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Thanks, that's what I thought. I'll let my husband know later. I had been in contact with someone else before my husband brought this stuff home. She describes her lard as white, solid and virtually smell free. I'll have a look at hers. I've been experimenting with lard based body butters too...

Most of my soaps are lard based and I usually buy it bulk in 20kg boxes. It's nice, white, creamy and scent free. I'd been looking at either rendering my own or buying from a local farm as to not have lard with the additives. My husband (God bless him for his support) brought me home a 5 gallon...

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! Happy to be here and not just lurking. ;p Debbie I'm not quite a Minnesotan but I do live near the Minnesota border. My closest store is in Minnesota so I do 90% or more of my shopping there. Being so close means ordering some supplies from the USA as...

I've been lurking around the forum for quite some time and learned a lot but have never done an introduction. I started my journey by becoming interested in essential oils and then making body butters, salves and bath salts. I have fibromyalgia and trigeminal neuralgia and just wanted to find...

I've never posted before but I have experience with making butters using colloidal oatmeal and have never encountered a grainy texture. I almost feel that it is most likely your shea butter causing the graininess and would suggest melting your butter down in a double boiler to 175-180 and...

What you're doing is really awesome! When looking for quality Essential oils, do your research. I knew as well that there had to be more affordable pure oils other than young living or doterra. And there are! Eden's Garden is good. Now is another affordable option for pure oils and they can be...