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Sorry about the gender confusion! If you are comfortable with using palm oil, then give it a shot as is! If you want to modify it, you can subsitute lard for palm. You can also decrease the amount of coconut and increase the amount of olive oil or substitute it with another oil. Some find...

The recipe is a Soap Queen one and appears to be 40/30/30 Olive, Coconut, Palm oils. Personally, I don't use palm oil any longer, but a lot of soapers do and that recipe should be a good starting point. Like shunt mentioned, a lot EOs don't last very long in CP soap, especially the citrus...

Riiigghhttt?! I got an order in yesterday!

For my European friends, I received an email earlier today from Gracefruit. They have 30ish 250 ml FOs on sale for 99p! They do have a minimum order of £25 and they only take PayPal and bank transfers. Happy shopping!

Started researching possible Master's programs. I haven't set foot in a classroom since 2004, the idea of going back is daunting. Not to mention the program that is the most interesting to me would likely require I spend 8-12 months living abroad... which weighs heavily on me since I have 2 kids...

Sign up 1. Jersey Girl- Always up for a fun challenge. Never tried a stripe yet so now is as good a time as any! 2. dibbles - I see some 'learning opportunities' in my future 3. Bookreader451 - Staying true to my goal and trying another challenge 4.kafayat.learning is soo much fun 5...

It's all becoming so clear now! Thanks for the explanations.

The way I understood the difference is, a brine bar has the salts dissolved in water, and soleseife has the salt suspended in the batter. @atiz one of the videos I was watching used 30% salt. I thought I was erring on the side of caution by only using 20% 😂 Maybe I could chop up my uglies and...

Today I tried making a brine bar. I used my normal recipe but upped the SF to 10%, used a FO that I haven't used in a while but according to my notes, behaves well and Peppermint EO. I added 20% salt to my lye water and stirred, most of the salt was dissolved when I added my lye water to my...

I've been waiting for this challenge! I was super excited to try it but time was against me. I only made one attempt and it turned out alright. My soap was still softer than I wanted when I cut it this morning and I have only cleaned it up minimally. Anyway, I used a FO called Fairy Dust, TD...

Yeah... I thought I still had a couple of days before the entry thread opened. So, I'll be making a batch tomorrow and maybe the day after.

Make soap! With both kiddos and my hubby at home I haven't made soap in what feels like forever! I am also looking forward to travelling again. We used to take family trips every weekend. We would hop on a train and go for a mini-adventure. My hubby and I have been dreaming about our next...

I'm considering trying HP but I have a few questions before I give it a go. I've done some research but still have questions and thought I would ask the people who have experience with HP. 1. I don't have a crock pot or slow cooker and would be doing this on the stove top with a double boiler...

Denmark will begin a gradual return to school and work starting next week. My youngest will return to daycare next Tuesday and my oldest will start school again on the 20th. Hubby will be working from home until May 10. Social distancing is still in place, the borders are still closed until May...

We skyped with some friends of ours in Missoula yesterday. They told us a couple of stores are filling orders and delivering them into your car so people don't even have to go into the store. It seems like a good idea. Some of the shops here have limits on the amount of people that can be in the...

@Lin19687 You have the beginnings of a great Halloween costume!

Have you considered lowering or omitting one of the hard butters and increasing your olive oil amount? All of the soaps I make are vegan and palm free. My basic recipe has OO at 35-40% with Coconut, Shea, SA and Castor. I do have another recipe that has hemp oil in it at 10% and I haven't...

Sign Up List: 1. Atiz. This looks like so much fun and I need some more excuse to make soap. 2. jcandleattic - this was going to be my next soap this week anyway, might as well enter it. 3. Misschief - been wanting to try this. Now, I have no excuse. 4. Bookreader451 - just note my results may...

WOW!! I recently started a new book and am only halfway done. Of course, I think I would get a lot more reading done if the kiddos weren't so demanding... I mean darn cute!

Denmark has extended it's shutdown until April 14. At least we're not on lockdown yet.