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How many of you use Instagram? I would love to have a hashtag that would easily let us look at posts from others here on the forum.

I brought up oatmeal to him and he said he tried a bar and that it was scratchy. I wonder if they didn’t use colloidal oatmeal or if it just gets too exfoliating after a while... That sounds like it would worth a peek! Does anyone know what was it called so I can search! Yes! Bubbles are...

I’ll ask to clarify, but I think he needs to use bar soap to be able to feel like his hands are clean. If liquid soap is a go I’ll be sure to check out your recipe! Thank you! I haven’t ever used lard before, I looked into it a bit during bear season - my dad got a bear tag, but he didn’t end...

I usually only use 1% beeswax but I’m worried about the bar being hard. I just realized I forgot castor oil too! I’ll bump the wax down to 2% Thanks! This is the first time I’ve tried to make soap with... no soap in it? lol This is where I’m at now with a 7% superfat, making it with 100%...

My brother has OCD and washes his hands several times a day and his hands have been dry and cracked and bleeding for years (he can’t use lotion, he has to wash it off...). He’s currently buying artisan soap from his local farmers market (for the last several months) but it hasn’t improved any. I...

Selling is my main worry! Say I made a small 2.5 lb batch with the sun botanical high altitude lavender, I’m adding close to $2 per bar to my cost over what a fragrance oil would be. Do you sell essential oil bars at a much higher price than fragrance oil bars? She’s out of the 8 oz it looks...

Sounds like I need to break out the putty knife! Although I spilled about a 1/4 cup of charcoal on them a couple weeks ago, one is now permanently black on one side

Well, as an update I’m still overwhelmed! I posted over in the essential oil forum too about all of the different lavender strains. I’m starting to wonder if a lavender soap is really worth all of this to-do.

Has anyone sealed their mold boxes with polyurethane or do you generally keep them raw wood? I spill everything everywhere and I’m getting weary of the amount of washing that’s going into my Nurture molds!

If I head to the grocery store and smell the different varieties of lavender oil (40/42, fine, etc) will that give me a good idea of what the differences might be for buying in bulk from somewhere like Brambleberry, New Directions, etc., or am I better off just buying the 40/42 in bulk? (I am...

The 40/42 is startlingly cheaper on New Directions Aromatics! I haven’t had a chance to look at Liberty Naturals. It seems like the trick is just to buy a lot at once! I was hoping for smaller quantities because I don’t know the difference between all the varieties and people seem to be rather...

So -- I've only ever made soap with fragrance oils. I'm wanting to make a lavender soap with actual essential oil, but it's in the ballpark of $22 for 2 ounces and the fragrance uses printed are similar to those of fragrance oils. Do those of you that use essential oils really use that much? I...

I know exactly how much is in it. I was reading the wrong line and realized when I made my second loaf. 120 g of solution vs 411 g!

So I think I’ve decided to grate it, rebatch it, and make confetti soap out of it. I think. I don’t know. I know, I was shocked it came out of the mold!!

Well, there’s the loaf. I think I’m going to try to cut it for posterity sake. It feels.... interestingly yucky. Well, it cut like butter (because that’s mostly what it is haha!). I rinsed my hands off and they are softer than they’ve ever been. Conditioner is an interesting idea... I’m afraid...

So... I made a loaf of soap at 65% superfat because I poured off the wrong amount of lye. I unmolded it and it’s still standing (I was half expecting it to melt into a soap puddle). My daughter is currently calling it “cleansing lotion”. Does anyone have any insight into what’s going to happen...