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Sorry, I know this is an old post that I dug up here, but I thought I'd add my experience of using vinegar for rendering tallow. Maybe it will be of help to other tallow users in the future. My sister dropped 30 pounds!!! 😱 of beef fat at my door on Monday. so I've been trying to render it...

Oooh, chamomile! That sound fantastic too. Thanks so much for your advice I cant wait to try it out. I'm just waiting for my digital scale to arrive on Friday. Then I can start soaping again.

Another thing is, The EO's form MLMs have something like a 600% markup on the price (to make sure the uplines get a %of the profit). Here in South Africa, I have found a local company that produces Essential oils and I can buy wholesale from them for a fraction of the price, I also like them...

Have you ever had a soaping nightmare or some really weird random soaping dream? Tell us your story. I work as a photographer. With my weddings, I put a lot of care and preparation into making sure I have all my gear ready with backup memory cards and batteries and lenses etc. I try to be...

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Very Excited!!! I just cut my very first batch of soap I made yesterday. Powdered Lavender and colloidal oatmeal. I finely ground my lavender so that it doesnt look like mouse poops. The lavender powder becomes VERY fragrant when it's ground up. Looks and smells amazing. I'm not sure how...

I wonder if you can infuse the dandelions in the water part of the soap mixture. Make a dandelion tea using warm distilled water. Let it seep well and then mix the dandelion tea with the Lye before mixing it with the oils. Maybe then you can do a double infusion. Infuse the water part and...

Hi there Elize. Great to meet you. I just made my first cold process soap today. Im just making small 500g batches to test things out. I used a margerine tub as a mold. I'm anxiously waiting for tomorrow to unmold it and cut it tomorrow. I'm super excited. I think I'm already hooked...

I just Finnished making my very first soap. I was planning to do it last night, but I had some analysis paralysis. I got all my ingredients and weighed it out. One problem I had was with the scale. It's a plastic food scale and I just noticed today that it only weighs in 5gram increments. 🤦‍♀️...

To be honest, I have 3 variations of the recipe I'm going to try. I will take Todd's advice and try the one with no almond oil, and replace it with shea and the other I'll try with avocado butter (I just found 2 lbs ) It sounds like a great soap. But I do still want to try a small batch of...

Thanks a mill. I'm rendering and clarifying my tallow now this evening. Ill try my first soap tomorrow. I'll be sure to post a photo.

I don't have sodium lactate, but I'll try the salt, Thanks. I don't have any palm oil yet. I have got some shea butter. But I have dropped the almond to 15% - Castor 10% - coconut 15 - tallow 55 - and Shea butter 5% I got 3 kg (+- 6 lbs) of tallow today. I'll render and clarify it tomorrow...

Thanks so much for the great advice. I appreciate it. I think I have a really good recipe for my soap. I'm using beef tallow as a base/main Ingredient. But tallow tends to be all creamy and no bubbles. So I added castor for bubbles, coconut oil for cleansing and almond oil for conditioning. I...

Hi there all. I don't have a fancy silicone mold (I'm a bit financially challenged this month 🤭 ), so I am planning to DIY a mold for myself. I was thinking of using a sturdy Mailer box and lining it with something. I just realised that I have a roll of clear self-adhesive vinyl plasic...

Thanks guys. I'll be sure to update with some photos of my progress. Thanks

Hi there all. My name is Elize. I'm from Newcastle South Africa. Iv been doing melt and pour for about 2 years now, it's easy peasy and fun to do. But I have become very interested in CP soaps. I really want more flexibility in what I can add and what "flavor" soaps I can create. Iv been...

I love that the lines are not all dead straight. It's whimsical and delicate. It looks like a spring breeze.

Can a person use powdered Goats milk? Would you add water to it to reconstitute it and freeze it the night before and add it to the lye. Or would you just add the powder to the oils before adding the water/lye?

I add dried chamomile flowers to my Chamomile soaps (melt & pour glycerine soaps) The flowers don't really add a scent to it, But I add a few drops of Chamomile essential oil to my soap once it has cooled down a bit so the heat doesn't negatively affect the essential oil. I add the oil and the...