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Please post pics when you slice it up! It sounds gorgeous

@KiwiMoose I am SO IMPRESSED that you stamped the bars on the very first batch of soap you ever made! My first batch looked like accidental sticks of butter, since I made in a milk carton with a recipe that was half as large as I should've used (only made that mistake once!).

My latex allergies grew loads worse last year, so I've started reacting to shea butter and mango butter (happened at the same time as other long-covid related reactions/inflammation, so maybe more post-covid folks in general will have allergies now). I've always reacted a little to aloe vera (it...

That makes sense! Looks like my new silicone rose mold is going to finally get used... will post results when I finally get it done.

@TheGecko Oh my goodness-can't imagine buying 25lbs of a single fragrance without already loving it! That sounds like a real blow. Searching the glossary- what's a VCS or a DB?

I’m curious, @Zany_in_CO - why is it important to wait a week before remelting grated soap in the microwave? What kind of polyol mix do you add to 8oz grated soap before you microwave?

I haven't tried it yet, but really really want to, and this might end up being easier and cheaper for you: you can make your own sodium citrate by reacting baking soda (cheaper than lye) with citric acid, and then there's no worries about whether you really got all the citric acid to dissolve...

This is so insanely helpful--thank you all SO much. YES! That makes so much sense--nose-blindness is such a good way of saying it. Really good point--I'll recruit friends to sniff the testers for me. I have such strong latex allergies that I already do this with body butter recipes (I react...

@ResolvableOwl BTW--speaking of Rainbow OCD, was just working my way through the "What soapy thing have you done today" and saw your red and orange experiments. Have you tried Himalayan Rhubarb yet for red? I don't know how it would look if you mixed the powder into soap dough, though! I infused...

They REALLY do look like sausage! I got a lot of comments on that from friends... so glad to hear there's a thread for this. Re: Texas--a lot of pink grapefruit in the US are grown in Texas, so the boxes always say Texas Pink or Texas Red on the side. We used to get a box of Texas Pinks for...

@KiwiMoose :eek: THANK YOU! Just fixed that...

@Zing Mango butter really does have a dry skin feel! I wish I didn't have crazy latex allergies; mango butter makes me react, but doesn't make me greasy while doing it 😅 @LynetteO This sensitive skin-haver thinks you made a great decision to not add fragrance.

I love the texture on top! Were you just doing figure 8 swirls?

That makes sense, @AliOop -do you mainly use EO's then? Or what are your favorite FO's that don't bother you?

Oh my goodness, thank you guys! (I'm a little starstruck right now... been reading your posts for months.) @Ugeauxgirl Here's my HP soap drying rack right now... just little batches. Back to front left side: activated charcoal/tea tree/peppermint eo soaps with rice bran oil superfat, French...

😅 Thanks!

I've been reading threads here for months, finally joined this month. So happy to join the SMF family. I'm a sculptor and graphic designer who loves chemistry, so of course I've taken to CP & HP soapmaking like a facehugger. Really grateful for all of your shared knowledge! I've learned so much...

Do FO's just smell fake to some people? I grew up in a perfume-free house, since a family member's airways constrict from strong perfume (i.e. most shampoos, detergents, hairsprays, etc), but he doesn't react to natural smells (food, garden, or essential oils). I've mainly made fragrance-free...

@DeeAnna, is it safe to guess no one took over the SMF Fragrance Oil Review admin job? Looks like the Add/Update links have been deleted!