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I did something like that before and I actually liked the results, both in and out the bathtub. I cut some residual soaps into chunks and added them to a pear soap.

I am making a HP olive soap still. I started around 4pm or 5pm and it's about to go into the final stages now. I wish it didn't take so long to make, but the benefits for me outshine the wait. Update: I finished the soap, but I failed to add the oils before it went into full vaseline mode. It...

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I was about to go back to my basics with a soap I planned to make when I realized I did not have enough of either oil to make my desired amount. I didn't want to open the other bottles since I wanted to calculate the price of future soaps. so I'm debating on making a confetti soap.

I think I may have seen a video with one soaper making avacado soap using the puree and oil. If you want to be safe, I would suggest sticking to either just the oil and butter or using the puree as part of the water content, maybe 50%. I never made avacado soap, but I would be adventurous enough...

I don't know, the armpits really do benefit from the shave on those off days you may have forgotten to put on deoderant... :oops: I really think they came out with those some years back. I'm just glad the health classes from the yester-years scared me into not really using them. :smile:

I generally give my CP bars 8-12 weeks to cure and my HP bars 4-8 weeks. I also borrowed a trick from DeeAnna: clapping 2 bars together. The soap bars that are at the end of their curing process have a slight bounce when clapped together whereas the bars have more of a thud when they require...

If only such a soap existed, then I can eat all the food I want... then again, it will not help me with the blood pressure and diabetes that would come with it. @snappyllama: I'm grateful that I was not born around that time period. The only thing shorter than my fuse towards such insults would...

It's my opinion that castor oil is a pain, though it can be nice to add. I am not a fan of sticky soaps and too much castor can easily lead to a sticky soap. I guess my own problem would be to figure out when it's best to use it. My favorite lather booster is beer, by the way.

I used EVOO and OO pomace. I can't tell you the difference between the two as my pomace soaps are still curing, but I can say that I like to use EVOO for superfatting some of my HP soaps.

Give your friend the heads-up while providing her proof of why these products are not the safest to use. Soap Queen has a great article discussing the importance of preservatives (it's also informative on what items do not need it as well).

I don't know about the cedarwood eo from Wholesale Supplies Plus (I found it weaker than my Bulk Apothecary cedarwood), but snappyllama has a point about buying the oils from a soaping site. You may even end up buying a better quality eo from online retailers in addition to possibly getting...

All will be forgiven when you send me 1 of each. ;)

It's my opinion that silicone bakeware should not be used as soap molds. I have a silicone bread loaf that did not maintain the soap's shape well, leading me to buy some loaf-molds from WSP. edit: I just "woke up" and realized it was paper you referred to. I have higher doubts that the paper...

I love the way the soaps came out. :) Just so you know, letting the soaps undergo gel phase will give the soaps a more translucent color while preventing gel phase keeps the soap opaque.

I always find the most scrumptious looking soaps when I'm hungry! :) All I see is carrot cake right now.

Brambleberry has about 6 different beer scents to try. I would be the one to try all of them, but it's not the most feasible move to make right now.

The following links seem the most helpful: http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/8461/is-it-unhealthy-to-reuse-cooking-oil http://whatscookingamerica.net/Q-A/CookingOil.htm The first site has links to other sites for information while the second site (albeit old) gives an expanded view...

Post 21 in katsntx's thread shows a picture of what a pencil line looks like. Post 26 has a video tutorial on it. Both post can do a better job explaining it than I can (the technique is out my pay grade).

I just went with my nose on this one since I never really used the combo before. I mixed 50/50 of litsea and orange and added it to the batter. I thought it smelled pretty nice, so I added another round of each for safe measure. Rather than weighing them, I used the measurements on the dropper...