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Um, maybe best to keep private what you and your husband talk about?

I mean, when I used buttercup mica last year. :)

Well, I just made the mistake of looking at the competition entries today. Wow! And, @McKherring Farm , that buttercup mica is trippy. I also got orange while mixing so I kept adding more and more mica and getting more and more orange. But after gelling, it was a nice yellow instead.

Can you please post your recipe including any additives and scents? Your soap looks nice.

Sheesh, that @AliOop is quick on the draw today!

My recommendation is to buy from a trusted soap supplier company. I get most of my essential oils from Bramble Berry. And I like their sample sizes before you commit to a huge bottle. I may yuck your yum here but I do not like the scent of pine essential oil in soap. I was really excited to...

Sorry but I really have no idea.

Soap peeps, this is soo far off topic but today we were privileged to view a documentary made by one of my work colleagues at a local film festival. Even if I did not know her, I would recommend this film. For U. S. A. residents, it shows on PBS in January...

Just got off the phone with my friend, E. Recently she visited wanting to pick my brain about how to make soap. And then completely outta the blue she texts me a photo of her soap!!! ?? Oh, Grasshopper, this requires a conversation, not a photo! So I called her right away. She did mostly...

Hurray, I made shower cleaner today. Not very sexy, I know, but it's been many moons and the condition of my shower is glaring at me every morning. I turned my curing soaps. Excited to roll out a new rug in my soap shop. And finalized a design for the monthly challenge. Wait, did I type...

Awesome looking! Yeah, that @dibbles is like the candyman, she's got what you need. Did she make you do the exchange on the DL in a parking lot as the po po cruised by? Really impressive work! Great colors and line! I know what it's like to get something other that what you planned, but...

Whip it real good?

Okay, first ho ho ho. So, ignorant guy here, what is a body butter? I make soap and lotion bars. And I make my beloved a foot balm which is basically a lotion bar BUT with more oil so it's more vaseline-y if that makes sense. I'm just asking because all those ingredients sound/smell good.

You. Are. A. Beast! Wow. The blue one looks like wedgewood. Just perfect.

I use both routinely. I use table sugar dissolved in water before adding lye. Please know that when you add lye, it'll turn a pale yellow which has NO effect on the final color.

Hobbyist here and I've had my single wire cutter for several years and love it. It's no longer available on Amazon. Others here rave about Bud's from Etsy and mine looks like his.

So, yes, I know I won the marriage lottery and am eternally grateful for my beloved Mrs. Zing. But I'll just, ahem, clarify that it was I that did the essential oil slurry and calculation, the lye calculation, the measuring out of oils and lye, the blending basically all the heavy lifting. And...

Honey is an advanced technique - but your soaps look great. I love the term "rustic" which covers a number of unpredicted outcomes. All are beautiful. I had to get sunglasses for the last one.

I unmolded and cut a double batch. Cheers to Mrs. Zing for her first swirl, pictured on the right. She didn't even practice! She says, here, I'll mirror what you do, she says. WHO DOES THAT?! And that's why they say opposites attract.... t's supposed to be an Ione swirl (Lone if you're in...

Wowzers! Pur-tee!