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Very nice :)

Sorry to hear about your pooch ... I hope she gets better. This weekend I made 4 batches. A mango papaya in the slab with an orange and green swirl, bluebonnet, cucumber green tea, mango passionfruit tea.

I wouldn't try it ... while I'd love to .. I'm not putting my LG in jeopardy .. I love that thing ... you don't even have to use detergent.

I do the same as above .. wait until it's at a thick trace ... almost about to gel .. for this bar I used a skewer because I wanted a thinner fudge look but have done in my log mold with a butter knife or spatula to make a frosting looking top.

I HATE patch ... but I make it because it sells well ... it cures out in the garage :mrgreen:

You can get organic sustainable palm oil and that's pretty good. Lard and tallow have many of the properties of palm (creaminess and hardness). Just google for sustainable palm and you'll find a source.

When you add you lye to your GM, it's just trial and error ... you have to add the lye before everything melts, but you can't do it too fast or you'll get the smelly orange mess. I started doing everything room temp ... lye and oils ...Paul's method .. and I'm never going back. I just add the...

Paul, SoapMakerMan, makes a planer/beveler for 28 bucks. I have one and love it .. the blade is replaceable and the craftsmanship is excellent. Here's the link: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?li ... d=21213430

Castor is a considered much more conditioning that coconut, but the coconut is what gives you the wonderful bubbles and gets your hair clean. the bars with less coconut are less cleansing and more conditioning. Kukui nut oil makes my hair happy, but I don't make it for anyone but myself...

Everclear?? I know you can get it in NC but I don't know about other states because it's 190 proof.. .. I have an aunt that lives in PA and buys everclear and strong vodka for transparent soap making when she comes to visit. And you can get the cheapest Vodka out there it doesn't have to be...

i'm a peeker too .. a little gun shy to do CPOP anymore though .. after the fire alarm incident .. lol

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Don't be so harsh on yourself .. you did a good job .. nice creamy looking bar with consistent color ... you did a heck of a lot better than I did on my first batch. Great job .. and I completely agree with Mike about the temp ... I don't even bother anymore ... both my lye and oils are at room...

I love that dragonfly .. your colors are wonderful !!

A creamy lather is much more dense;I just busted out a recipe that was a 40 and I'd equate the consistency of the lather to kind of a shaving cream .. it's just thicker and richer than your normal lather. Some good ingredients to add to help boost creaminess are yogurt, milk products, coconut...

I was nervous because in the colors in the mold were a bit bright .. using 4 ml's for each swirl works out well

Nope, not mine .. I just figured out the technique .. lol

I LOVE the black and white ... what a beautiful swirl !!