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This reminds me of the rebatch I made to use my daughter's residual slices of all kinds of soap she uses, some of my own bits/shavings and a bar or two of my failings. Now, the failed soap I used was "a piece of raw meat", the colour quite intense which was to become lollipop soap. I added some...

When I bought lard (rendered) in a food department it smelled delicious to prepare food with but I wouldn't like my soap to smell like food. What is chemically regarded impurities in a substance is what imparts the delicious taste and/or odour to food, and I like it BTW. However, it is most...

Thank you @Dawni and @glendam for your explanation. I did understand "inlay" as intarsia in woodwork but the "embed" was more ambiguous: I didn't expect it could be completely hidden in a soap loaf as well as stick out. P.S. But then does a longish embed in a loaf of soap become an inlay, being...

I must admit I don't know the difference between soap inlay and embed - if there be any?

My daughter likes my soaps (and so do her five boys). Today I gave her three rebatched bars. She immediately placed them all to use and even sent me this picture of a bar that to me looks rather rustic, with an inlay (or is it embed - I don't understand the difference) and with heavy ash on top.

gww, you have 30 % chicken fat and 45 % lard, that is 75 % slow moving fats. How long did it take to come to trace?

My OPW bars behave well and look somehow even prettier than before use; made of tallow, lard, olive oil, cocont oil, sunflower oil

I don't use a bell stick blender (I don't have one) but use an immersion stick blender with a 4-part whisk.

The EOs are volatile at normal conditions and the vapours may affect the plastic wrap. You might wish to check the plastic in case you decide to use it.

I've always strongly disliked the smell of coca cola. The dislike grew to aversion when I was pregnant and washed glasses with remnant coke with hot water.

It surprises me how many have written they do not use soap on their face. I thought I was an exception not using soap on my face. Since I noticed soaps specifically designed for use on face in cosmetic cleansing collections I wondered why on earth should I use any soap on my face.

In Europe Asclepias syriaca, the milkweed, is included in the list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern (the Union list) of Regulation (EU) 1143/2014. The species included on the Union list are subject to restrictions and measures. I know it has been grown in gardens for its interesting...

Glendam, I love your "silkiness in the bar" and the "purrrfect bar of soap" very much!

Will it lather better with the addition of sugar in spite of a high combined percentage of palmitic˛&stearic acids?

Thank you everybody for your help. Those with English as their first language might not realize how hard it may be for a non native speaker to understand when people start using informal expressions. Bilingual dictionaries register informal expressions only after longer use, and although there...

Would somebody explain "faffing around" and "chuffed" please?

I have only a very vague idea about chelators, not much beyond "having read about it". I usually don't have a problem with DOS, I might have encountered it once or twice. I think I'll stay with my philosophy "less (additives) is better".

TheGecko and Megan, thank you for giving your bar dimensions.

I believe nettle tea/infusion would serve the purpose better.