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hey, dibbles, you made my day, well at least the morning! thx

daliahs. roses, epyphyllum, but what is that tall plant that you hide behind? And, do you have Organos Cactus in your garden?

lard is called manteca in Spanish.

We are all weirded out, you are not alone.

they will probably remember that all their lives. ☺

I have that same stove in my living room, it is my winter heat source.

do you think the baking soda or the salt remain in the tallow to any extent that would require an adjustment in the formula to compensate? I taste mine to see if it is salty, and it is, a little. Not sure if I should do anything about that. Salt doesn't bother me, I have learned to like a...

Hi everyone, I have been reading but not writing much, I am still here, though. I found about 55 bars of Lavender/Goats milk soaps that I didn't remember I had (and so I have made more, never wanting to be "out") so wrapped a dozen or so and dropped them off today at the market. And I recently...

it is so pretty! what did you use to color the green? is there tallow in the formula? i see those in my tallow blends, I think I didn't strain it fine enough when I rendered.

mmmmm, secret feather, tuxedo, pomegranate. Lovely.

Well, that is another thing I don't really wrap my head around, the lye concentration. Until I recently discovered soapcalc, I didn't see that information at all, using another calculator so have not thought about it before. I just use the maximum of the range given, not being inclined to...

no, I have never discounted the water, don't understand that, ha ha. I do think in a plain soap I always get this with clay, it is in the other part, too, but doesn't show up hardly at all with the white clay and speckles.... I have just learned to like it, I think it is added interest. The...

no, I have never discounted the water, don't understand that, ha ha. I do think in a plain soap I always get this with clay, it is in the other part, too, but doesn't show up hardly at all with the white clay and speckles.... I have just learned to like it, I think it is added interest. The...

¡gracias! ☺ Coming from you, dibbles, this is a great compliment.

gracias!

I can't tell you all how much you have inspired me and expanded my soaping style. Thank you, everyone. Even though I have recently acquired 7 new different molds, this represents a double batch made in my ancient 8 pound wooden molds with cardboard lids. I fussed with the paper lining like...

1. dibbles - I have a couple of half&half-baked ideas! 2. szaza - I already have something in mind😉 3. amd - I "half" to do this [sorry!] 4. Jerseygirl- Hmmmmmm....it will come to me... :D 5. AliOop- As a Gemini, I heartily approve of this challenge. :) (I am not actually into horoscopes at all...

There are lots of people who know more than I do, and they may say otherwise, but I would say definitely do not add the lye to the oils. It is the water in the oat milk that is going to dissolve the lye. How much oats and how much water did you use? Did you strain it through cheesecloth? Was...

On a totally different trip, mine looks more like a sculpture garden but attracts migrating birds who eat the fruits, pausing long enough for me to photo them.

Thanks for posting all these threads, I am reading each one. Before I joined this forum, I had been soaping in isolation for a long time, always using my tried and true formula. I heard something about salt and tossed some (seemed like a lot, but I didn't measure) into my normal formula. I...