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If you are a experienced soap maker, take your favorite recipe and replace 10% - 15% of a liquid oil with the pine tar. Male sure to run the recipe through a lye calc. I also recommend searching the forum for pine tar to find tips on making it since it is, as previously mentioned, its own beast.

@johnnyusa orangutan safe means the making of the soap doesn't have a impact on the orangutans habit, not that its safe to use on one though it probably is lol. One reason many people won't use palm products is due to the destruction of orangutan habit in order to grow the palms

My grammostola pulchra molted a couple days ago and is especially pretty. I suppose she is my favorite, beautiful and docile.

Since this has been a naughty batch, I would leave the next one out on the counter and see what it does. I've had some batches overheat and split on the kitchen table, it would have been a disaster in a cooler.

That is overheating and separation. Your recipe has milk and honey, both which will raise the temp due to the sugars and you insulated, it got too hot. whether or not its ok depends on what happened inside. if it has big oil pockets or it doesn't set up, it will need rebatched. When you are...

The usage rate is just measurement of how much is safe, not how much should be used. For CP, most people use 3%-6% so use the 5%, it a good amount for cp.

Whenever I cut warm, I've found the center is still soft. I would uncover and start cooling the loaf some before cutting.

Get more pots and utensils so you don't have to wash fresh, oily soap batter down the drain. Wipe out the bowls much as possible and wait a day or 2 for the remaining batter to saponify

I found a ivory soap dupe from save on scents. Its a little sweeter and lemony than ivory, its a very nice clean scent

I bought bickmore from amazon, its pricey and I honestly didn't notice a difference from the cheap horse health.

No, it wasn't yours and sadly I don't remember who made it. It was from the alternate liquid swap a few years back. I do believe it was made with tomato juice and was red & green.

I was given a bar scented with tomate leaves which I really don't like. Ended up being one of my favorite hand soaps for the kitchen.

Could be oils, FO, glycerin or water. Best thing to do it leave it and see if it absorbes back into the soap. If it doesn't by the time the soap is ready to cut, dab it off with a paper towel and cut like normal. Maybe set the soap on a cookie sheet before cutting just in case it has liquid...

How do you know they were bought out? They might have just decided to update the website

I stopped gifting pretty soaps. I want them to be used so I just do a simple one color swirl in a white base or maybe completely uncolored. No pretty tops, no fancy textures, not even glitter.

I had a FO thay wasn't supposed to accelerate, almost seize yesterday. My pretty brown and white swirl tuned into a plop and glop that I was able to stir a little once it gelled in the mold. At least its usable and it almost looks like somekind of weird ugly fudge now.

Every bar of oat and honey I've seen for sale is clove scented. Not sure why but it seems popular. Maybe adding a touch to the patch and orange would be nice.

Well, it is a bar soap you brush your teeth with. Wet your brush, rub across soap, brush teeth. You aren't going to find info on it on a dental site as its not a recommended product. I only used it for a short time, didn't see any positive results. Really think its more of a fad then anything...

I've found many FO that are trying to imitate a well know scent such as flowers, fruit or food often fall short. I tend to go more for scents that have a blend of many notes, they aren't quite as fake.

That looks really neat, can't wait to see the discoloration as it progresses. Your swirls are nice too, I like how whispy they are