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I'll try grinding it. Thanks, cmz. I'll have to pass on the microwave, though.

I also like some of the oils/butters from Bramble Berry, but I don't like the shipping costs.

Bulk Apothecary in Ohio. They have sales regularly, which you can find out about if you're on their email list.

:rolling: This post goes with the one before it.

DeeAnna (and anyone else), One piece of advice with the silicone bags: be prepared to scrape the contents out as soon as the bag is removed from the hot water. Otherwise the batter begins to harden and is harder to remove. I use a silicone spatula.

Everything that was supposed to, anyway. Out of half a dozen or so syndet shampoo bar batches, I could never get everything to melt completely. The SCI was generally the culprit, l believe. The final bars had unmelted bits in them. I was determined to overcome this. Perhaps those with a...

I've now added salt bars with canning/pickling salt to my repertoire: peppermint scented. I fear the scent will be drastically faded in six months, but the soap should still be good .

No fear! My tongue was firmly in my cheek . . .

You realize, of course, that no matter the responses here ("Oooo, Jasmine, those salt bars are beautiful!!!" OR "Oh, JASmine! You are going to exit the shower with bloody stumps :(."), it leads to the same conclusion? I will be making more salt bars! How about dendritic salt? I think I have...

@SoapAddict415 - Mmm...cinnamon scrub soap sounds yummy!

@Zany - I admire your mom. No way I'd give birth on a river bank.

Hi, cmzaha! Yes, l saw the advice about reducing the size of the pink salt with a . . . l forget what it was. I decided to go ahead with the coffee grinder to see what would happen. The ground salt was quite fine. I do use a pouf (it makes lovely lather for any soap or shower gel). If the soap...

Peach! Because it's my current favorite ~ love the color and the scent. And my nose is sensitive to smells, so good-smelling is important to me :nodding:.

Thanks for the encouraging words, SunRise and scard!

And here's a pic. We'll see how it fares in the upcoming heat. Today is a beautiful 70-something with low humidity.

Done! It's in the freezer for a bit and then I'll take a peek at it. I used a different recipe from the one above. 3g kokum butter 3g BTMS 50 3g stearic acid 28g SCI 33g sodium lauroyl sarcosinate 26g cocamidopropyl betaine 4g pine tar 2g dl-panthenol 0.8g liquid Germall Plus (was supposed to...

I had the (hopefully!) brilliant idea to use one of these to melt my notoriously unmeltable SCI for syndet shampoo bars. As I type, I have a Kiva bag in boiling water with my ingredients. Well, the SCI certainly melted more, but not completely. Perhaps if I'd left it in the boiling water...

Thank you, Z! Shhh, don't tell . . . I've been sneaking one of the layered ones into the shower to try it ;).

Hi, Serif!