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It's interesting the different ingredients for the salt bar base. I had read somewhere it needs to be just coconut oil. It's the joy of soap making- lots of ways I can experiment. I will make a note of you recipe if you don't mind arimara - one to try for the future.

Oh and Earlene I meant to say you really make me laugh! Washing with soapy twigs wasn't the sensory experience I was going for. I will keep the tea for my cup for now.

Yes Penelope is correct. Sorry for the confusion - I knew what I meant in my head but I probably didn't communicate it well. I will do a salt bar and I think I will try Irish lasses recipe as it sounds really nice. I am looking for the formulation for my standard soap recipe at the moment...

I will try and get the cleansing down Obsidian. The trouble is without using palm oil or animal fat I don't think I have enough hard oils. I dropped the coconut to 10% and upped the olive oil instead which brought my cleansing to 10 but I think it will be too soft and doesn't look like it will...

Oh thanks Megan. I have the same skin type as you so sounds like I am going in the right direction.

I was intending on using less CO as I had read it was drying in amounts over 50% unless you add more superfat. I would rather avoid Palm if possible and don't want animal fats. I am wondering if I am way off with my recipe! I know I need to experiment myself but don't want to waste lots of...

I will try the salt bar - thanks for the recipe amd. It does sound nice and if it doesn't suit me it sounds like it would suit my daughters skin. I have ordered poppy seeds in the order I placed yesterday so will try those also. I think the oatmeal looks the most promising for me and I like...

Ok so if they are good for acne I am guessing they are better with more oily skin types. I have very dry skin so much so that I didn't get any spots at all as a teenager. They possibly wouldn't be good for my skin then. Thanks for pointing out no soap is moisturizing. I guess I am confusing...

Ah thanks so much Obsidian. I will try the oatmeal instead. Can I just blast it in a nutri bullet type blender? Or does a coffee grinder produce a different level of grind? I don't have a coffee grinder so it would be another thing to put on the wishlist! So what is the benefit of the salt...

Hi All I am a newbie here and I am in the process of formulating my first 2 recipes with the help of a lye calc. I want all natural products as that is what brought me to soap making and I am looking to make a gentle all round bar (possibly with goats milk) and a body scrub bar. For the body...