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I am in Canada, but the soaps I have been making fit your profile and it would be fun to trade! I am not currently soaping but some of the soaps I have are 80% lard, 20% CO with 5% superfat (I went with the default setting). I may have one that is a little lower sf due to slight over weight of...

Well this is a long thread and I haven't read it all but I want to add something. I have always been pretty sweaty and quickly start to smell stinky if I don't use something on my pits. I got a tip from a fb group and decided to try it- it is very simple and has been working really well for me...

Poplar buds infused in oil work pretty well, not a strong scent but nice. I was disappointed with my balsam fir experiment- infused fresh branches in oil and used a strong tea of needles to make the lye solution. It smelled like... nothing much. I do CP, the best scent was poplar bud oil with...

You're welcome! I think it looks like frosting on a cake :p

I'm guessing the white layer is just an ungelled outer 'rind', as it doesn't really look like soda ash. Did it heat up after pouring?

Anyone have any experience using phycocyanin as a colorant? It is the part of the spirulina that gives it it's blue tone. On sale at $10.50 per 14g. How many grams of spirulina would typically be used for this purpose? o_O

Love that pink color! Those are so pretty, KiwiMoose!

Some of them look frameable! Very nice!

@Hennyfer - did you gel yours? I'm guessing no? No, these did not gel.

Might be worth a try- my guess is it'll turn out more purple than blue though.

Had a quick look at the recipe, it is colored with some kind of dye. Oh well! You would think that blueberries could make a good colorant, since they stain like crazy.

That's funny! I couldn't stop sniffing every soap as I cut it and now sniffing constantly as I go by it :p It is so refreshing I find.

Here's my little shortie bars! Love the tops on yours. I keep wanting to texture my tops but my high-lard recipe takes forever to trace. I did these with lemongrass and tea tree which is sticking so far (cross fingers).

That is a lovely color! May I post a pic for comparison? I just made my first charcoal soap and cut it yesterday- I used 1.5tsp PPO, the color isn't as rich (also didn't gel so may be a factor). The lather is seems pretty white, maybe a hint of grey to it.

https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/21-layers-of-mica-goodness.17088/ Just found this on another thread- supersoaper3000 already nailed it!

Hi everyone! Although I am far too new here and don't really have the supplies to attempt something like this, I was very taken by these rainbow obsidian images I came across and thought maybe they would inspire someone for this challenge :)

I have been doing around 20% CO, 80% lard- my partner does butchering for some local farmers and we rendered the fat from a very large pig this fall. The fat is pretty clean smelling, even the totally unscented bars smell very neutral. I'll need some time to determine if that will change. I was...

Good question! Mine are also cut at 1", 2.5" long and weigh around 3.6-ish oz. I like the bar size though it seems smaller than many others I see. I thought 3-4 dollars at the farmer's market would be fine to charge for them considering the local stores sell higher-end handmade bars for 6-8 bucks.

I'd love to know how it turns out if you decide to try it! I attempted something with balsam fir- infused my oil with the small branches and needles and also used a strong infusion as my lye water. The resulting soap really has no smell of balsam that I can detect, and I didn't feel it was worth...