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I've been incredibly fortunate with my soaping - I've only had a couple batches go sideways and never so badly that they can't be used. (Friends & family only, selling is still a dream.) This batch has plagued my mind for about a year because it went missing during our move last winter. It was...

Muahaha! Looms for everyone! This is why backstrap weaving is amazing. All the components can be packed into one of those mailing tubes when not in use!

If anyone figures out how to acquire this book of ingredient pron, pls let me know! 😍😍😍

Yes, we're all mad here! 😂

I collect things that I love, with very little resistance from my husband unless it's a live critter. Even then I can often wear him down, but no one trusts me alone in pet stores anymore. There's always some sad critter in need of rescue! That's how we got 3 dogs and a guinea pig. I'd like to...

Oooh, marketing thought! Stickers with your logo & contact info and a cheeky "please don't steal the soap" sign. You could have them available for customers who have had their soap snatched! 🤣

I mostly make 1 & 2 kilo batches, so mixing bowls & cups & silicone utensils from Dollar Tree work great. If I'm ever able to go bigger I would buy good restaurant grade containers. The Webstaurant store seems to have a lot of good stuff and reasonable prices, so if I didn't have a local...

I make all my dogs go into another room while I'm soaping, and especially the beagle. Sometimes critters follow their noses & ears more than is healthy for them. Mine seem to associate the scent of warm oils with food and will absolutely get underfoot looking for snacks. I imagine a kitten would...

You have my sympathies. I've been wanting to soap for weeks but haven't been able to have time & energy & a migraine free day all at the same time. It gets harder to resist the temptation to say "I can do this, it will be fine" the more time passes. 😖

I know just what you mean. Some of my acquaintances love LUSH but I can't use any of it. It's another reason I started making my own, cause I want nice things too! I just can't be slapped in the face by their contents.

I haven't used their lavender, but when I first started making soap I was buying everything from Meijer & Costco, and Now EOs were among my first EO purchases. We've used up all my early soaps, but they all stayed nice for the whole time we had them, even without a chelator or ROE in my oils. If...

I'm sure there are a lot of people in the UK & EU who would be horrified by the lack of soap regulations here in the US. Pre-pandemic I couldn't even pass a Bath & Body Works in a mall without wheezing and sneezing. The detergent aisle of a grocery store is impossible for me. My eyes will water...

I'm going to show all y'alls pics to my husband and tell him to suck it up. 😂 This is 2 lightweight shoe racks, stacked, covered in muslin when I'm not arranging soaps or taking pics. Craft plastic mesh sheets keep soap off the wood and get washed between batches. My cured soaps go into those...

I'm mostly planning on selling a little bit to help offset the expense, not to create a source of income. I'm pretty well disabled by migraines & ME/CFS so more fragrance isn't an option, but selling to a small niche is definitely possible. There are a lot of migraineurs, super sniffers, and...

Those are some gorgeous soaps. On the backaches... I soap in a corset. 10/10, highly recommend. The back/bust/core support is amazing, and it's not even a high quality or custom one.

Beautiful!

Kids have to care before they'll wash well enough to stop stinking. Also, the quickest cure for oiliness - be it hair or face - is less washing, not more. Don't wash hair more than every other day (rinsing is fine), don't wash faces more than twice/day and then use toner (pref Thayer's) and a...

Love my salt bars! I've decided they're perfect for household hand soap, especially with kids in the house. My kids (18, 14, 11) are only now starting to get to the point where they appreciate warm water when washing their hands, but 100% coconut salt bars don't care if the water is hot or cold...

I did try a makeup brush with my last batches, but my impatience got the best of me and it still wasn't what I wanted. Patience is hard when you're Aries. 🤣

Last I checked, there's some soap in it, but yes! Exactly! Funny thing, my mother has been almost vegetarian for 20+ years and gets squicked out easily about meat stuff. She had been using Dove for years, but never read the label. When I told her there were animal fats in it she was horrified...