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Found a hive, not going. Forgive the typos. On my phone.

I hope I am doing this right, I have never used the app before. I am in SC with my wonderful hubby and he owns a tree company. While doing a job this morning, he going a HUGE honeybee hive in a tree. Well post pics later. The homeowner's response was "Just get it out of here!" Hubby had me...

I am super new and have only done 5 batches, but I am with DeeAnna on the zap thing. I had some soap that I thought had a mild zap. Then I made another batch later and put it in the freezer to prevent gel. When I took it out of the freezer a few hours later, I knew it would still zap because...

Yes! Really!! I ended up trying the first recipe that Hazel posted on here and it was the batch I said was in the freezer. It came out super white and creamy and beautiful, but it was SO soft, I was worried about cutting it and waited a couple days first. Now that it is out of the mold and...

I had been having issues finding palm oil here. Even went so far as to check when I was out of the state at their grocery stores. Finally yesterday I found it at a local grocery store, so now I have regular white and red palm oil and from what I can tell, as long as I am not getting Crisco...

Thank you! I always put everything in a soap calculator, even when just doubling, if for no other reason than I don't want to trust my math (which isn't that bad, lol) on something that could hurt someone, but the part I quoted was what I was trying to get across, but not wording very well. I'm...

I really have no business answering this, so you really want to wait for someone with a LOT more experience than me to come along or double check this online somewhere, but it is my understanding that if you have a good recipe for 4 pounds and you want to double it, you just double the...

So, as soon as it will easily come out of the mold, just go ahead and cut?? I think if I had waited until we got home from SC it might not have been so easy to cut, so I am glad I did it today.

I will confess that I am laughing about my husband now, but last night I was fit to be tied. I came around that corner and saw him playing with it and I immediately turned back around, went to the bedroom and threw myself face down on our bed. He came in and said "What??" with that South...

They cut great! I cut 8 bars from that loaf and when I looked better at both sides, it was the middle four with the circle. Two were perfect on one side and had the ring on the other, so it was just in the very center. I think that when we get back from SC I will make three more batches of...

Seems 3 of the bars in the center have partial gel marks. I'm not selling, and it passes the zap test all over, so it is okay for now. I just need to figure out the best way to do this without that happening or getting it to gel all the way through next time. If I want it to gel all the...

I just read your post and decided to go cut it. And then I got terrified that it won't be right, lol. I suppose nothing I do now is going to change that either way, so I might as well go cut it and see what happens! Eeek!! So excited!

You have no idea, lol! I wanted to make him redo it, but then that never would have worked out well. And no, somehow he was completely unscathed. Would have served him right. I have only watch a zillion videos right in front of him and talked about this stuff. See how much he listens...

Thank you Hazel!! I think I will try that top one that doesn't need the palm oil as soon as my husband gets home and can keep an eye on the baby for me so I have fewer distractions. I have checked on my soap a million times now and this morning when I got up, I tugged on the liner a little...

Thank you!! I will head to Target tomorrow...or maybe I will actually wait until a day or two after Christmas. Things are really crazy out there! I think that I am probably going to wait until Christmas day or two days after Christmas to try to unmold and cut. From what I have heard, if I...

So far I only have a few things that I can find in the grocery stores here, but I am going to probably end up buying some online as well. I just hate to pay for shipping on oil. Locally I have bought just about everything that I can find. I have olive, vegetable, sunflower, canola, coconut...

The only thing that I don't like about soap making so far is that it takes so long to be ready to cut and to cure. Patience is not a real strong quality for me and I don't know how you guys do it, but my hat is off to you. I made my first batch. Just a very simple Castile. No colors, oil...