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Playing around with Alkanet Root I like these as natural colorings are what interest me. My fave the is 2nd to last. I love to see how small changes can result in major differences.

Thank you. Purely decorative , but curious top see how it will dry down and cure. All part of this learning process.

Very nice and elegant.

I'm new to this, normally doing CPHP . This time I did total CP. I infused water with rose petals and tried to swirl with cocoa added. Powdered red food color for rest which turned brown. Still needs to cure some weeks so may lighten . Traced fast and thick so hard to swirl.Made balls with the...

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Has anybody used or would recommend Oil of Oregano as a preservative due to its antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal properties. The smell is strong but I'm considering adding it to some stuff I working on?

That's a great idea.Plastic bucket.

Thank you. That's the Red Palm Oil. Fading a bit, but still bright orange. Scent thankfully is dissipating. Made a nice hard bar.

Re: newbie confusion about feasibility of 100% olive oil soa Ireland and Italy have large African communities in the main cities(Rome especially). Have you checked their ethnic food stores? I buy palm and coconut oils there cheap.Also Indian/Asian Stores sell coconut and almond oils cheap

Nice! All I have been doing so far is the CPHP in crock pot. Dont have a Stainless Steel Pot I want to devote to soap yet. But dont mind using my old 6 qt Crock pot. As a more experienced soaper, do you find you have more artistic leeway with cold process. I find HP limiting for stuff I want...

I used a smaller bubble wrap. I tried the larger one for the tea tree and it was big oily mess and the shape wasn't defined. I lightly brushed the small bubble wrap with gold Mica after cutting. I noticed some parts the bubbles wre popped and the effect was flat.

I don't have a lot of fragrances and colors to play with yet, but have been using what I had on hand. Most of my coloring is from spice cabinet or oil bases used. So far have only been doing HP soap and using objects found around house for molds.( Oatmeal boxes, plastic storage boxes, etc.)...

Thank you.

I saw this the other day. They have all sorts of natural supplies. Here is the link for the Indigo. http://www.soap-making-resource.com/nat ... tml#indigo BTW, love your blog.

I had a lot left rendered from Thanksgiving in the freezer.Its so clear. My great aunts have some old folklore about it for all sorts of remedies. So I figured why not add it to the soap. Only used a small amount.

Yes that's the tricky part. Thanks.

Thank you! That was the fun part.

Thank you Soap Buddy. I actually added the super fat after the cook with the oatmeal. So much to learn with all the fats/oils and which works best.

I just want to finally say hello after lurking for a while and soaking up all sorts of info. Today I actually made my first batch of soap ever ( hot processed soap via the crock-pot method). As a foodie who blogs, I believe I have found a new obsession! My boyfriend thinks I'm insane. Soap...