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Ugh some people just don't get the struggle at all. Especially cure times. Sometimes people think they have a huge variety to choose from.

It doesn't wreck the integrity of the soap? I once accidentally left a couple of bars of soap in my car in the winter and I thought it would ruin them, so gave them to my family LOL.

I use TD always for my whites. In order to get it brilliant white - you do have to SB it quickly to completely mix it in. I use water soluble and have it in a squirt bottle to use.

Yea I get that reaction usually followed by a giggle. I didn’t pleuralize the name so it is really just a ball that’s blue. They are scented with aqua di Gio. Soda ash is my arch nemesis. It ticks me off so much. The inside looks almost the same as an old batch of Blue Ball. I’m holding a...

I made a batch of my "blue ball" soap (photos attached) BUT, when I CPOP'd it I brought it out of the oven this morning and the ash on top is ridiculous. I will post pics of the difference once I get home from work.

I use the plastic dollar store "shoe box size". I have drilled holes in each box on the sides and I also put in a couple packets of silica sand (I keep all the packets from pill bottles and Covid test packs) to keep things dry. The lids don't fit tight so that helps as well. I used an...

I love mad micas colourants but my order always gets held up at the border for customs and then customs adds their cost which then makes it extremely expensive. There was a company in Canada that sold them and I was buying from them but they closed up shop. So I will be sourcing some soon since...

Oh that looks like it is very smooth and silky. Almost like a kaolin clay. I thought it sounded more coarse.

@Servant4Christ I don't even know what that is, although sounds tasty, lol. However, I would worry it would add too much exfoliation along with the pumice.

Oh wow @MelissaG I'm sorry you had to deal with that. This is a great place to vent and share your story (as hard as that may have been), I have also been on the fence about an Etsy shop and also toyed with hiring someone to assist. Your story helped me immensely, and I think I will book myself...

@Zany_in_CO That is an excellent idea for names like Seabiscuit, Secretariat, Man O' War, Black Beauty, Trigger I will try a batch once some have foaled. I certainly will report my findings. Thanks for the help.

Thanks for your reply. I was thinking that as well but some of the people I have asked so far look at me like I have two heads. I will think about it some more.

I normally make cold process soap and have tried goat milk only a handful of times. However, what are the thoughts on horse milk soap?? We breed standardbred horses so I do have access to horse milk, but I’m not sure how it would be accepted in general. Any thoughts or experience with this?

well there goes that idea.....they don't ship to Canada. So probably a good thing.

Sorry about your family emergency. I am still on the fence about trying this type of soap. Thanks for sharing and the soap is beautiful. I love the natural colour.

It is very tempting and those are awesome prices. Usually shipping to Canada means it is stopped at the border for customs which costs usually as much as the whole order. I ran into this issue with Mad Micas.

At what point were you able to unmold it?

I have learned so much from Jerika. She really gets to the nitty gritty of things, with what works and doesn't work. It really helped me when I had to report to Health Canada (that made my head swirl).

This is interesting. I never even thought to use Macadamia nut oil before. I would wait it out after it saponifies and let it sit to see if it will morph back to the colour you were hoping for.

The first video looks delicious. Just me being hungry right now I think. You are brave to try this and I have always wanted to do Pine Tar soap. Now I'm not sure. However I am too chicken to do hot process. I am also stubborn and can totally relate to it taking all day. Good luck and be...