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Unfortunately I missed the post about grating fresh cos I didn't log in for a week or so :( I saw it last week and started grating but it was too late. No I don't live in the US we only have one thrift store and it's not very big. So yeah it's all very painful and I'm not sure how many loads...

Unfortunately I don't have a food processor and I'm trying to grate it by hand and it's taking forever :( I am wondering if all this effort is even worth it. I've grated two blocks and it doesn't seen to have made very much. I can only do a little at a time. I didn't have a chance to do it...

I've been soaping 18 months and I screwed up my valentines day soap too... Batches only started going wrong when I started selling! Go figure.

Well I made it at 0% and it's hard as a rock and now in the cupboard to cure. In the meantime I'll have to grab another bottle of liquid laundry detergent. Well it's a start. I bought the Borax and washing powder stuff months ago!

Ok thanks all! 0% it is.

What would you consider to be a long cure? I'll have to go buy another liquid detergent for now I guess. I still haven't found time to make this soap.

It's one of those plastic drink jugs from the supermarket. 2L I think. The ones with the lid which I currently can't find. Never been used for anything but lye so there shouldn't be any fat in there to make soap. Goodness I would never stir lye with a stick blender! I don't even stir...

Lsg I stirred a ton. Didn't help. I tried to strain with a coffee filter and the filter collapsed into the jug...fail. I will have to secure it better next time or use a tea strainer instead.

I decided it was time to masterbatch my lye so I made a 50/50 solution. However it has flakes throughout. I'm a bit concerned about that, is it ok to use? Normally when I make it as I go it fully dissolves with hardly any flakiness.

My hubby sells my soap to a couple of people he works with that have ultra sensitive skin and they love it. I started making soap to make shampoo bars because I couldn't tolerate commercial shampoos. Instant success. Scalp loves it. Hair is thicker too. Now however I am having major skin...

It shouldn't in theory but how accurate is a standard kitchen scale? I'm very accurate with measuring but the scale only goes to the nearest gram.

I'm finally getting around to making my 100% CO soap to make laundry soap. I also want to cut some to use as stain sticks. I know it's common to have 0% superfat but I'm wondering if I should use perhaps 2% for two reasons: One, because the stain stick is held in my hands to rub directly on...

Mmm... I LOVE my black raspberry vanilla soap.

I wanted the soap for the hubby. I've only traded once ever and it was the other vendors idea. I got a card which I gave to a friend. She got two soaps. Every time I see something I like that I can't afford I'm hesitant to ask to swap. First time I get up the nerve and the woman laughs in my...

Good heavens no. I have enough gremlins to deal with.

Gorgeous!

Another soap-maker comes up to you at a market and looks at your soap, then asks you if you would consider a trade. What do you say? The backstory: a little while ago I was the other soapmaker and I was checking out another vendor's soaps. I don't make the same kind of soap and was interested...

I made breast milk soap for someone. And there was still extra milk so I made lotion bars with them. My first milk soap. All went well, it looks good. We were a bit surprised that it is orange though.

Well they are taking up space so I think I will pull them apart now. It would be nice to keep the pumpkin pie fragrances together but I don't want to spend any money on real baskets. Not unless I can find them for 50c anyway. The don't look quite as bad as the crappy iPhone photo seems...

I had smaller packages. Twin packs of soap tied with raffia. Set of three minibars. A nice round men's soap with packaging. It was odd - almost everyone was diving into the salt bars and artists bars. The artists bar which was previously ignored almost sold out. I've since sold three gift...