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Thank you all for your responses! I really appreciate it. I was reading about Ylang Ylang last night and started to worry that it might be a bit overpowering. I used a 3% concentration, and it’s certainly filled the room with a strong aroma—so much so that I can’t smell the frankincense at all...

I’ve been digging through google searches and came across this book in considering buying. Dora anyone have experience with this book and think it a worthwhile purchase? Thank you! I think I’m going to go ahead and look into get this book you suggest. It seems to be exactly what I’m looking...

Did I do something wrong? So, it has a white, almost chalky outside and once cut, the inside is a bit sticky. Is this normal? I did add the honey that could perhaps account for this, but what about the white stuff on the outside? I lowered the Coconut oil and raised the EVOO from the last...

I’m still very much in the learning phase of soap making. I do some other cottage sales and hope to get my teenage daughter involved in soap making with the goal of having her sell her soaps alongside my beef products at local markets. For now, my focus is on making the best tallow soaps I can...

I'm very much still learning and all these are for my own home. But I do hope to one day be at the place to sell and hopefully get my kids to take part. It is good to know that for when I am ready. I like the strong fragrance I'm just worried if 3% of this blend would be harmful or otherwise...

I want to try a soap for the season and was looking at the Haunted Forest blend from plant therapy. I noticed it says 1% maximum for topical uses and I was wondering if this would apply to the soap calc figures? My recipe I used last had a fragrance weight at around 3% but I was wondering how...

I’ve been busy with other projects, but now that the kids are back in school, I’ve had the chance to refocus on my soap-making. I’ve made two batches so far. For the first, I used “washed” tallow, which resulted in a more pure, odorless, and whiter soap. The second batch was made with freshly...

I was advised to add the shea and coca early in the process instead of as part of the oil weight by a soap maker i briefly spoke with at a farmers market. I thought it was interesting that these oils won’t completely saponify, but I was heavily questioning the 6% superfat, though trying to also...

https://www.soapmakingfriend.com/recipes/78177.after-mat-defense-bjj-tea-tree-bar-soap I work at a ranch and processing facility where we raise and process our own beef. As a result I have access to a large amount of high quality, pasture raised beef suet, which I render into tallow. As a...