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Kate - I hope you contacted the vendor and are reassured. That is a reputable site, so you should get a timely response to your concerns. I am intrigued with Aleppo soap and am considering ordering some LBO from the same source and trying a batch. I'd love to see your soap - pictures are...

I don't have an answer for you because I only have only spent one summer in Arizona, but I just wanted to say hello from Surprise!

I am also a fan of simple recipes. I have been intrigued with castile type recipes, and I think this one was just a happy accident. I am planning to make this again tomorrow without the calendula petals and see how it compares to the 100% olive oil soap that I made last weekend. I love almond...

I use the same soap saver as @Mobjack Bay . The soap stays dry, they don't stain, I don't have trouble with the soap gluing itself to the holder. I also like that they are basically invisible on the sink.

I unmolded and cut two soaps. One was my first 100% Olive oil soap. I used a 40% lye concentration and I was able to unmold it in about 18 hours. It was so hard I could barely cut it. Thought I was going to break the wire on my soap cutter.

Cover the bottom with baking soda - be generous and make sure all the burned spots are coated. Add a couple inches of water. Bring to a boil and simmer for a while. The burned stuff should just float to the top. What doesn't float to the top should scrape off easily with no effort. A stainless...

I have been digging through moving boxes trying to find my recipes from when I first started making CP soap. I finally found some of them and I also found some saved bars of soap. One of them was such a surprise I had to share. The recipe is a simple almost castile soap: 75% Olive Oil 25%...

Some people suggest putting the measured fragrance container in your soap mold. That way if you forget to add it, you will see it sitting in your mold before your pour and can add it in at the last minute. I mix my fragrance oil in directly in with oils before I add the lye solution. I don't...

Celebrating my second soaping anniversary. Roughly speaking anyway. I started soaping with M&P, then did a rebatch soap kit from Brambleberry. My first true CP soap attempt was a BrambleBerry recipe (high in CO and way to cleansing for me) - but I cannot find the dated recipe sheet from that...

:lol: I unpack the first 90% within a few weeks. The last 10% takes years. Because by the time I get to that point I just don't care anymore LOL. I could make soap - but I don't NEED soap lol. I am thinking I need to learn to work with soap dough. That should keep my productivity low (I have...

@Mobjack Bay I'm as unpacked as I'm going to be for a while. I have two rooms left to do - but I keep pretending I don't know those rooms exist. :D A few days ago I unpacked a box and found a batch of bastile soaps that made over the summer. I had completely forgotten about that batch so it...

Hello soapy friends! I still haven't done anything soapy lately (other than using my soap :)). I'm finally all moved in my new house, although it will take me months to unpack the last 10% of my things LOL. I am still up to eyeballs in soap that I made over the summer so I am exercising...

My soapy thing today is reading as many posts from the last 24 days that I can. I have been so busy with moving into my new house that I haven't had a second to even sit and relax. Still lots to get done too and I will be scarce for a few more weeks at least (I do not multi-task very well; so...

Those are beautiful - and the fragrance blend sounds divine.

I'm sorry - I'm trying to wrap my brain around this. TSA will not let you carry SOAP???? I can't even ...

Happy Soaping Anniversary!

Yes. Also, sometimes I wash my hands more than once in a row with different bars "for comparison" :lol:

I think they are nice and you should wrap them and give them as planned.:)

I signed my life away yesterday, get the keys to the new house on Tuesday, and moving truck is scheduled for the 16th. Spent the whole day watching soap making videos on YouTube to keep my mind distracted while I sit around and wait for time to pass - that's my soapy thing. I think when I am...

I like these! My soapy thing: I packed my soap up on Sunday (moving soon) and it took me forever because 1) I had to wrap it and label it and 2) I honestly did not realize how much soap I'd been making the last few months. Every time I thought I was finished I found more hiding in closets and...