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I went to my local farmers market yesterday before my parents arrived. The farmers market has a gift shop section with local products. The last time I came They had soap and I couldn't find it. I asked about it and they said that their supplier no longer makes soap and they're looking for...

Well that's an improvement over mine which do NOT smell good- to me anyway. I find the smell too off- putting to use them myself. My dad and nephew say they like the natural pine tar fragrance. Ugh. I'll try a small batch for myself with some fragrance. I did enjoy the feel of the soap...

Looks good! I've never tried scenting a pine tar soap. I might try that next time.

Beautiful! I like the new ones best.

I love them. I was going to try to make a bar something like this and I was foiled by an fo that slowed acceleration. I gave up. You've inspired me to try it again though!

Beautiful soap!

Last night we had blackened red fish, tomato pie, a salad a d blueberry cobbler for dessert

Well since I've been giving it away, I guess I could start charging a little something...

I went to the store this afternoon to buy a few things including a bucket of lard. It has gone from about $14 when I started soaping (about 18 months ago) to $20 now. Ouch! Olive oil hasn't gone up nearly as much around here and is now cheaper than lard. Considering that most butchers toss...

I have discovered that I like making soap right before I go on vacation cause I can leave it in the molds forever, and it's fun to cut when I get back. I made a small batch of Zany's 67% Shea butter soap, a batch of 100% coconut soap and a batch to test some new french green clay I bought...

I made two batches of soap. My husband was out of his favorite Irish spring, so I made a loaf of that, and I made a small batch of deer tallow soap. The first batch went smoothly. The second batch went from soap batter to peanut butter consistency seconds after the addition of the FO. I...

I've only tried one eucalyptus mint fragrance oil, and it's nice but not as strong as I'd like. Anybody use a nice strong one that lasts in soap?

The top right bar and the square with the rounded edges were both scented with this. As you can see they brown somewhat. I didn't use vanilla stabilizer

More soap! Some HP, some CP. 2 salt bars. Salt Water Mermaid (blue and green)did not accelerate and smells wonderful. Even my husband wants a bar- I didn't tell him the fragrance name. Ocean Water, (solid blue) accelerated horribly and has tons of airbubbles. The HP ones were experimental...

My gardener's soap has finally cured, and it's still a bit sticky. I used something pretty close to Earlene's recipe. Anyone else experienced this or just an error on my part?

I love the subtle swirl. I will have to try that!

I unmolded yesterday's Oakmoss and sandalwood scented soap, and I rendered some deer fat into tallow. It's taken me 6 months to get my hands on some. The tallow turned out snow white and odorless. Yay!

I hear you. My dad likes my soap but my mom wouldn't even try it till she gave it to some of her friends and THEY told her how nice it was and asked her for more. Same with my oldest son. He thought it was a nerdy hobby till his friends went gaga over it. Whatever.

It's a tall skinny mold about 12 inches long - about 30 cm

It wasn't soap on a stick- more like peanut butter. I just wondered that if you've already got a thickening soap, you should keep it cooler rather than hotter. Obviously mine got too hot.