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Beautiful soap! One Pot Wonder is a favorite technique of mine. You got the trace just right. 🤩

Thank you! Now I must buy that formula. 😬 Love that picture of your products. You take beautiful product pictures. 😍

Congratulations! I love the picture of you two. What a beautiful place to get married. ❤️❤️❤️

That’s awesome, for me that would be a lot of product to put together in an evening! 😂 If I do two batches of stuff in a whole day that’s a challenge, well except lip balm or lotion bars. Love how quickly those go together. This may seem like a silly question but I keep hearing the accolades...

It’s not easy to find in the US. I have only ordered it from Canada, New Directions Aromatics carries it. I really like it in lotions too.

Great points!

Thanks. He is the best boy. Working with him is like playing. I’m sure we will have challenging days but right now it’s just a lot of fun.

2% just adds a bit of hardness, similar to adding sodium lactate. I also make salt bars, which I love, I use the recipe shared by @Obsidian which is 35% salt. Salt bars are best with a really long cure time, I like a year, and they are great for getting rid of sweat smell. I’m sure there is a...

For mild thrush I have been using a 50/50 mixture of generic desitin diaper cream and generic lotrimin athletes foot cream. I put it in a small ziplock bag, mix well, cut off a corner and pipe it into a large syringe. To apply, use the syringe to get the cream into any cracks, then use a 1” chip...

I was thinking the same thing about the kitchen. 😊

Thank you for replying. I couldn’t figure out how aloe could be made into an oil. I do see where vendors are selling aloe “oil”. Seemed a bit counterintuitive. Now I know. 😊 Sounds kinda like vanilla or coconut “essential oils”. Navigating some of this marketing is certainly confusing.

I believe my recipes came from @AliOop. I have two I use: 75% lard or tallow 20% coconut 5% castor Or 55% lard or tallow 20% olive oil 20% coconut 5% castor I always use aloe vera juice instead of water and add 2% sugar and salt ppo. Both are really nice, I get a slower trace when adding...

I haven’t used much jojoba oil so I can’t compare the two. I started using Cacay last year in lotions, lotion bars and lip balms. I really like it. I am noticing the hand cream I made today is a bit shiny and that may be the Cacay. Here’s a link from New Directions...

I made a thick cream using the DIY BB concentrate. I added honey, colloidal oats, IPM and hydrolyzed protein. It’s much thicker than lotions I have made before and I think I’m really going to love it. I’m so happy I bought that formula. It’s so easy to whip up a small batch of lotion.

Thanks!

I just made a lip balm using 34% tallow, 34% Cacay, 29% beeswax, 2% lanolin and 1% 2nd distill peppermint EO. My first impression is that it’s really nice! Hopefully it can pass the pocket test.

I have made some tallow soap which is really nice. Lard soap is really lovely, a friend recently told me that after using my soap (since January) she is finally comfortable in her skin. She has always had itchy, uncomfortable skin. The only thing she changed was soap. I can’t say she would or...

Thanks! His looks are a bonus, he is smart, sensitive, curious, brave and willing. All of the best qualities. I’m kinda biased though. 😂

I have also used iodine for thrush and it worked great, but agree it wouldn’t be something I use routinely. I just purchased this horse a month ago and he had not had much hoof care. He is only two. He has some thrush which is much better, and I am noticing that the frogs on his front feet...

Thank you, menhaden oil is interesting. Sounds like it smells awful, but I would definitely use it if it works. Something to consider for sure.