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I've got my recipe and technique down to being able to pour it thin. It's hard because when I think i just need to stir it a little bit more,I have to curb myself or it'll get thick. But usually not unpourable. I like mine completely square with a smooth top. But with the thin recipe, I think...

I will try letting it cool before going in the fridge next time. I guess i always just thought that the faster it cools the less chance it would get mixed up again. I don't have any problems with any smell with 40% tallow. But then again, I've been buying processed grass fed beef tallow and...

I know this post was from last year but just wanted to chime in. about a year ago I made a 100% tallow bar, just to see what it would be like. And because I have a friend who's mom is allergic to almost everything, including most vegetables, so I thought it could work for her. I didn't put any...

Oh, awesome! Looking at the scent profile, with the vanilla, patchouli, earthy, woody, AND tobacco, that sounds perfect. Thanks!! And I don't even have to worry about the vanilla content mucking with he color with this soap. ;) Price looks good too! Thanks!

I only bought 2 and 4 oz bottles to try some new scents. I've been using exclusively essential oils since 2006, until last year when I started my business. @cmzaha This is the first time I've heard of that. Now you've peaked my curiosity, what happens when you do that?

haha! I wish my daughter were a paying customer. I usually just give her the odd balls and ends. I'm sure I could find customers to buy it though. It's good quality soap. And yeah, at the markets customers always freak out when they see I only have one of something left. They panic buy thinking...

If you haven't used a new fragrance, then I'm with you, it's probably mismeasured oils or lye. But I wouldn't know how to fix it without knowing what was missing. If it's lye heavy it will probably be really brittle. kind of flaky. Like when you try to cut it, it will break instead of cut. And...

Oooh, tobacco!...I hadn't thought of that. I already have a great custom EO blend that I use for my basic pine tar that accents the kind of smoky pine tar scent so it smells really woodsy. Honestly though, I don't mind the scent of pine tar in the finished soap like some people do. It's pretty...

idk. It sure looks like it seized. That looks like a crock, so HP? If it's CP I would ask what fragrance or additives you put in it. If it's HP, I won't be much help.

I know this sounds like a strange thing to ask, but I have an idea to make a particular combination of two soaps that I make, only I would like to use my original recipes for each soap. Let me explain. I make activated charcoal soap using a blend of oils including tallow. I also make pine tar...

I've had pretty good luck getting soap to stick to itself with just water. Maybe try wetting it down really, really good with a spray bottle, then letting it sit to get sticky before adding the next layer? It did look super cool though. I'm sorry it didn't work out. Now I'm worried though. I...

Thanks everyone. Turns out you were right about that. It was crafters choice Japanese cherry blossom. I thought I vetted the fragrance oils thoroughly before purchasing. When I went to look again, the first four reviews were about soap seizing. I was in a rush to buy it because I was trying to...

Hi there! I'm new here but not new to the forum. I have been all over reading the topics here since I've been making soap for over 15 years. So, I'm not calling any of you old, but you all already seem like old friends since I've been lingering around here for such a long time. A bit about me...