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Thank you everyone

Same here.

Well, today has been a bit of an amazing day. First, it started with an earthquake and wiring money for more dental surgery for my daughter so it did not start so well. LOL, right after all that my daughter called me crying so hard I could not even understand her, and I was so afraid the doctor...

@Suds MacKenzie Thank you so very much for your generosity, it has been such a tough year and today has been quite an amazing day. Thank you again and to SMF and everyone here for putting up with me. I love this community. 🥰🥰

Just in case any any one is interested there is a great oil free lotion recipe that I even love for hair conditioner. As much as I hate Bramble Berry and Ann Marie it is one of her recipes. It was a great seller for me. Also adding Isopropyl Myristate to lotion bars will help cut the greasiness...

The biggest question is will you like it in your lotion bar? I guarantee it will work, I use Sunflower wax, Carnauba Wax, Candelilla Wax, and other waxes since I do not like beeswax in my lotion bars. I simply do not like beeswax because I find it gets sticky in lotion bars after awhile. I even...

You can also use lemon seeds for pectin if you happen to have a lemon tree. You can Google search it. I have done it but it has been many years and I do not have my notes available.

A few prayers 🙏 🙏 for Cheryl again would be wonderful. She was doing pretty until 3 teeth assessed and the doctor in Winnemucca did emergency surgery to drain the abscesses, but she needed to get to her Reno oral surgeon asap, this was a week ago, and she could not understand why he was not...

My favorites are Meadowfoam, Kokum butter, Babassu and Avocado. I find Mango to astringent for my old dry skin.

I have that recipe in my canning book, now that you say it is delicious I will have to try it. That is if I even get this horrid move completed and life back together. Lol, my American Canner is sitting on the floor of my new pantry just grinding at me.😁. Of course I still have to get Cheryl well.

Did anyone find my postings about the sap value I used? I used to make a lot of camel tallow soap, but I am at my new house for a couple more days without my computer. I do know I made more than one posting about it a few years ago. ETA: the sap value I used for the Camel fat I used was the...

Not really true with superfatted soaps.

I personally like to split palm kernel and coconut oil in my soaps for a total of 18%. I would up the Palm to 30% for longevity, up the avocado to 18%, keep the castor at 5%, and then adjust the other oils to make your 100%. I would also add in some sugar or sorbitol.

It is fine, just messier to work with in my opinion. I used to hate summer and 5 gallon buckets of melted oils.

Also lowering your CO will help since CO is a highly soluble oil. I very seldom go over 19% but balance out my cleansing percentage with my other oils to keep in in the range of 12%, which keeps my bars nice on the skin and long-lasting. I like 40/20% tallow/lard but I admit this does not give a...

It is unfortunate to see them go out of business. I used to order from Camden quite often, especially their Lavender 40/42 it was the best I ever found.

I will add that the longer your salt bars cure the better they get. I have made salt bars every since I first started soaping and still have one that is at least 8 yrs old. It is fantastic and I only use it a couple times a year. I always planned my salt bars inventory so I could age my bars a...

That is fantastic. They will not do that here in So Cal unless it has changed because it is sent out to rendering houses and they are paid for it, actually they contract with the rendering houses. I am not sure anymore since some have closed done in La Verne. Sometimes a butcher well sell you a...

I went to my local Smart & Final this afternoon and out of habit I checked out the price of lard and tallow 50 lb cubes. To my surprise both have dropped considerably in price, not quite to what I used to pay but very close to just over $1 per lb. Lard was approx $57 it had been close to $94...

I find especially in the FB groups everyone wants to be praised, even if they ask a question they want it to fit the answer they want and no criticism. It is really bad in the Sourdough groups and not as prevalent in the Reptile groups. I find most in the reptile genuinely want help but some...