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😯I’m getting PTSD from my anesthesia days just reading this. I hope you’ve been able to get caught up on your rest.

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Baptize

Can they be planed off?

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Sounds like a lot of fun!

Thank you, ToniO! That’s a great idea about taking out a bit of batter to mix extra colorant and I’ll have to try the cotton ball thing. I am also happy to report that, as of this morning, the Lilac scent is beginning to emerge ever so faintly.

Thank you, dmcgee5034!

Thank you so much for your valuable input, Ali . Yes, the red bits are mica. I originally dispersed the mica I was using in a small portion of my warm oils, using a mini mixer. Once I added that to the main oils, I wasn’t happy with the resultant shade so added additional mica powder directly to...

Here’s my recipe.

I made GMS the day before yesterday. I divided the batter into two batches because I planned to use two different FOs, both brand new from Candle Science: “Rose Petals” and “French Lilac.” I read their reviews on the CS website so I knew they would accelerate and tried to plan accordingly. I...

Millennial snowflake.

I did refrigerate it, but I still managed to get water into what I scooped out. I think the key to soaping with lard is to let it cure for a bit longer than soap without lard in order to get the best lather. If I recall correctly, other soapers have recommended 6 weeks minimum.

It was probably not worth the effort since it was such a small amount of bacon grease. Also, it was much softer than store-bought lard, probably because I wasn’t able to scoop off the lard floating on top of the water without getting some water in it. I incorporated it 50/50 into store-bought...

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I rendered lard from bacon grease just to see if I could do it. I did.

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