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Introduced my two new soaps at the spring fair. Plain Jane and her vegan sister Pam. ( Like the vegetable spray)

More Zany’s soap made with Sam’s club OO EVOO on the right, mild OO on the left. 30 hours old. Made at the exact same time under the same conditions, I measured everything to the gram. 30 hours is too long in the mold, I should have cut at 12-18 hours. The soap at 30 hours is slightly brittle...

The difference between EOO and Pomace. 3 days in Pomace is still a bit soft, EOO is almost brittle.

I have been experimenting with Zany's No Slime Castile and wanted to share my photos. The soap on the right is Sams Club EOO, on the left Pomace. I did not run through a soap calculator to compensate for the difference in oils. After 3 days the pomace was a little tacky, the EOO, very hard. I...

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Made lip balms, cuticle balm, 9 loafs of soap. Ordered tins for my lotion bars again because my lotion bars are tooo big. Ordered labels for the cuticle balm tins because the labels I have for the lotion bars are toooo big.

Try Zany's no slime castile. I tried it last week, super easy recipe- white bars. I force gel, so I was able to cut in 18 hours. I'm super excited to try it in a week.

I have a lard, Coconut Oil, Pomice olive oil and Grapeseed oil recipe that takes a month of Sundays to come to trace. The only additive that makes it accelerate is TD. I use the heat transfer method and most of the time I mix my hard oil/lye mixture and my liquid oils with a wisk and let the...

I sb for about 4 min. Stopped at light trace. I soaped at room temp 80 degrees. directions state 5-25 min. Yikes

When making this soap. Can I blend to emulsion and then pour in my mold and wait for it to set up? Or do I have to SB to light trace? I plan on a plain jane to start with. No FO, colorant or swirl.

I always buy others soap when I can. I keep the label to analyze the recipe. I look for things different in the performance than mine. I have very oily skin, so I’m really not the best judge.

I was thinking after I sent my post, that I'm using Pumice and not EVOO. Could be the reason I'm fighting for white. The OO and CO came out out the same containers. I'm thinking it's darker because I use Pomace OO and not EV OO No FO, Distilled water from same gallon container. It's weird ...

I have been using lard as the primary ingredient in my soap. I wanted to try a vegan variety so I opted for Walmart all vegetable shortening. I was amazed at the difference in the color of the soap. (Shortening on the top, Lard on the bottom) The bubbly soap is the shortening soap. I use the...

I have cardboard box, I place my loafs in and cover with a blanket and one of those emergency heat blankets. Tuck all the sides in good. My soap is usually still warm 8 hours later. I never get partial gel. I bought the blanket in the camping section of Walmart for 4-5 bucks. It’s almost like a...

Not yet. Maybe because I always force gel.

My lard bars are 45% lard, 35% OO, 10%CO and 10% Grapeseed Oil, 7% SF. They make a luxurious Creamy lather.

Can someone show pic of the peacock swirl? Please

I interchange Pomace and regular OO all the time with no difference.

It's all about experience, Keep at it. When I first started I used a laser thermometer and I kept track of the temps and made sure the oils and lye were within 10 degrees. Now I use the heat transfer method and no thermometer at all. I know what I'm looking for. Add your FO, goats milk and...

Unscented activated charcoal soap with unscented inbeds for fun