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OMIGOD, I was just about to put up a message with the title "How to make TD disappear." Because I too master that trick! I'm a bit miffed. The TD I bought didn't indicate whether it was water or oil soluble. It definitely was water soluble - it dissolved faster than you could blink. I was...

I don't know if they'll let me in Louise, as I have no intention of setting up a business (I have enough on my hands with my own job - euphemism). It's actually a very-high-adrenalin-rush source of relaxation for me! I told them I wanted to buy from French sources - I don't know if that will...

Thank you Louise. Which one would you recommend? I looked at ADNS but that seems to be professionals and I'd be more of a bumbling amateur...

Thank you Szaza for the Germany company reference. If you look at the first page of L'attitude nature you'll see an interesting coup de gueule on getting rapeseed 100% pure without parrifin. They are currently testing a 100% pure rapeseed wax. As you will see, they are very, very upfront about...

Yes, hopefully Emmanuel will sideline into producing organic castor and soja ;)! Szaza - I discovered that you have to go to the candlemakers for the soja wax - I picked that up when one of them was complaining about the small quantities of soya wax at Aroma-Zone. So latitudenature.com will...

My apologies Szaza, you are quite right. You can see "huile de ricin" on loads of French sites with "fabrication française" but I looked more carefully and I am sorry, my error, it is of course sourced from outside of Europe, so that's a bit of a "fabrication" the "fabrication française" bit...

Sorry, reading through the messages: why did castor oil get ruled out? That's easy to come by in France, made in France and organic... It's the most famous lathering oil I would have thought? Even if I have some "not beyond 7%" rule in my head... I was also on the lathering issue. Thanks to...

Hi Emmanuel, I am a bit on your wavelength. As you know, there's a big thing now in France on trying to get Rapeseed wax and Soya wax that are made in Europe and non-GMO. L'attitude nature advertises a European non-GMO soya wax. Greenweez sells a French soya wax but only in a tiny quantity -...

ah, I can hardly believe it. Irish Lass, your recipe is SUPERIOR to mine. Just a bit! but nonetheless. AND I just priced it - the cost of oils/butters (all organic, and buying from French companies) goes down from 18.84 for 1000 grams of oils to 10.28 euros. So you know who you can rely on for a...

Thank you. I'm a vegetarian actually, so the lard is not really an option! wow, wow, wow! I do have a dreadful personality that I have to deal with, but actually without even doing the soapcalc checking, I can see that that's a very, very interesting recipe. I swear, the next batch, that's it...

omigod, back to the drawing board! I'm actually looking at quite a range of variables - linoleics, etc. thank you Seasuds. I'm leary of beer or honey for acceleration reasons - I better master the basics of the making part first!!! When you say soy wax, do you think that would be hydrogenated...

omigod, thank you, thank you. And so, so much for the sunflower warning. Yes, I'll bring it down. As you may have guessed from the ridiculous measurements, I did a lot of fine-tuning on soapcalc: looking at a whole series of variables, switching things up and down etc. So the small linseed comes...

Thank you Anstarx, Kenna from modern soapmaking did two major testing runs and that study seemed to suggest that the lactate did in fact help with lather... https://www.modernsoapmaking.com/updated-lather-lovers-additive-testing/ Babassu and Rice Bran oil are both ridiculously expensive here...

Thank you LilyJo Castor 7,4%, Canola 7,4%, Avocado 12,81%, Linseed 1,8%, Olive 4%, Sunflower 16,63%, Coconut 17,08% Cocoa Butter 12,05%, Mango Butter 7,01%, Shea Butter 13,81. And that's it! Thank you very much for any advice on whether I might pull it off with those additives before I throw too...

Hi all, we all have our own personalities and I, it seems, am stuck with mine! I concocted a complicated recipe with no less than 10 oils/butters. It falls out of the INS range (128), but I wanted to compensate for the high fat content (kept at 5 even using full coconut milk) by adding sodium...

haha! the website's standards for correct language are very high! the "bad word" that got transformed into stars was d a m n. I wouldn't have thought that was very strong language!

Hi Josiane, yes, you are entirely right! I checked (i.e. did another small batch!). I wanted to make damn sure it was definitely at emulsion ... with the inevitable (for me!) result : the "blobby dancing funnel soap"! Your soap is just wonderful by the way! I am still miles behind you, the...

Josiane, I think I might be your expert! I am very able to create that effect (and seemingly unable to avoid it)! I always get that when I try Dancing Funnel - here are two illustrations! the second photo is in being CPOP'd right now. I agree with Deeanna: t is not soda ash in my opinion - it's...