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As an aside, I HP my 100% coconut oil laundry soap. It is done with a -1% superfat and includes vinegar to make 3% sodium acetate (if my calculations are correct). It behaves just like other soap I've HP'd before (i.e. shower bars with a mix of oils and 5% SF), except it seems to saponify...

Those are gorgeous - I especially love the color combinations and the wispy swirls. By the way, on Monday I made a "snowfall" soap that was totally inspired by your October SMF Challenge entry, and also utilized Auntie Clara's dappled soap effect using salt. I haven't cut the loaf yet...

I appreciate the input from both of you! Kittish, unfortunately I do not have any balsam of peru but have heard it can add a nice touch to blends, so may have to investigate adding some to my next order. This blend smells pretty sweet already, but I'm afraid it'll morph over time...

I was hoping to get a little guidance regarding ratios from anyone who has made a cedarwood and peppermint blend (EO) soap before. I've put drops on paper and really like a 2:1 blend (cedarwood : peppermint), as it really evokes a smell of chocolate peppermint. But sometimes soap smells take...

I think there are some great suggestions here (and thank you, Seawolfe, for sharing that recipe). I usually have some Rosemary/Mint soap laying around, as it is one of my favorites. I use a ratio of 70% Rosemary (I use organic Spanish Rosemary from ND) to 30% Peppermint (Peppermint Supreme...

Big congrats to jewels621, saltedfig, and CaraBou, all well-deserved! I'm honored (and surprised) to be sharing third! Thank you again, lionprincess00, for hosting such a great challenge, especially amidst all of your personal challenges this month. Warm thoughts for a speedy recovery!

Yes, I am a girl but I can see why there is confusion! I picked my user name based on the name my husband and I use for our travel blog (we often say 'that's how we roll'), but would probably do things differently if I had to do it over again. :) To help alleviate confusion, I've added my...

I voted today and hemmed and hawed for ages. In fact, I intentionally put it off for a day because I knew it would be difficult. No one made the decision easy this month with this collection of beauties!

Thanks for the report, MissE, and look forward to hearing your opinions on it after it cures!

I also have the KD8000 and love it. As penelopejane mentioned, it can run on batteries or with an AC adapter, and I have the AC adapter one (like this one from Amazon). That way I never have to worry that low battery power is causing any weighing wonkiness. You can also disable the auto-off...

Millie, thank you for sharing your experience because yesterday I busted out a bar from the batch I'd made (outlined on post #11 of this thread) and was knocked over with (and reminded of) how much lather there was. I mean, I barely had to run my hand over it and it was foaming up, left and...

I am intrigued by the pumpkin seed oil, especially as it's not an oil that comes up super often on this forum. Maybe it's because it's fall and almost Halloween, but I now have a strong urge to find some to try! There are a couple things I'd like to add, just in case you weren't already aware...

Wow - the 'M' is super cool! I feel like I've seen a logo that looks very similar to that before, so if you could find the company maybe you could sell it to them for several dollars. :) As for the soap's consistency, would you care to share your entire recipe so maybe we can troubleshoot...

I generally use a 38-40% lye concentration, as it seems to work well with my recipes and give me fluid batter for doing designs. My notes from this batch read: "batter stayed very fluid. Almost too much. Poured brown {note: I had added brown iron oxide to part of it} into mold and it looked...

Oh, my. Well, you certainly paint a vivid (and, if I might say, sorrowfully entertaining) picture of what happened! I wish I had a count of how many batches were masterpieces in my head prior to starting, only to have a circus of things go sideways and end up with soap nowhere close to how the...

This reply is based off exactly one experience, so take it with a grain of... sorry, couldn't resist. Anyway, I used dividers once for a salt bar batch that was done in a loaf mold, and had trouble when it came time to remove the dividers. The soap really "dragged" up the side and ruined...

In January 2017 I made an unscented batch using this cocoa butter from New Directons (the pure prime pressed -crude one). It's unrefined, and smells very, very cocoa-y. The recipe I came up with was: 45% Olive Oil 20% Cocoa Butter 20% Coconut Oil 10% Avocado Oil 5% Castor Oil 5% ppo sugar...

This soap was made over the course of 2 days, with the first day being to pour the layers (gray, white, gray) and put the straws into place, and the second day was to remove the straws and make a small batch of soap to fill in the holes (white, yellow). After about 3 days I removed it from the...

Very nice and impressive that these are your first ones - thanks for sharing!

That made me laugh - and it's so true!