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y'all keep upping my game for me. who knew you could keep track of what you are doing? the notebook method is as far as I can go, spreadsheets make me itch. The tip of saving the soapcalc with notes as PDF is something I had not thought of. There is more space on my hard drive than in my soap...

I just now stumbled upon this reply to my initial post and yes, Irapuato is very near here. Wow, great to know that we have almost crossed paths sort of! I am in San Miguel de Allende about 90 miles away from there. Gracias, es bueno conocerte.

thank you for this tip

Experiment #11 Well, I heard someone mention oat milk, so I had to make some and it was pretty good in my coffee. Then I pulled out my smallest mold to try some in a soap recipe. The big success about this recipe was for the first time, I was able to follow the instructions (ancient post here...

thanks for this, I am just starting with tallow and no clue how much to use, I have been trying it at 25-30%. In all my years with OO, Coconut & palm +, I have never experienced DOS and It would be great not to start now! Will use that as a guideline for the upper limit. Since I am rendering...

I wonder if this has anything to do with the water in your location? I would love to try rice bran oil but only if I can buy it locally (here in México) Navigating the mexican web sites, not so easy. So, I would be lost without OO that I get at Costco.

KiwiMoose, Soapers moonshine? This sounds worth an experiment. Is there a thread here about that? Do you use it frozen?

First of all, Zing, I have to say that your essential oil blends sound amazing and I swoon just reading them. I want to use cedarwood EO but mine smells nasty and I am wondering where you buy yours, maybe it is better smelling than the two bottles I have but don't use. Second, I spent some...

Thanks KiwiMoose! That's a big compliment coming from you. We are supposed to be about three weeks behind the US and yes, we are staying inside even though there are only 2 confirmed cases in my town. But without much testing, who knows if that is right? and it doubles every week, we may catch...

Experiment #10 If this quarantine goes on much longer, I am going to have way too much soap! Just kidding, there is no such thing as too much soap. I got this idea from someone here, you know who you are...... but I used goat's milk instead of water. It has cocoa powder, cinnamon powder...

For your sake, I hope so too and I hope this happens soon. Experiment #9 I am almost out to tallow, have used it all up. The butcher says he will have more sebo next Tuesday, so I can make some more. In México this could take a little more time, a few more trips to the butcher than planned...

EXPERIMENT #8 This one is the same formula, tallow, olive, coconut, shea, coco butter and castor but I left out the titanium dioxide and used goat's milk instead of the water. Calendula petals hardly show in this butterscotch looking soap. But anything with goat's milk will be wonderful stuff...

EXPERIMENT #7 Well, I think this has way too much titanium dioxide, I think I used 1t. ppo. Lots of glycerin rivers and interesting textural designs. I have spent 3 years getting the calendula plants to perform so I could use the petals and this lemongrass soap has plenty. I think I will do...

I love how they look! And yes, I love how natural they are. If the cinnamon doesn't irritate your skin, it isn't too much. I am going to try the paprika and I wonder if you would follow-up post if the color holds or fades out. Keep going, you are doing great! It is so pretty! The little...

I have a big bag of dried chamomile flowers and powdered some in a little spice grinder and added it to my regular soap formula. To my taste, it pretty much disappeared. I like botanicals that make speckles, but my chamomile soap is boring white with no smell. If I do this again, I will...

This one really rings my bell as far as looks go...... now I want to go watch hanger swirl videos, whatever that may be. I am so frustrated waiting for delivery of two new molds and a new cutter. Old dog going to try new tricks if they ever arrive. I have to pay freight forwarding and wait an...

Welcome to the forum, I am pretty new here also, not so much to soapmaking. What got you started making soap and how can you find time right now, your career must be very demanding! I look forward to photos and more posts.

I pulled out one of the experiment bars subbing tallow for palm (20% of formula) and using indigo powder for color. It has only been about 4 weeks, but I wanted to try it. Wow, the lather starts out big bubbles and quickly turns to creamy smooth and long lasting. After rinsing and pat dry...

Patchouly, it is often a love/hate kind of thing. As strongly as you feel in the negative about patchouli, I feel the other way! And where I live, it has been selling steadily for about the last 10 years, I am told I have the best (soap). By other patchouly lovers, of course. It is a good...

Yes, very pretty.