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I love the Wild Plantanica discs/tools as well. Also, the owner, Chass, is exceptionally responsive and good to work with.

@Martha, you are the soap face master! As an aside, which I clicked on the link in your first post I was taken to @Catscankim's profile and was impressed by how evocative the photo was of the cat's face. Even its body! And then I realized it was an actual cat.

Yes, this is a perfect soap. From the top to the bottom.

Wow, beautiful!

I emptied out two pails of pre-measured/mixed batch oils that had been sitting unused for at six months, since the last time I made soap. Yuck. Definitely the not-fun part of making (or in this case, not making) soap. Now on to planning for this month's "yellow" challenge.

Sign-up list: 1. Ford.... 2. Justsomeguy... 3. CLMP - Oh this will be fun!😊 4. Nona's Farm - have just the soap in mind 5.Firefly- ☀️ 6. Tammyfarms - I love yellow in soap. 7. McKherring Farm 8.akseattle - I've been super busy at work and haven't soaped since August 31, but this seems low key...

So sorry for this news. Sending prayers and good energy.

That is an improvement! Between the "free" shipping and the fast shipping it's practically foolhardy not to order :)

Not to enable anyone, but WSP is having a 25% sale on all FOs and flavors. As most know, no postage but a $5.95 "handling fee" on each order. Barely in time for Christmas curing :)

I don’t remember exactly how long it took, I know it wasn’t fast. But worth it if you don’t have a quick deadline, I think.

Nice sink, great t-shirt!

I've been buying from Scented Expressions which was super cheap but has gone up like everyone else. I think it's still the cheapest I'm seeing out there, though, $11.40/lb for refined/deodorized. https://scentedexpressions.com/cocoa-butter-rbd-natural/ ETA: also flat $5.95 shipping fee for...

AARGH!!! The last thing I need is a new stick blender, but I have been so jealous of @AliOop's all-clad for so long. @justsomeguy, not sure if you are a white hat or black hat!

Is there a link? I immediately googled "all clad immersion blender sale" and the lowest price is $119, $59.99 is a great deal!

I don't think you need a chelator to prevent oxidation with MP, assuming the base isn't expired. If it's a good brand I would think that they used fresh oils and anti-oxidative processes (ie; no metal equipment) to make the base. I've never experienced DOS or any other symptoms of oxidation...

Daggone it, @A-Polly, it has been a long time since I've made soap and thus a long time since I've had to deal with FO buying withdrawal, now back with a vengeance. That Grapefruit Mint one looks really good. ETA: how well/long does it stick in CP?

Ditto, I'm glad you're back too!

Dibbles, how could you. Now starting over with page one of this thread, this is going to take days. ETA: that soap is truly gorgeous, though. How do you think she got it so translucent?

I'm sure it helps, my mix is very slow to trace. I like to do designs, so I also do all the other slowing acceleration stuff too (low temp, 33% LC, very little stick blending). But I do find that FO is really good for a floral, before that I used another beautiful rose (Sweet Cakes True Rose)...

The Midwest Fragrance Co. has a beautiful rose FO which is easy to handle (I did a three color Taiwan (divided mold) swirl without a problem. One of my favorite FOs. I use an oil mix much like yours, just no RBO (with that % given over to lard.)