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I’ve been loving adding charcoal to everything - I have so much and it goes so far! Citrus Tea Tree - drop hanger swirl Mountain Man - Taiwan swirlish although I wanted a cosmic zig zag but it didn’t work out Lavender Confetti - using the Caglia method for the confetti and a chopstick swirl...

Oh yessssss - that’s similar to my lavender patchouli blend.

OMGGGG!!! I HAVE A ROASTER PAN!!! I gotta go find it now! Genius, @AliOop!

I'm off to render some today! My husband is at the office for work today so I have free range of the house and whatever smells might emanate from the kitchen. He once told me that I wasn't allowed to rebatch soap in the oven any more. HAHAHHAA

The luxury soap has the signature brand scents - that is the "luxury" for the price tag and the name. I have tried some of those soaps - my sister used to work at some upscale mall in Boston and get me expensive things like soap and candles but I never thought the quality was worth that price...

I’m going to try this!

I’ve tried the WSP Recipe for lotion bars with the hemp seed oil and it was a very heavy. I’ve come to realize I don’t like hemp oil at all from the smell to the texture after feel. No one who tried my bars liked them either. My regular recipe has shea butter, coconut, cocoa butter, and...

Glad I was able to give a reminder, @ScentimentallyYours (btw, love your handle). I set my oven as low it goes, I think 170 F, in a big Dutch oven with water and just let it melt down. It’s so easy. I don’t even chop it up. I do have a giant stock pot I use for canning but it’s way too big for...

How do you grind it? in a meat grinder? I wonder if I can grate it. I didn't think to smell it! I'm going to take some out and think about the scent frozen and defrosted. I certainly know what rancid smells like. I do have some rendered and frozen from a couple years ago as well that i want...

I didn’t know where to post this question! But I use tallow for lye based soap so here it is. Not quite two years ago we had a cow butchered and I got the box of tallow to make soap. I ended up putting it in a bag and in the deep freezer it has been. I rarely opens the deep freeze so the tallow...

My husband was not impressed with any 100% KOH or 100% NaOH shave soap - he was impressed with my last batch of shaving soap with the dual lye - is was 90% NaOH and 10% KOH with a higher water content than my usual soaping of 40% lye concentration. I also added the dissolved citric acid to the...

It is very interesting. I’m not sure why other than the local source that produces it may have unknown contaminants or not as long shelf life - it was witching a few months of purchase that I used it. And it was not cheap!

If I don't need something right away I will order from WSP. I placed an order almost a month ago that I'm supposed to get today. I've ordered three times from Soaper's Choice and got my items within the week. Same for ordering from Bulk Apothecary - ordered and it took weeks to get it but order...

I'm not sure it's as sensitive as that however i did come across this article a couple years ago about corn allergies. It was very interesting and I like how it references soap making :)

I've attempted this soap 3 times and finally have a respectable result. My first batch my colors weren't discerning enough after unmolding. The second batch (pictured) doesn't look like butterflies at all, just swirls or blobs as well as mottley color because I didn't dissolve the colorants...

One of my most popular soaps is made with just Orange 10x EO. I've never had an issue with it tracing or separating. However, all the soaps I've made lately with kaolin clay have been soft and springy and have taken a few days to come out of the mold. I usually soap with a 40% lye solution but...

I was using citric acid in my soaps for chelating properties and then learned from a potential customer that some citric acid is made from corn and that they were allergic to corn :O I've looked at lots of other local soapmakers and I have not noticed any of them using any kind of chelator or...

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Sign up list: 1. Spowers - this is right up my alley - love 'unchallenges'! 2. KimW -awe man - With summer in full swing I was going to sit out July's, but can't resist a chance to lessen my load of soap shavings! 3. Phoenix - I have just the design in mind! 4. Tara_H - Confettipalooza! 5. Mrs...