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Gecko I crochet and am addicted to yarn too! The colors are so pretty and when they are on sale I can’t help myself! :goodbye1:

I so love the show that I am tempted to read the books! I typically read the books before an adaptation, but I had never heard of it before Netflix. Are you into Dune?

Question…does using distilled water address this issue?

I agree! That’s why I just went ahead and joined and became a supporting member…great community.

Some of my soaps… I’ve been a member for 10 months and never posted my soaps.

Hi everyone! been trying to control my soap urges…as a newbie it was you guys responsibility to warn me this is addictive!! I can stop…thing is I am overflowing with soap. I am packaging some for donations, but also wanted to sell some of them. What do you think?

I was born In Trinidad and Tobago. It is one country with two islands. I happen to have parents from each island…hence “trinbago”. The number comes from my very first username when I was 27 yrs old. Many, many years ago…😂 my avatar comes about because I have a cat and I love to sleep. BTW...

Definitely a “desert sunset” type color…orange with reds and browns and hints of gold.

Hello, I am interested in the paper bags, measuring cups and planer.

Hello, I am interested in the paper bags, measuring cups and planer.

Is the column mold still available?

I know i am late to the party, but I tried soaping with lard yesterday and I was amazed at the slow trace and the creaminess! Obviously I have not tried the soap yet, but I was so impressed already, that I just know the soap will be great. I did not have any odor with my Armour lard...I melted...

Just a question to your point of how much water I use...does this contribute to soda ash? I noticed that I have been having a lot of soda ash lately. I was using high water to make it more fluid, but I think that using lard and less SB should solve that problem.

so for an update... First thank you for all that responded here, you guys are the best! I only made one change to my recipe in that I reduced the castor oil to 5% and below. other than that what I did was drastically reduce how much I SB. Apparently I WAS doing too much of it! I was so...

TheGecko thank you for this valuable info! I must admit, I did not think I was using the SB too much, but I tried the recipe again ans cut it back to where I felt it wasn't enough and I was able to do my column pour! I was stick blending too much...as you all said... As it pertains to SF and...

Babassu Oil 10.00 Coconut Oil, 76 deg 10.00 Almond Oil, sweet 15.00 Castor Oil 5.00 Apricot Kernel Oil 15.00 Olive Oil 45.00 30% lye concentration ; 8%SF Not much SB...Oils and Lye at 86 degrees. However, the room was hot... but that is not always the...

Hi there! I've tried to formulate this myself and regardless of how much olive oil I use, the recipe still gets thick before I can do any swirl designs...So I am sure my forum buddies have a few of these recipes up your sleeve! At a minimum I can see where my formulas are going wrong. Thank...

Years later this advice holds up! I am spilling my expensive oils everywhere!

DeeAnna thank you! You always have such detailed answers...I had been wondering about this and you nailed the answer. Thanks again!