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So now I have enough soap for a at least two years.... I made a batch with some beef tallow that looks to be lathering well so far. And a batch with lanolin that feels much slicker in my hand. Have to wait for my beard to grow in a bit to test it. AND!!! The original NaOH lard based...

It was drying on the skin, just barely. I washed my face with it. I rarely shave with glycerin soaps, so thank you for the tips on the water. Im doing a full control batch today with regular glycerin and then a lanolin attempt. I really like lanolin so Im hoping for that. Castor Im not...

Shaved with it this morning, the unscented batch. Im sure it will only improve with time but it was still a great shave. A tad drying, could be the low quality glycerin from the biodiesel. Ill try a few batches with lanolin and castor and some store bought glycerin. Pretty damn excited.

Whoa..... So I did an 8oz batch in the two stage saponification as DeeAnna did on page of this thread. I lost my thermometer so instead of a double boiler I put enough almost boiling water to fill my crock pot about an inch and put a pyrex bowl with the coconut oil in that. Then pretty much...

I feel the same about mama bears, its the scents that sell it. Ive been wetshaving for 6 or 7 years and have half heartedly tried to make my own soaps a few times. Luckily I have friends in France who know I love MdC and bring me a jar once a year. So Im spoiled with MdC and MWF. Those are the...

Thanks for the reply Deeanna. That's my ignorance talking about NaOH. Even though I've been soaping for awhile, I haven't branched out into different fats or HP. So I'm like a 37 year old freshman. I'm going to try rebatching the stuff I made today and then some hot process this weekend...

WHOA!!!! Looks like I found Shangri La! Ive been making soaps for a few years and only recently decided to try to make some shaving soaps. Had my first, second, third and fourth siezes ever in a few hours. From what Ive found so far in this thread and on this forum is that using NaOH...

Hi! Ive been making CP tallow soaps for a while and today had some issues so I decided to find a place to share ideas and ask for help! Good to be here! v