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BF has lots of aches and pains. Too many on-the-job injuries. He's been using the otc pain creams and stinks like an old man (no offense Mac :)) I asked him last night if he would try this if I made it and he was all about it! Too bad he mowed at home yesterday and there are no dandelions at the...

Oh no. Lard is the only completely new oil in this recipe. I'm not completely crazy :crazy: lol I like the idea of one batch with OO and one with cottonseed. I'm all about the "research" lol. Carabou, I've never used such a high % of one oil before. I was hoping it would give me a good feel...

I personally like the PKO/CO combo in my soaps. It's part of my standard recipe. I carried it over to this one because of that. As far as the cottonseed, I've been sneaking some of my son's body wash (for research of course) which is superfatted with the cottonseed and I have to say I'm kind of...

Taking the lardie leap tomorrow. I've been playing around with recipes and here's what I've come up with. How does it took to you guys? ETA: Don't pay any attention to the lye or water. I didn't mess with that yet. I'm trying to get the oils down first and then will finalize with that stuff.

The white patches may be harder soap scraped from the side of the pot when you rebatched it. I get those too. The downfall of being a compulsive scraper lol. But over all it looks like you made a very serviceable soap out of you volcano. :)

Thank you for sharing that beautiful video. Dogs (all pets really) are proof enough to me that God exists. Who else could have made such a perfect companion?

That's a whole lot of additives. Have you made any batches without any additives at all? You may find your soap is lovely without all that extra stuff and you're just wasting money and giving yourself pains by adding all of that.

I haven't seen Dippty Do in years! I remember it being green though.

Those look like a pressed cookie! Very pretty!

I love Buck! He's so cute! He looks like he's smiling!

Blue Sugar did that to mine! Or at least I thought it did. Now I'm pretty sure I didn't have my soap quite diluted enough and the PS80 I added with it was just enough to thicken it back up. But the Blue Sugar isn't completely off the hook yet lol

I bought the first in my lifetime tub of lard. Since I don't fry anything, I have now committed to at least trying a lard soap. Cause I can't just let it go to waste!

Everyone is different. I haven't really noticed a headache from EO's or FO's. So it's hard to say what you personally will or won't have problems with.

Thank you Fuzz. She is in a much better place. I'm so sorry you had to go through that with your sweet fur baby. It hurts to let them go but compared to what they could go through...

Very pretty! I have the ivy mat, but haven't used it yet

Mine came with a whisk attachment and I used it on my body butter. But I don't make an extremely hard/thick butter either. As long as you're not trying to blend it after it has completely cooled and solidified, I would think it should be fine.

Barb, that would have been lovely. To be at home with her, maybe outside in the yard or curled up on the couch. As far as knowing when the time is right, I don't know that there is a good answer. Was the time "right" with Shawnee? I can't say for certain. But I can say I knew if it wasn't the...

Honestly, when I looked at your pictures I thought the 3rd one was a coarse confetti'd rebatch. I was wondering how you got the edges of the pieces to blend so smoothly lol. I would leave it. Looks good to me!

That's right Cara. And that's what I told the kids. We have taken care of her almost her entire life. We've provided for her, protected her, and loved her. Now we had one last duty to do right by her.

I completely agree with Theresa! Leave that ash alone! it looks like a fully moon on a partially cloudy night. Reminds me of the sky scene they always show in scary movies!