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Oops! I almost forgot castor oil. I add that at my usual %5 and that boosted bubbles. The longevity is still a little low with these numbers, but I can’t seem to get it into the green now.

@earlene I don’t actually really understand longevity and hardness very well. I just figure it’s good to have them in the green range. I mean, I don’t imagine that a soft bar would last very long! Thank you so much! I wouldn’t have thought to adjust my liquid oils down that much! I’ll play...

I make a %100 beef tallow soap and the sugar really helps the lather! But this bear fat is much more like pig lard, it’s very soft. So, when it says longevity is low, I don’t want it to be too soft. But, you’re saying your %100 bear fat soap was hard?

A good friend asked me to make her some soap from the bear fat she hunted. My soaps usually have tallow, but this formulation is coming out way different, I can’t get the longevity up with the oils I have. I don’t want to go over %20 CO, but here are the results using CO at %20 and %25. Also, my...

I always wear gloves washing soap making dishes, but not for kitchen dishes.

I haven’t tried making dish soap yet. One would just wear gloves, right?

@earlene you said what I wanted to say, but much better! And also, shopping and researching, watching videos, etc.

How do you feel the mango butter compares to cocoa butter?

Yesterday I shrink wrapped 50 soaps and about 50 bath bombs. Shrink wrapping is not my favorite part. But it went ok. I blew less holes. Today I make labels and take their pics to post on my website. Hopefully up and live by this afternoon! Then I finally made my first batch of lotion...

The best thing for me is to distract myself with other things. Also, I have to think about changing my relationship with time. When I’m always making something, after awhile, then there will always be something new that’s ready.

Also tub tested one. Not sure what to all it.

My new airbrush came today and I’m shocked at how much better it was than my cheaper model!! It was an actual joy to use, instead of constant frustration. It was how I’d always thought airbrushing should be, instead of the chore it’d become! I’m so excited that I can actually practice enough to...

The giant ONE POUND bath bomb floated!!!

These are such a PIB to paint. But they’re worth it! The giant one is the first vacuum form mold I bought about a year ago. I packed it so full, it was almost a pound, and it sunk like a rock! I thought I’d try it again with the things I’ve learned since then. Pressing just a thin layer into the...

I was wondering if a dropper would work to fill the tubes, or if it would be too small a quantity to hold the heat and stay fluid.

I’m about to make the lotion concentrate from DIY as soon as my ingredients arrive. I can’t wait! I may have to try the foaming concentrate too. Is the hemp repair using the lotion concentrate?

This is the first of anything I’ve made in two weeks. It felt great to finally do something! I was pooped afterwards though. Finally testing clear, and I’ll be back at my day job this week. So, I’m happy to have some product ready to paint.

Oh dear! I’m so very sorry. That’s a real tragedy! I hope you recover fully and have great sales from here on!! I’d be kind of traumatized. I wasn’t sure if my perforated shrink wrap would allow the bath bombs to activate if they got rained on. The rain was blowing sideways, so I couldn’t dry...

Not exactly sure where too put this, but it’s too funny not to share. Do you have a market fail?

Lip balms are on my short list. I haven’t made any in over a year. What did you use to melt and pour?