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I am experimenting with changing over from Sustainably Grown Palm Oil to Tallow. So, for the first time, I am actually doing 1 pound test batches, this is the first one, 100% Tallow. Next will be half tallow 25% Olive and 25% Coconut. Etc. etc. I used a milk carton for a mold, it worked fine...

I am the trapezoidal queen. For many years now I have been using this same cutter and always get bars that are totally uneven. I used to stress out about it and look for better cutters, but they are so expensive...... my distributor said she likes it because they look so "handmade" so that's...

I admire your thinking and the research you have done. That you are giving thought to the long term effects of what you are doing today makes you one of the "good guys" in a time of our planet's environmental demise. And if you strain the oil say, through a pantyhose, to remove particles, the...

oops, not the post I wanted, but to say wow, your interesting EO combination inspires me and the pattern on top is lovely. I like it! Hard to type this with the cat walking/laying on my hands.

I am happy because last night I had a healing crisis (which was scary) and when it was over, my macular pucker in one eye was healed and I have clear vision again after several years of distortion. I don't understand it, but that's what happened and I'll take it!

duh! that's it! I remember now! What a difference between the stuff in the photo, white, fluffy, unscented and abundant compared to yesterday's yellow grease in a thin layer. Thank YOU! Going to write this down now. And if you want lye in México, it's called "sosa". I use that much more...

Hi All, I want to render some tallow to use in place of palm in my soap but have forgotten how to ask for the fat at the butcher here in México where I live. I got some that he referred to as "rinionada" but it is not behaving the way I expected. There is another word that I knew a few years...

Is it hard to get that thick resin to blend in? Do you just use the stick bender or is more required? It looks fabulous.

What's wrong with that???????? Doesn't everyone?

Do you mind saying where you found this? What a fabulous idea! And thank you everyone who posted on this thread. Love this.

Yes! yes! yes! a girl after my own heart!

Peppermint, Tea Tree and Pachouli in about equal parts works well IMHO. I use about 4% which some might say is heavyhanded, but mine last.

I think your formula sounds fabulous and what is wrong with the swirls? It looks good to me. It is handmade from natural ingredients, it isn't supposed to look like Dove (an American Brand). That much Shea Butter is expensive, I only use 5% and it is good and mild. Did you use a stick...

I used M&P successfully for the first 3 years, then I changed to cold process only. The M&P was very commerically successful and it was fun to do. And it smelled great with the Essential Oils I used. I put in some jojoba oil as a "superfat" idea and it never bothered my sensitive skin...

Did you use equal parts? Sounds fabulous! Looks great!

What don't you like about it? The lather, the gentleness, the looks, the long-lasting-ness? Something else? What are the changes you observe after a long cure like 6 months? A year? Anyone?

They have to cure? I know about the 6 week cure, but 6 months? I am in love with my salt bars after about 2 months, will save some and check again next year! I had an ageing bottle of Clary Sage EO, so used quite a bit to just to use it up. Then I checked the price to replace the EO and...

All this interesting talk about lard soaps, what about tallow? I have only used it once, and I rendered it myself. What nice soap. I used lard once, too I need to try that again. I live in a location where I pay extra shipping and they charge by the pound. A 50# bucket of sustainably...

My understanding of flash point is in the soaping process, the temperature at which it just goes pouf! and disappears. Gone. Vanishes into thin air, taking all my money with it. The EO's are volatile and may burn, spontaneously combust, but I cannot attest to that. (This is why some EO's can...

Hahahahahahahaha! Good one!