but...

Neither science nor art come naturally to me, but somehow, soapmaking is sucking me in. Not even hand washing caustic dirty dishes is...

@ackosel, it is like any other hbit. oops. I meant hobby. You get a feel for it after a while. Also, a whisk will do just fine. 99% of...