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Is soaking your EO in a clay creating a slurry worth doing to best retain scent? If so, when should I add the slurry: To the melted oils? I feel that would cause the Eo to evaporate, no? Or should I add it at trace so saponification is well underway? I don’t want lose the scent of precious...

Do you advise adding lavender soaked clay to oils or at trace?

Yes, some corporations producing palm quite literally steal forests from local and Indigenous communities. The sad part is that we consumers often don’t realize our part in driving up demand which leads to such exploitation.

Yes, if they’re pure essential oils then you know what you’re putting into the soaps. With fragrance oils ingredients are not always disclosed

I respect your decision to go palm free as there is no true sustainably produced palm oil. Ecosystems once changed yield global consequences we are witnessing with climate change, not to mention several species’ habitats being diminished.

I understand you can try actual coffee (cooled, of course) made in distilled water to which you add your lye! I don’t know if it fades with time.

Yes! Very informative, indeed! Thank you!!!

Thank you!

Is there any difference between Moroccan (red) clay, Kaolin coral clay and Brazilian red clay?

Thank you for the heads-up! So I guess I’ll hold off on trying that clay. My search for a clay that’ll produce a real red continues!

I have what looks like red clay from Zion National Park. It is supposed to be high in iron oxides naturally. Is it safe to use in soap? I’m hoping it makes naturally red soap.

That’s very helpful to know—thank you for generously sharing how the colorant fared long-term!

Dear Mobjack Bay, Your brightest pink layer made with the madder tincture is gorgeous! How does one create and use an alcohol based tincture in soaping? I thought alcohol in CP soap doesn’t work. Intrigued and encouraged by your soap!

You can say it’s Neil Armstrong’s footprint! Very nice moon.

Is there a difference between Brazilian black clay and bentonite clay? Also, where can I find Brazilian black clay? Do you think a combination of Brazilian black clay and a small amount of activated charcoal would produce a truly black soap with white suds?

Excited about my alkanet infusion in CO. It has solidified here 😀

I attempted my very first oil infusions! Alkanet root and indigo

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Would those of you who render tallow be able to tell me what this middle layer is? Here’s a pic with an obvious top fat layer. The bottom layer is water. But what’s the middle layer? So you know I did SB the original beef fat when it was first melting. Thanks in advance for your input!

I only used fragrance oils briefly because of bad experiences with them accelerating trace and besides, being synthetic, i didn’t want to have to worry about allergic reactions for users. So I opt for essential oils instead. I noticed that fragrance oil scented soaps may smell nice as a bar...