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Thank you so much for "checking my work"- I appreciate it so much! I added the condensed beer to the water and lye. But the next batch, with CO and OO (and only water) did pretty much the same thing (with 40% tallow). It thickened, like pudding, looked and smelled right, and just never really...

Well, I made a small batch (25 ounces). It went fine, as I boiled the beer to 1/2 the volume (it was flat). I read somewhere to not discount the water, so went with 38% liquid to oil weight. I used 6 ounces of condensed beer, and 3.5 ounces of water for my 9.5 ounces of liquid. I used 25...

Great tips- thank you so much! I think I will make one 100% tallow soap, and then one with 40% tallow and 25% of CO and OO. That way, I can see what the tallow is, on it's own. Plus, the 100% tallow, combined with some homebrewed beer, is local and totally handmade which would be cool even...

Re: Tallow! (and beer?) Oh, and I am sorry to post again so quickly, but I had another question/thought. I'm a homebrewer, and I've yet to incorporate beer into my soap. I wonder if a beer/tallow soap would really be a nice way to thank her. She and her husband are into "self sufficiency"...

I had such a nice surprise today. We drove over to a friend's hobby farm to pick her grapes to make wine, and I gifted her with a couple of bottles of wine and some nice soaps to thank her. She exclaimed, "Oh, I didn't know you made soap! I was going to do it, but never did. Could you use...

I bought some palm oil and coconut oil from essentialdepot.com for soapmaking. But I love coconut oil in deodorant and lotions as well. I even use coconut oil for cooking. I sent an email to essential depot, asking if the oils were food grade and got an email back saying they did not sell...

I have "regular" hair- not dry, but not oily. I'm getting older (48) and it may be thinning, but it's neither coarse nor fine. It's short, and I can easily use the shampoo bar right on my head. One of my friends loves the shampoo bar, but she's got really long hair and has to lather it up in...

Here's my favorite (I've posted it before but it's still a favorite!): 4 ounces castor oil 2 ounces jojoba oil 4 ounces olive oil (pomace quality) 3 ounces palm oil 1 ounce cocoa butter 6 ounces of coconut oil 7.6 ounces water 2.617 ounces lye (8% superfat) I used lavender, cedarwood, and...

I posted this before: Here's my favorite shampoo bar recipe: 4 ounces castor oil 2 ounces jojoba oil 4 ounces olive oil (pomace quality) 3 ounces palm oil 1 ounce cocoa butter 6 ounces of coconut oil 7.6 ounces water 2.617 ounces lye (8% superfat) I used lavender, cedarwood...

Thank you! Great ideas. I do something similar now, making powdered soap. I was thinking more along the lines of making a bar soap, and continuing to do it the way I am, grating it, but was unsure of what type of soap to use for that bar. But now I have some ideas!

I've been making my own laundry detergent, by mixing 1/2 bar of castile soap (grated) and 1 cup washing soda and 1 cup borax. It works well, but I'd like to make a laundry soap specially designed for laundry. I want to be ecologically friendly, cheap, and effective. I was thinking all...

I am so so sorry for my typo! I copied and pasted from Word, and just never noticed it dropped that last line of the recipe. I hope that the rebatch worked and that it wasn't too much trouble. That was my first post on this forum, and I have a feeling it will be my last recipe I share...

I also used soapcalc! Let me check it again, with my recipe. Maybe I made a typo, and I need to check it! Edit- Yowzaa! My original post left out the 6 ounces of coconut oil!!!!!!!! It should be: 4 ounces castor oil 2 ounces jojoba oil 4 ounces pomace olive oil 3 ounces palm oil...

Here's my favorite shampoo bar recipe: 4 ounces castor oil 2 ounces jojoba oil 4 ounces olive oil (pomace quality) 3 ounces palm oil 1 ounce cocoa butter 6 ounces of coconut oil 7.6 ounces water 2.617 ounces lye (8% superfat) I used lavender, cedarwood, and rosemany essential...