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I started cutting mine 3/4" thick and feel like its thick, but not too thick.

I didn't. My friend was actually my now former boss. After I changed jobs now I don't see her at all. But--she recently got her hands on a bunch of beef tallow and had said she would render me some, so really that might be a good time to invite her to make the soap with me. I'll come back and...

I wanted to come back to this thread and share a quote I stumbled across. This is more concisely what I meant to communicate in the OP. I think you have to start the path of learning--not just learning to soap, but learning about mostly anything, by learning the "rules". Once you learn the...

These are both really beautiful.

I'm still new (6 months) and still trying out new recipes, but I have found that the particular qualities of the oils have more to do with how drying or not drying my soap feels moreso than the superfat. So far my favorite is a high lard/high olive oil soap with small amount of CO and the...

To me, the word "artisan" on a product means that the package will be designed to appear rustic and I will be paying in the range of 10-25% more for said product than if it lacked the "artisan" label. :) Which is to say that the word is used so often for label appeal, that it is as meaningful...

Love the black and white! Peppermint and balsam sounds like a wonderful combination. :)

Very pretty!!

I still get something a little different every loaf, but I feel like I'm getting better. It helped me a lot to watch a ton of you tube tutorials on texture techniques so I could move past just sort of messing up the top and crossing my fingers. :)

I'm so happy with these. :) I've been soaping now for about 6 months. Around 3 batches in I started to get real mad scientist-like and began trying 5 new ingredients as well as new design techniques and the results were, well, meh. So I wrote down my plans for these bars and each one has a...

I missed your response! That one is an 80% lard bar, scented with sweet orange and patchouli eo, with poppy seeds for exfoliation. :) I still haven't tested it out.

Made soap today and I keep checking on it like it's a fussy baby. :) I'll be so happy in the morning when I remember its cut day!

I think I've shared this before, but my husband scored me the coolest goggle/face guard combo from the factory where he works. :) I love it. Wouldn't soap without it.

Lovely!!

Beautiful!

The one and only time I used activated charcoal I got this fuzzy look. Over time it started looking more like soda ash.

I officially, not counting end cuts, have 100 bars of soap curing!! It feels momentous to me!

Adorable!

I'm going to get a little Zen for a moment. :lol: I would love to share with others the fascinating process of making soap. I do share often with people who may not care to hear my constant soapy chatter. :) But to really learn how to soap, I think you have to approach with certain amount of...

This is what I was trying to say in the OP, but much more succinctly expressed. :clap: