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@AliOop THANK YOU, I was not thinking about copyright at all. 😅 Thank you for the citric acid rinse advice as well. We too have sensitive sniffers and dislike vinegar rinse got that very reason.

In my head I was thinking about a non emulsified sugar scrub I was gifted and how crazy greasy it was vs an emulsified sugar scrub that I make that is still moisturizing but doesn’t leave a greasy mess. I readily admit I know zip about solid shampoo bars. Thank You @DeeAnna for the valuable...

I was not thinking of a lye based shampoo bar. We are particular about our hair, especially my DD and would certainly want a gentle product. A while ago I read old threads about lye based soap shampoo bars and how harsh they could be. I’ll go grab & post shampoo bar recipe from my book. I...

My DD would like for me to make her shampoo. I’d really rather not dive into liquid shampoo and start off making her a simple shampoo bar. I’ve seen recipes in books that I own and would even be willing to pay for a forever used recipe. My question. When choosing to use a shampoo bar, is a...

I’m back to experimenting with soap recipes. It’s been a minute. This round I’m tweaking palm free, veggie recipes using Shea & GW415. Waiting to test seems to take forever so maybe that will help summer go by slower. 😉 I’ve made two batches one with cocoa and one without. I just cut the cocoa...

Update: Two years later these bars still smell amazing, are still slightly tacky, definitely not no slime but since I refuse to gift one, we have plenty left. I never did figure out if it was the FO or I messed up in lye calc or oil calc.

I made the second batch today and my oils were at 115F & lye solution @ 110F. No stick blending required and I poured at medium trace in no time flat.

I made my first ever batch of CP soap batch using Shea butter. Love summer break and the time it allows me for hobbies. Also made some lip balm. 😃

Teriyaki Chicken 🐓

Show Dog 🐩

@1st glance too much CO for my skin. CO% ranges from 15-23% in my typical CP soap recipes.

I think tomorrow I’ll combine at 115-120F. Planned another test batch replacing the RBO with HO sunflower oil in a new no palm recipe.

Thank you for the reply. 🥰 I made my small batch. I thoroughly heated oils and was going to cool to 90-100 but hubby in a hurry to go set up a rain barrel, and happened to read your reply, so I combined @ 110F. Everything, went lovely. I really don’t think I needed to SB at all, but I gave it a...

I tend to vary the CO anywhere from 15-23% depending on the user. My normal to dry skin can tolerate 23% CO, but for a friend with eczema I typically go with recommendation by @AliOop. 65%Lard; 15%Neem; 15%CO; 5% castor. I substitute Rice Bran Oil for the Neem oil for friend(s) with just...

Pie Shell

My most lovely lard soap recipe that I make for my family with DRY skin was created with recommendations/advice/words of wisdom from @AliOop and It’s a hard bar of soap. High Lard%/ Low CO%/RBO or Neem @ 15%/Castor oil @ 5% plus Sodium Citrate @1.5% oil PPO. I have never ventured into tallow.

@AliOop or any shea butter in CP soap user. I’m making a batch of soap today using Shea & GW415 soy. Should I keep my soap temps low? I read Shea can accelerate trace and with castor & soy already at the party, I don’t want to have the batter seize. Since 1st batch with Shea, the batch will be...

That fragrance is a fave & accelerates for me as well. I add it to the warm oils before adding the lye solution to combat acceleration.

That is GR8 news! I’m going to try the recipe. I have plenty of GW415 on hand.

@ScentimentallyYours Currently I use GW415 soy wax in a CP soap recipe. I noticed your vegan soap SMF recipe linked above uses fully hydrogenated wax in it’s calculations. I cannot find near me. Would you mind if I ask where you purchase your soy wax from?